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Minutes of WikiMeet Mumbai 21 May 2011 held at office of Pinstorm, Santacruz:
1. Hisham gave a presentation on the Campus Ambassador program pilot that was much discussed.
2. Was decided to write to chapter Executive Committee as to what is exactly required of them (Has been done)
3.
We had written to Jimbo asking him to pencil us in his diary for the
said dates of the WikiConference - an event in the UK has beat us to
that. It was discussed that it is very important to have him around as
it is the first Indian National WikiConference. An email will be sent to
him in the next few days with other possible dates (other weekends in
November)
4a. It was felt important that to move forward we need an
Event Organising Committee for the WikiConference. Whoever is interested
in being on the OC or any of the sub-committees, kindly write to the
Mumbai list (wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org). Kindly note
we are not looking for people who just lend their names but people who
will actually come forward and put in time and effort in the entire 6
month preceding period.
4b. Sub-Committees suggested:
•Conference Programming
(Includes Themes, Tracks, Keynote Speakers and Scheduling)
•Finance (Includes both budgeting, raising finances and
scholarships)
•Conference Venue and Catering
•Major Events (Attendee Party/Mega Event)
•Press and Media coordination
•Accommodation and Registration
•Promotion and Advertisement
•Technical and IT
•Volunteer
5. Possibility of having full time support
Kind Regards,
User:AroundTheGlobe
Hey,
I can help out with promotional activity and other activities so long as my
physical presence isn't required.
Cheers,
Srikanth.
Sent from my Motorola L9. Please excuse spelling errors.
On May 30, 2011 1:22 PM, "Noopur" <noopur.raval(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey,
I am Noopur and I can help with press and media coordination, promotion and
volunteering of any other kind.
Cheers
Noopur
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:28 PM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
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Just to follow up on the minutes of Mumbai X - we would like to invite
members of the national wikicommunity to come and support WikiConference
2011, Mumbai/Pune.
It was felt important that to move forward we need an
Event Organising Committee (OC) for the WikiConference and sub-committee members. Kindly note
we are not looking for people who just lend their names but people who
will actually come forward and put in time and effort in the entire 6
month preceding period.
Sub-Committees suggested:
•Conference Programming
(Includes Themes, Tracks, Keynote Speakers and Scheduling)
Deciding the direction this meet should take.
•Finance (Includes both budgeting, raising finances and
scholarships)
People who are either qualified or have experience preferred. Handling finance of such an event
•Conference Venue and Catering
Coordination of venue and catering booking to helping things move on the floor during the event
•Major Events (Attendee Party/Mega Event)
Undertaking responsibility of any major events other than actual conference
•Press and Media coordination
Deciding on a path for media promotion of event, giving interviews, inviting media and taking care of them during the event
•Accommodation and Registration
Reserving
the accommodation, picking people up and making sure they find their
accommodation, registering people on the event day.
•Promotion and Advertisement
There
will be a promotion budget which will have to be judiciously used for
maximum benefit - again person with experience or qualification
preferred.
•Technical and IT
Running
the event site, setting up wifi and other electronic goods, webcast of
the event online for those who cannot make it in person
•Volunteer
On ground. Running around during the event
Whoever is interested
in being on the OC or any of the sub-committees, kindly write to the
Mumbai list (wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org).
Kind Regards,
User:AroundTheGlobe
I must congratulate you on this endeavor because I was recently thinking
about how to approach museums and archives and the amount of channels I
would have to pass in order to access their information. I hope you guys
come up with info on that too!
Cheers!
Noopur
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Sohel Bohra <sohelbohra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> [[This is a lengthy mail and is cross-posted on all mailing lists. Kindly
> bear]]
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We interact with the government on multiple occasions. The problems are all
> too familiar - complex systems, official apathy, corruption - just to name a
> few.
>
> Some trivia and stats to qualify these claims:
>
> * Entrepreneurs identified increasing the speed and ease of issuing
> permits; lowering taxes; and reducing the time it takes to start a business
> as key issues. (Note - All issues relate to government interactions; Source
> - Legatum Institute)
> * In Mumbai, there are 37 procedural hoops to jump through to gain approval
> to build a warehouse. (Source : World Bank)
> * On the Corruption Perception Index (2010), India ranks 87th of 178
> countries
> * Indians are highest ranked in volume of search for terms such as
> government rules, passport and registration (Source - Google Trends)
>
> Here's where WikifyIndia - a wiki of government procedures - kicks in.
> If Wikipedia is the Thinkers Encyclopedia, WikifyIndia is the Doer's
> Encyclopedia
>
> We (the founders) are ardent believers of the Wikipedia model and want to
> apply it to government procedures. Our belief is that ordinary citizens
> suffer for two reasons – the process is complex and accurate information is
> unavailable. WikifyIndia addresses the latter. Agents distort information to
> suit themselves. Officials are rarely friendly. The best solution has always
> been to ask someone who has ‘been through the grind’. WikifyIndia does it on
> a national level.
