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-wy...
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 residencehttp://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/07/10/the-royal-cup-bridges-wikipedia-and-the-british-museum/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.