Hi all,
I think it is a really nice idea. Forming and running the wikimedia India chapter will
take some time. So, it might be a bit hard for the India chapter to organize wikimania by
itself.
I would like to suggest that the Wikimedia India chapter collaborate with some of the
established educational institutions like IIT or maybe work with organizations pertaining
to Indian language promotion as it would be much easier to organize as well as much
cheaper in terms of cost.
We here in Nepal are trying to form a Nepal chapter (maybe by 2010 or later) and help
from various language organizations, colleges, open source organizations, radio stations
etc. has been very helpful for spreading words and recruiting new volunteers.
Regards,
Eukesh
Anirudh <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sounds really interesting, and I would be fully supportive of this, provided we could
get enough enthusiasts. New Delhi would be a great choice, IMO. But then again, there is
the ubiquitous question of sponsors.
On 12/12/07, Akash <akash.great(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi all.
Bids for Wikimania 2009 are going to open on Saturday. There is already an unofficial
India bid made at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/India . Should we bid for
Wikimania? By that time we should (hopefully) have an active India chapter and more people
too. Take a look at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009 for more details. For
all those who are not aware - Wikimania is the annual conference of the Wikimedia
foundation. Wikimania 2007 was held in Taipei, Taiwan and was attended by close to 500
people. Wikimania 2008 is going to be held in Alexandria, Egypt (home to the first library
in the world).
Do think and write your suggestions regarding Wikimania in India. We can then decide a
city and make the official bid.
Akash
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