>
> The scope of the Project is wide ranging. From getting into the armed
> forces to filing a Right To Information request, from complaining about a
> broken traffic signal to opening a restaurant, from changing your name to
> adopting a child, from applying for euthanasia to marrying in court, from
> getting a gun permit to filing your taxes, from getting a permit to climb
> peaks to getting a gas connection, it will all be there.
>
> www.wikifyindia.com
>
> Every article is expected to have a short intro, requirements/eligibility,
> procedure, list of documents, timings, fees, application form, sample
> certificate among other details. Unlike Wikipedia, WikifyIndia is also a
> forum. There is merit in aggregating experiences (for ex. visa experiences
> can be quite varied).
>
> Current approaches on the internet are inadequate. Information is retrieved
> from Q&A forums, blog posts, agent or government sites. It is incomplete and
> outdated. Wikipedia has proved that a bottom approach is far more suitable
> in some areas than any top down approach (where a group is formally trying
> to organise information). Even if someone did a good job, they wouldn't be
> able to distribute it for free.
>
> WikifyIndia complements Wikipedia. The article on Civil Marriage in
> Wikipedia is written differently from the same article on WikifyIndia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_marriage
> http://www.wikifyindia.com/wiki/Civil_Marriage
>
> When WikifyIndia has adequate accurate content, it will reduce what
> economists call 'transaction costs'. Any tool to improve productivity of
> citizens, entrepreneurs and organisations will be directly contributing to
> the Indian economy. To the best of our knowledge, there is no other site
> with a similar approach in any other country. We urge you to jump in and
> make a difference.
>
> WikifyIndia is a non-profit initiative free of advertising and is being run
> by a small fund created by the Founders.
>
> We (the founders) have cribbed about a @#$% and rotten system for far too
> long. WikifyIndia is our way of doing something about it. We ask for your
> complete support in adding content, sharing experiences, creating templates
> and technical support. The goal is for every government procedure to be
> available in every Indian language with complete and accurate guidelines. If
> a farmer's wife in Manipur wants to get employed under Rural Employment
> Guarantee Scheme, she should have all the information and forms on the site
> in her language.
>
> Thank you for your time and patience,
>
> Anish and Sohel [User:Sbohra]
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Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690
Hiya,
Just to remind everyone that Mumbai Meet-up X will take place DAY AFTER TOMORROW, 21 May 2011 (Saturday) at 3.45PM - venue is Pinstorm office, Santacruz (W) - nearest railway station is Santacruz on the Western Line. The two major items on the agenda are the proposed WikiConference India in November 2011 and a presentation on Campus Ambassadors by Hisham Mundol, Consultant - India Programs.
You can now follow the Mumbai Wiki Community on Facebook - "Like" this page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wikipedia-in-Mumbai/112915472127887
To refresh yourself on the details of the meet-up and add your name to the attendees list (there is a section for those who will be attending remotely via Skype as well): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai10
Looking forward seeing everyone from the Mumbai Community present on Saturday.
Kind Regards,
User:AroundTheGlobe
On Saturday representatives of Mumbai Wikipedia Community, Amitabh Kundan
and Pranav (User:Wheredevelsdare), came over to Pune for discussing the
forthcoming Wikiconference India 2011 and met up with representatives of
Pune community, Sudhanwa Jogalekar, Radha Mishra, Suhel Bohra, Srikeit,
Harshad Gune and Ashwin Baindur. The Wikimedia India chapter was represented
by Arjuna Rao Chawala (chapter President), the Wikimedia India National
Office by Hisham Mundol.
The Pune Wikipedia Community acknowledged the great honour done by Mumbai
community in asking the Pune community to co-host the event and promised all
cooperation. Subsequently in the evening meetup the members of the Pune
Wikipedia Community were informed about this prosal and the Pune community
unanimously agreed to particpate and support the venture.
Pranav gave a presentation on the progress so far - the suggested dates for
finalisation i.e. 5 to 7 Nov 2011, the proposed venues for the meetup, the
accomodation, a marquee event featuring Jimbo Wales and a social
get-together. Also discussed at the meeting were the proposed makeup of
organising committee, the modalities, likely budget, and other issues. The
Mumbai meetup where they will discuss these issues is being held next
weekend. After that we assume the planning will begin in right earnest.
Kudos to Mumbai community for all the footwork and hard work put in to date.
