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<div dir="ltr">Hiya,<br><br>With less than a month to go for WikiConference India 2011, Im sure you are all excited about the event. I thought it might be a good idea to give an update of whats going on behind the scenes:<br><br>Venue: University of Mumbai's Fort Campus Confirmed. Hackathon Venue: MACCIA Halls (on Rampart Row) confirmed (Hackathon scheduled for 19th and 20th November 2011)<br><br>Registration: We have run out of Early Bird as of last week. Currently about 430 registrations. Currently running a site notice campaign geo-located to India for this purpose.<br><br>Sponsors and Partners (Confirmed thus Far): Microsoft Research, Ang India Technologies, SarkariNaukri.com, Yebhi.com, Kal Nirnay, eRegNow.com, Avignyata Inc., Kores India, Text 100.<br><br>Scholarship Applications: 7000+, Scholarships offered: Aprox 100<br><br>Call for Participation: 550+ responses, Accepted Speakers: Aprox 57. A draft Program Schedule is available on meta<br><br>Keynote Speaker: Jimmy Wales (During Opening Ceremony)<br><br>WM-UK Scholarships awarded by WM-UK for persons from UK to attend WCI 2011: 4<br><br>WMF offered Scholarships for persons outside India to attend WCI 2011: 5 <br><br>WMF will be represented by Barry, Erik and Alolita among others.<br><br>Official meta page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011<br><br>For tweeting use the hashtag #wci11<br><br>Looking forward to hosting Wikipedians across India at WCI 2011!<br><br>Kind Regards,<br><br><br><br></div>
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