Hello friends,
There is a lot happening in Pune next week. We have a lot of visitors in town who would especially like to interact with the Pune Community. Our help and cooperation has been sought for the Campus Ambassador training event next weekend. Our *MEETUP DATE IS NOW CHANGED FROM 11 JUN TO 04 JUN* *2011 (Saturday)* at 1800 hours at SICSR, Atur Centre, Model Colony. Room No 704. 7th floor.
Hisham Mundol, National Program Coordinator, who is leading the Campus Ambassador programme, will be in Pune for a week for masterminding the event. Bishakha Datta, Trustee, will be gracing the event on Saturday. Tinu Cherian, the quintessential Indian outreach activist, will also be coming for and participating in the meet - a rare treat for us. I spoke to Arjuna Rao Chawala and he has promised to confirm attendance by an Indian Chapter representative soon.
We have a number of people visiting us from abroad. Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Annie Lin, who leads the Ambassador Program are visiting Pune for the Campus Ambassador training event on 04-05 Jun 2011. We also have P.J. Tabit coming down to India between June 1st and August 21st to support the launch of the Wikipedia India Education Program. PJ is a Campus Ambassador in the US and is on the Ambassador Steering Committee for Wikipedia. We, the Pune community, welcome Frank, Annie & PJ to Pune and hope they have a wonderful stay.
We also welcome any members of the Wikimedian community in India from outside Pune who are going to be with us for this event. Do let us know if we can help you in any way.
Broadly speaking, the campus ambassadors will be trained on 4th and 5th Jun by the outreach team comprising lndian and foreign Wikipedians. In the evening on Saturday, the campus ambassadors and the outreach team will be present for our meetup.* After the meetup, the Outreach Team has invited the Pune Wikipedia community for a* *SOCIAL EVENING WITH DINNER*. Venue for social evening will be indicated at the meetup.
Coming to another issue, the Campus Ambassadors themselves.
The first batch of Campus Ambassadors has been selected. To those selected, we say - heartiest congratulations, you will shortly be learning to edit and to evangelise Wikipedia. It is a most challenging task and we assure you of the community's support. We invite you to be part of our community and we promise to help you, guide you and partner you in this extraordinary journey you will undertake.
We also know that some other aspirants have not been selected this time round. In most cases, this is due to their lack of Wikipedia skills. To all of them we say - there will be another round of selection coming up in a few months, so have a great heart and wait. The fact that all of you stood tall and came forth means you already belong to the select batch of people who are doers and achievers. We, the Pune community, invite you to join us for this meetup and become part of us. We will help you get the skills to make you ready for the next round of selections.
*Many of you all who are interested in becoming Wikipedians are requested to join all of the above :*
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mr-wiki/ (Marathi Wikipedia Group) - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l (Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India) - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-pun (Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India)
*Also please join the following groups on Facebook*
- Wikimedia India - WikiPuneri
*IMPORTANT*: All those attending the meetup from Pune (excepting those selected for the Campus Ambassador program or those organising the event or visiting from outside Pune) need to confirm attendance so that we can plan accordingly. Send your confirmation to :
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com with subject : "Attending Pune meetup". Those not attending need not respond.
So till then, Au revoir & Namaste, Khuda Hafez and Sat Sri Akal,
Jai Hind
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ashwin Baindur
Hello friends
Further to my previous email. I am pleased to tell you that we have a special guest from the United States for meeting the Pune Community. Tory Read http://www.toryread.com/bio.html, who is coming over to document and write the exciting story of how Wikipedia is developing in the world. She will meet and interact with prominent Pune Wikipedians during that time. Tory will be in Pune for the Campus Ambassador training and after Pune, will be going around from one Wikipedian community to another in various cities of India. We welcome Tory Read and hope she has a great time in India.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
Hello friends,
.....
We have a number of people visiting us from abroad. Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Annie Lin, who leads the Ambassador Program are visiting Pune for the Campus Ambassador training event on 04-05 Jun 2011. We also have P.J. Tabit coming down to India between June 1st and August 21st to support the launch of the Wikipedia India Education Program. PJ is a Campus Ambassador in the US and is on the Ambassador Steering Committee for Wikipedia. We, the Pune community, welcome Frank, Annie & PJ to Pune and hope they have a wonderful stay. .....
