On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
> If there are any people in the group who edit this category of articles and
> are from Mumbai, we'd love to meetup once before Liam comes to Mumbai.
> I had suggested to Bishaka and Liam that doing something in the J J School
> of Art made sense to get students interested. They know something about art
> and can help with contributions. If you guys disagree or have a better place
> for such a meetup do feel free to suggest it on the list.
> warm regards,
> Pradeep Mohandas
>
> On 25 January 2011 12:24, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear wikimedians in Mumbai,
>>
>> It's a pleasure to informally announce that Liam Wyatt (user wittylama)
>> will be in Mumbai 12-14 February as part of a longer visit to India to do
>> some GLAM work.
>>
>> Liam recently became a Wikimedia Fellow -
>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-our-glam-fellow-liam-wyatt/
>>
>> As part of this, his visit to India is intended to support wikimedia
>> communities to explore the possibilities of collaborating with Galleries,
>> Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) in strengthening articles on
>> wikipedia of mutual interest.
>>
>> Liam was the wikipedian in residence at the British Museum last year - I
>> attended his presentation on this at Wikimania in July 2010 and was struck
>> by the possibilities it threw up of working with GLAM institutions.
>>
>> We're extremely lucky to have Liam with us; how can we make his visit
>> productive for all?
>>
>> I propose a meetup/workshop for sure; somewhere central so that more
>> wikipedians can attend - and so that representatives of GLAM institutions,
>> many of which are based in south Mumbai can also participate. (Maybe
>> something longer - so we can really learn from the experience...)
>>
>> Cheers - and let's welcome Liam to Mumbai,
>>
>> Bishakha
>>
>> PS- The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2011 is also on in Mumbai when you are
>> here, Liam.
>>

The other possibility is TISS.  I am copying this to my contact there, let us see if we can create wikipedians there.

Alpesh, can you speak to your librarian and others to check if they are interested.

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GN