On 29-Nov-2012, at 4:20 PM, Pradeep Nair wrote: Hi, Thanks, Nitika. It might also be a good idea to ask participants to get their dongles as backup. Also, please keep us informed on the GLAM discussions, as this may be of interest to some of us on this list, like me. :) Pradeep Good idea Pradeep. Shall do that! :-) In addition, GLAM meeting with State Central Library is scheduled for 13th Dec 10.30am. Please let me know if anyone would like to join, maybe we can organise a Google hangout as well. Thanks Nitika _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Dear Nitika, Is it possible to get in touch with others who have been contributing to the Goa pages in the past?

Also, some of us have bandwidth problems here, otherwise we would have contributed more. Is it possible to set up a small team to continue this process, in Goa itself, after the workshop is done? The Central Library has a lot of space and tend to be supportive in such work. Its Curator, Carlos Fernandes, was even supportive when Richard Stallman of the FSF visited many years ago. They understand the importance of creating sharable resources. At the library, you can spot some displays of open journal websites, etc which researchers can freely access. You could build on such synergies.

Dear All, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Harriet Vidyasagar and Frederick Noronha for helping us kick start Wikipedia activities in Goa. They have put in a lot of hard work in the past few weeks to organise Wikipedia events. So far we have 3 confirmed events between 12th Dec and 14th Dec while they are still working on squeezing in more events during these dates. I wanted to share details of these events with everyone and also invite suggestions. *Details of events* 1. A WikiWorkshop to introduce students and a few faculty on how to edit the Wikipedia on12th and 13th December from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm at Goa University, computer lab. The lab has 24 computers and we will have about 6 persons with laptops i.e a total of 30 persons. We got 60 registrations for this event but since the lab has limited capacity we'll only be able to accommodate first 30 registrations. We're trying to host another academy for the remaining 30 sometime on the 14th provided we're able to arrange for a venue. Even if no venue is available; we'll still try and do a small talk with these registrations. We definitely don't want to loose out the opportunity of touching base with 30 more interested people. 2. We have a meeting scheduled with The Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Patto, Panjim on 13th morning from 10.30 to 12.30 noon to discuss GLAM opportunities. 3. Harriet and her team are still trying to organise the following: - Public program to create awareness on about Wikipedia and how to contribute at Central Library - Event at NIE where all are invited on the topic of Wikimedia in Schools and Wikipedia for Teachers *Calling for participation as volunteers* * * Frederick is a long time Wikipedian who lives in Goa and will be available to provide on ground support for these meetings. I wanted to check if we can have 2 more or at least one more volunteer from Mumbai or Pune who could come down to Goa for these events. CIS will be able to support train/bus travel for these volunteers and Goa University will take care of accommodation in their university guest house. Please respond at the earliest so that we can make arrangements accordingly. Looking forward to hear from al of you. Thanks a ton! Regards, Nitika On 07-Dec-2012, at 12:50 AM, Nitika Tandon wrote: On 06-Dec-2012, at 1:21 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا wrote: Dear Nitika, Is it possible to get in touch with others who have been contributing to the Goa pages in the past? Absolutely! We can invite Wikipedians from Goa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Goan_Wikipedians> and members of WikiProject Goa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GOA> . Also, some of us have bandwidth problems here, otherwise we would have contributed more. Is it possible to set up a small team to continue this process, in Goa itself, after the workshop is done? The Central Library has a lot of space and tend to be supportive in such work. Its Curator, Carlos Fernandes, was even supportive when Richard Stallman of the FSF visited many years ago. They understand the importance of creating sharable resources. At the library, you can spot some displays of open journal websites, etc which researchers can freely access. You could build on such synergies. We have a meeting scheduled with the State Central Library on the 13th Dec at 10.30am. We can most definitely work out a plan with them. I'm hoping you'll be able to join for this meeting too. I have raised a ticket to lift IP rate limit: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42767. Hope it gets resolved at the earliest. Thanks Nitika _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Thanks Nitika The person who deserves all the credit and has really worked to make it possible and pull it together is Prof "Alito Siqueira" of the Goa University. Ref accommodation for volunteers please reconfirm with who ever you have been talking to. As far as I know, currently two rooms have been booked for you and me at the University Guest House. December is a tourist filled month in Goa so the accommodation needs to be confirmed in advance. If we don't have a formal venue...the steps of the Panjim church in the city square, in the moonlight or street lights with laptops is a great place to work. Prof. GN and I have worked there before! We have a picture too:) Regards Harriet On 12/8/12, Nitika Tandon &lt;ntandon(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: Frederick put events. So are about 6 for for a Library, contribute and available can WikiProject this such freely Dec -- Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l