Dear Pune Community
I'm writing to update you on the Wikipedia India Education Program. We (Frank, Annie, Srikeit and I) are starting our outreach with universities and colleges in Pune today and will be doing this for the next few days. The following link is our agenda. http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Campus_Program_kick-off_trip_agenda (Tomorrow, we'll be joined by PJ.)
We'll be sharing a daily update to you on progress - every day from tonight to Monday (June 6th.)
Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to invite everyone in the community to come and attend the social dinner we would like to host on Saturday night (June 4th). Please refer Ashwin's mail below.
Best Hisham Mundol
Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol@wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol
On May 28, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
Hello friends,
There is a lot happening in Pune next week. We have a lot of visitors in town who would especially like to interact with the Pune Community. Our help and cooperation has been sought for the Campus Ambassador training event next weekend. Our MEETUP DATE IS NOW CHANGED FROM 11 JUN TO 04 JUN 2011 (Saturday) at 1800 hours at SICSR, Atur Centre, Model Colony. Room No 704. 7th floor.
Hisham Mundol, National Program Coordinator, who is leading the Campus Ambassador programme, will be in Pune for a week for masterminding the event. Bishakha Datta, Trustee, will be gracing the event on Saturday. Tinu Cherian, the quintessential Indian outreach activist, will also be coming for and participating in the meet - a rare treat for us. I spoke to Arjuna Rao Chawala and he has promised to confirm attendance by an Indian Chapter representative soon.
We have a number of people visiting us from abroad. Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Annie Lin, who leads the Ambassador Program are visiting Pune for the Campus Ambassador training event on 04-05 Jun 2011. We also have P.J. Tabit coming down to India between June 1st and August 21st to support the launch of the Wikipedia India Education Program. PJ is a Campus Ambassador in the US and is on the Ambassador Steering Committee for Wikipedia. We, the Pune community, welcome Frank, Annie & PJ to Pune and hope they have a wonderful stay.
We also welcome any members of the Wikimedian community in India from outside Pune who are going to be with us for this event. Do let us know if we can help you in any way.
Broadly speaking, the campus ambassadors will be trained on 4th and 5th Jun by the outreach team comprising lndian and foreign Wikipedians. In the evening on Saturday, the campus ambassadors and the outreach team will be present for our meetup. After the meetup, the Outreach Team has invited the Pune Wikipedia community for a SOCIAL EVENING WITH DINNER. Venue for social evening will be indicated at the meetup.
Coming to another issue, the Campus Ambassadors themselves.
The first batch of Campus Ambassadors has been selected. To those selected, we say - heartiest congratulations, you will shortly be learning to edit and to evangelise Wikipedia. It is a most challenging task and we assure you of the community's support. We invite you to be part of our community and we promise to help you, guide you and partner you in this extraordinary journey you will undertake.
We also know that some other aspirants have not been selected this time round. In most cases, this is due to their lack of Wikipedia skills. To all of them we say - there will be another round of selection coming up in a few months, so have a great heart and wait. The fact that all of you stood tall and came forth means you already belong to the select batch of people who are doers and achievers. We, the Pune community, invite you to join us for this meetup and become part of us. We will help you get the skills to make you ready for the next round of selections.
Many of you all who are interested in becoming Wikipedians are requested to join all of the above : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mr-wiki/ (Marathi Wikipedia Group) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l (Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-pun (Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India) Also please join the following groups on Facebook Wikimedia India WikiPuneri IMPORTANT: All those attending the meetup from Pune (excepting those selected for the Campus Ambassador program or those organising the event or visiting from outside Pune) need to confirm attendance so that we can plan accordingly. Send your confirmation to :
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com with subject : "Attending Pune meetup". Those not attending need not respond.
So till then, Au revoir & Namaste, Khuda Hafez and Sat Sri Akal,
Jai Hind
Ashwin Baindur
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