Hi all,
I suppose Wikipedia stall at FOSS.IN was a great start in reaching out to FOSS / Student community in India.We must attempt to be present in a stall at all such similar events which give space for us. I have got a confirmation from Carte Blanche[1] for a stall and working with Wikipedians in Chennai for manning the stall on Feb 6. There is also a fossmeet at NIT Calicut[2] happening around the same time. Any Kerala / Malayalam wikipedians willing to take it up? We must also keep a watch on huge technical events at prominent colleges where we would be getting students from the particular region and having a stall there would give a reach to about 500-1000 Students(and/or general public).
[1] http://cb.csmit.org/ [2] http://fossmeet.in/2011/
Regards Srikanth.L http://srik.me
2010/12/27 Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com
Hi all,
I suppose Wikipedia stall at FOSS.IN was a great start in reaching out to FOSS / Student community in India.We must attempt to be present in a stall at all such similar events which give space for us. I have got a confirmation from Carte Blanche[1] for a stall and working with Wikipedians in Chennai for manning the stall on Feb 6. There is also a fossmeet at NIT Calicut[2] happening around the same time. Any Kerala / Malayalam wikipedians willing to take it up? We must also keep a watch on huge technical events at prominent colleges where we would be getting students from the particular region and having a stall there would give a reach to about 500-1000 Students(and/or general public).
[1] http://cb.csmit.org/ [2] http://fossmeet.in/2011/
Good idea. Just a stall would not get us much, if we are targeting local
language users. We need to do half day academies leveraging the computing labs in the local colleges. I have done about 5 of them so far and found it to be quite useful. The report of the recent onettp://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4/2010-12-07/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%88_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81in Telugu with few photos is reported in Telugu wiki newsletter.
I will be happy to support some in Bangalore and other places.
Cheers Arjun
Hi Srikanth,
Good initiative on securing presence at Carte Blanche. Agree, we need to participate in as many outreach events as possible.
You may want to consider requesting some Wikimedia promotional material to be shipped for the event from the foundation office.
Please also list this on the wikimedia.in page.
After discussing with the organizers do call out for any help or assistance you might need towards Carte Blance. Arjuna, Anirudh and Arun Ganesh ran stalls at Foss.in. They can give you some experiential pointers that may be of help for your event.
Also let this list know how many volunteers you may need.
regards Arun
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all,
I suppose Wikipedia stall at FOSS.IN was a great start in reaching out to FOSS / Student community in India.We must attempt to be present in a stall at all such similar events which give space for us. I have got a confirmation from Carte Blanche[1] for a stall and working with Wikipedians in Chennai for manning the stall on Feb 6. There is also a fossmeet at NIT Calicut[2] happening around the same time. Any Kerala / Malayalam wikipedians willing to take it up? We must also keep a watch on huge technical events at prominent colleges where we would be getting students from the particular region and having a stall there would give a reach to about 500-1000 Students(and/or general public).
[1] http://cb.csmit.org/ [2] http://fossmeet.in/2011/
Regards Srikanth.L http://srik.me
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Please also list this on the wikimedia.in page.
Yes, Srikanth. Do the honours to http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Wikimedia_India_project_directory by adding this as the first proposal. :)
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 7:40:54 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia at FOSS / College Events
Hi Srikanth,
Good initiative on securing presence at Carte Blanche. Agree, we need to participate in as many outreach events as possible.
You may want to consider requesting some Wikimedia promotional material to be shipped for the event from the foundation office.
Please also list this on the wikimedia.in page.
After discussing with the organizers do call out for any help or assistance you
might need towards Carte Blance. Arjuna, Anirudh and Arun Ganesh ran stalls at Foss.in. They can give you some experiential pointers that may be of help for your event.
Also let this list know how many volunteers you may need.
regards Arun
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I suppose Wikipedia stall at FOSS.IN was a great start in reaching out to FOSS /
Student community in India.We must attempt to be present in a stall at all such
similar events which give space for us. I have got a confirmation from Carte Blanche[1] for a stall and working with Wikipedians in Chennai for manning the
stall on Feb 6. There is also a fossmeet at NIT Calicut[2] happening around the
same time. Any Kerala / Malayalam wikipedians willing to take it up? We must also keep a watch on huge technical events at prominent colleges where we would
be getting students from the particular region and having a stall there would give a reach to about 500-1000 Students(and/or general public).
[1] http://cb.csmit.org/ [2] http://fossmeet.in/2011/ Regards Srikanth.L http://srik.me
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