Excellent! Good to know that it is co-hosted by the Department of Public Libraries.
I'll try and make some time this Sunday to help. Feel free to connect with me on phone if you need any help before the event.
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Members and Wikimedia Community in Bangalore,
I am glad to announce that we are planning for the first Wiki academyhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikiAcademyCoHostingOpportunityBrochure.pdf co-hosted by Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals The draft agenda is as follows
Date: 29 Aug 2011, Monday
Time: 11AM to 2 PM
Venue: Indira Priyadarshini Childrens Library, Near State Central Library, Cubbon Park, Bangalore
Agenda
11:00-11:30 Wikipedia History and Overview
11:30-12:00 Wikipedia policies
12:00-12:15 Setting up computer for Indian languages
12:15-12:30 Break
12:30-14:00 Wikimedia Lab: Browsing Wikipedia,Editing Wikipedia
We invite volunteers especially Kannada wikipedians to join the Chapter EC members in co-facilitate this event.
Cheers Arjun