Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. (http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi (http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. (http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi ( http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
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unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them
My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. (http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi ( http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
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Thank you for the sharing Bala.
I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support. It was supported by bag ;) )
Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)
I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign. :)
Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got from 10Wiki celebs.) People took them with them. :)
Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN STYLE. :)
Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".
It was a good experience. :)
Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the event. :)
Thanks.
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2011/9/22 Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com
unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them
My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. ( http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi ( http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
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Awesome guys, well done, all of you! You have set a very high standard indeed! :)
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Surya Prakash suryasalem2010@gmail.comwrote:
Thank you for the sharing Bala.
I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support. It was supported by bag ;) )
Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)
I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign. :)
Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got from 10Wiki celebs.) People took them with them. :)
Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN STYLE. :)
Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".
It was a good experience. :)
Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the event. :)
Thanks.
*$U®¥∩* http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com http://FirefoxSurya.blogspot.com http://about.me/suryaceg
2011/9/22 Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com
unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them
My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. ( http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi ( http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
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Kudos to Surya, Arunmozhi, and Bala. Great work.
Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
And, a nice article too: http://tawp.in/r/2n4m :)
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From: Surya Prakash suryasalem2010@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on ILUGC wikipedia stall
Thank you for the sharing Bala.
I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support. It was supported by bag ;) )
Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)
I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign. :)
Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got from 10Wiki celebs.) People took them with them. :)
Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN STYLE. :)
Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".
It was a good experience. :)
Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the event. :)
Thanks.
$U®¥∩ http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com http://about.me/suryaceg
2011/9/22 Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com
unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them
My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com wrote:
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas
On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabottle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. (http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi (http://www.arunmozhi.in/). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
regards Bala
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohandas@gmail.comwrote:
hi,
Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
https://picasaweb.google.com/102129583091345389661/SoftwareFreedomDay2011#56... -- Surya receiving the book as prize. Couldnt find any pics of Wikipedia "stall". SFD was organized in a very short time this year i guess, when i have been few years back, there were proper stalls. Nonetheless its more of a learning experience for students / improve presentation / public speaking. Art of pitching in a stall is unique and will only improve by experience, marketing guys will know it better
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