On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Gautam John <gautam@prathambooks.org> wrote:
On 26 August 2011 13:23, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig@gmail.com> wrote:

> connect with them would be a plus. Let me know if I could be of any help
> there, I'd be happy to help.

Hari - that would be very welcome indeed. Both to connect us with
departments that might be interested and at the events themselves.
Likewise for people outside of Karnataka too.

I'll be around for the September 12th event at the Dept. of Public Libraries.
How about a meet-up right after the program to take this further?
 
Agreed and thank you. Nope, there aren't any paid staff! We really do
need to overhaul that landing page and welcome assistance on that too.

Send me the access. I'll see what I can help with. You should try Drupal with CiviCRM for the website (or mediawiki itself). 
 
> About the Foundation update,

I'll leave this to Hisham, Shiju and Nitika.

Shall look forward to response from Hisham. I hope he's spotted this thread! Hisham?

What is the Chapter's perspective on this though?

The movement wouldn't be where it is without the help of everyone who
has kept the flame burning all the while. Everyone remains indebted to
them.

Heartening to hear this. There are a number of Wikipedians from India who've been working on the projects for years now without aspiring for much other than seeing their favorite projects grow, and at times putting in more than just their time for the projects. It would be amazing if some of these long time Wikipedians would come forward and take part in the establishments that are building up and engage themselves in conversations with the decision makers here to get that opportunity.

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