In the evening we had the Monthly meetup. Bishakha Datta, Trustee, Wikimedia
Foundation graced the meeting with her presence. Attendance was excellent
with 50 plus people turning up. Most of these are the eager young aspirants
of the Campus Ambassador program. The meeting began with Arjuna Rao Chawala
giving a presentation on the India chapter. He mentioned the short history
of raising the chapter, its aims and goals and that the chapter has now
started soliciting membership. It was my privilege to be the first person to
apply for Wikimedia Foundation membership from the community andd I do hope
I get serial number 1 in the membership list ;-).
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/wiki/File:WikimediaChapterFirstMembershipApplicati…
In all, 24 applications were handed over from Pune community right there and
then and others will follow soon.
Hisham then addressed the aspirants. He mentioned the role they would play
to bridge the gap between people who have the freedom to edit Wikipedia and
those who actually do so. He encouraged them to join one of the finest group
of people in the world - Wikipedians. He outlined the sequence of events,
the training they would receive. He said that due to the need to start off
the program right away, the program would begin with those aspirants who
already had the skills being looked for especially the knowledge of the
Wikipedia world. Howeever, there was an overwhelming need of campus
ambassadors; if we say one per class of 50, Pune would require hundreds and
thousands of them. So everyone who applied but was not selected in the first
round was considered an ambassador in waiting and with the help of
interaction and training provided by the Pune community they would be
prepared for the next rounds of selection. The aspirants responded with
interest and a lot of questions.
It was interesting to note that amongst the young folk were some adults who
wanted to give back something to society. Coming from varied walks of life,
they were yet another face of altruistic Indian society. We also had a
couple of professors of the Pune Colleges attending out of their own
interest. They were keen to bring these programs into their institutions.
LLastly, the community was formally informed about the proposal to co-host
the Wikimedia India Conference 2011 which was unaimously approved.
This meetup was quite productive and the Pune community took the contact
details of all participants, promising to get back to them soon.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Ashwin - Thanks for the update, we very much appreciate having Pune on-board. In an event of this sort it is important nearby communities collaborate, this improves their relations (unity) and the event outlook. Just to confirm - proposed dates are 5,6,7 November (Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday Monday). Once again, we (Mumbai Community) request maximum attendance for Saturdays meet-up where this will be the agenda (21 May 2011 at office of Pinstorm, Santacruz) - everyone is requested to attend the meet.
Kind Regards,
User:AroundTheGlobe
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 10:34:35 +0530
From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com
To: wikimedia-in-pun(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; mr-wiki(a)yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] WikiConference 2011 discussions in Pune meetup on 14 May 2011
Hello friends,
On Saturday representatives of Mumbai Wikipedia Community, Amitabh Kundan and Pranav (User:Wheredevelsdare), came over to Pune on 14 My 2011 for discussing the forthcoming Wikiconference India 2011 and met up with representatives of Pune community, Sudhanwa Jogalekar, Radha Mishra, Suhel Bohra, Srikeit, Harshad Gune and Ashwin Baindur. The Wikimedia India chapter was represented by Arjuna Rao Chawala (chapter President), the Wikimedia India National Office by Hisham Mundol. Bishakha Datta, Trustee, Wikimedia Foundation graced the meeting with her presence.
The Pune Wikipedia Community acknowledged the great honour done by Mumbai community in asking the Pune community to co-host the event and promised all cooperation. Subsequently in the evening meetup the members of the Pune Wikipedia Community were informed about this prosal and the Pune community unanimously agreed to particpate and support the venture.
Pranav gave a presentation on the progress so far - the suggested dates for finalisation i.e. 4 to 6 Nov 2011, the proposed venues for the meetup, the accomodation, a marquee event featuring Jimbo Wales and a social get-together. Also discussed at the meeting were the proposed makeup of organising committee, the modalities, likely budget, and other issues. The Mumbai meetup where they will discuss these issues is being held next weekend. After that we assume the planning will begin in right earnest.
Kudos to Mumbai community for all the footwork and hard work put in to date. Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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User:AroundTheGlobe
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 11:03:38 +0530
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] WikiConference 2011 discussions in Pune meetup on 14 May 2011
From: neeti.sharma11(a)simc.edu
To: wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com
Kindly unsubscribe me from your mailing list. I simply came to attend the Jimmy Wales event in Mumbai and since then i have been getting the community mails for no reason whatsoever.
I will be really grateful to you for a prompt response.
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Ph- +919689947152
A reminder for the 13th Meetup of Wikipedians in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].
Please see the[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/Pune13|meetup page]] for details and
indicate your attendance.
The intended purpose of the meetup is:
<blockquote> '''to discuss the Campus Ambassador Program and forthcoming
WikiConference 2011'''.</blockquote>
''Highlights - '''Hisham Mundol''', National Director, India Program &
'''Bishakha
Datta''', Global Trustee, Wikimedia Foundation will be present for the
meetup.''
[[User:AshLin|AshLin]] ([[User talk:AshLin|talk]]) 04:13, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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