Dear All,<br><br>Please finalized the date of  <b><span id=":1rc" class="hP">Wikipedia Wikimeetup @ Kolkata</span>/Workshop</b>, 11 Dec or 12 Dec.2010.<br><br>Place as per my suggestion<br><br>1) College square kolkata <br>
<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/2yC9">http://goo.gl/maps/2yC9</a><br><br>OR<br><br>2) Victoria Memorial Ground, Kolkata.<br><br><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/9ppn">http://goo.gl/maps/9ppn</a><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Belayet Hossain <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bellayet@gmail.com">bellayet@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear Wikipedians from West Bengal,<br><br>Some simple steps to arrange a meetup:<br><ol><li>Take a decision about the date and time for the meetup. You can select any weekend.  </li><li>Choose a place where you will meet. You can peek a park or restaurant.</li>


<li>Announce the meetup at Wiki page, Facebook, blogs and mailing lists, where we can get some interested people. Provide a contact number so that people can find you at the meeting place.</li><li>Be attend at meetup. Don&#39;t think about the number of participants.</li>


<li>Share your wiki experiences with other participants.</li><li>Take some photos. Upload them at Commons and post them to Wiki page.</li></ol>That&#39;s it.<br><br>So please raise your voice.<br><br>Belayet<div><div></div>
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On 16 November 2010 22:45, jayanta nath <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jayantanth@gmail.com" target="_blank">jayantanth@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">


Dear All,<br><br>I thinks 18 and 19th Dec is not festive season. Its start to normally 25 th Dec to 1st January. Personally I have no problem with any date.<br><br>Regards,<br><font color="#888888"><b style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Jayanta Nath</b></font><div>


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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:44 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">



Some people suggested Dec18/19 would be a bad choice as the X;mas season starts &amp; holidays begin. Dec 11/12 may be a better choice.<div><br></div><div>-TC<div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:16 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi J<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">ayanta, Arnab et all,</span><div>





<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">                                       As you all know, Wikimeetups are regular get-together of wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. </span></div>





<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">After some successful meetups in many cities of India, we are planning </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">to bootstrap the community meetups in W.Bengal too. </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"> Kolkata is the obvious choice to start with... </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">      </span></div>





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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span>Let us</span></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"> begin with an informal meetup where the existing wikipedians &amp; wiki enthusiasts to meet &amp; know each other.</span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"> Let us target for Dec 18 or 19 tentatively. </span></div>





<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span>We will explore possible meetup places with Wifi etc. Jayant was suggesting places like <span class="gmail_sendername">any university area Like Calcutta University Or Jadavpur </span><span class="gmail_sendername">University. There may be some Tech NGOs or startup companies who will be able to lend us a space. </span><br>





</span></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span>I am starting this mail discussion with the contacts which I have... </span></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">I have added Belayet from Dhakha , who may be able to find some more Bengali Wikipedians in India ... There may be other Non-Bengali WP Wikipedians in &amp; around Kolkata... </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Please feel free to add anyone , whom you think may be interested. </span></div>





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Thoughts?<br><br>Regards<br>Tinu Cherian</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://bellayet.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://bellayet.wordpress.com</a> (Bangla)<br>Knowledge is universal<br>              ...so share it.<br><br>Hillel____<br>If I am not for myself, who will be for me?<br>


If I am only for myself, what am I?<br>If not now, when?<br>
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