http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list 1. Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required) 2. Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required) 3. 4.
1. List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada Wikipedia booth on a. 4 Fri b. 5 Sat c. 6 Sun
2. Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic searching for the right place.
3. Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
4. Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
5. Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
6. Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address that need. http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-cl...
Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph work.well.done.in@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
- Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
- Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
Let us not make both mandatory as we'd like to see as many volunteers participating as possible. However, if anyone who's good with speaking in Kannada can take the lead, it'd be useful.
I can step in if no one else does. Ideally, it would be nice to see some new volunteers taking the lead.
Copying this email to the Kannada Wikipedia Mailing list as well.
- List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
Wikipedia booth on a. 4 Fri b. 5 Sat c. 6 Sun
Has the booth been confirmed?
- Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
searching for the right place.
Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
- Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address that need.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-cl...
It would be good to meet sometime to discuss all this. I can be of help.
Ralph, would you be able to send me your phone number off the list?
I can probably make it on saturday or sunday. Just let me know the exact place and time, and I will confirm. I can, of course, speak kannada, and I don't know what you mean by programming language..if it is html, then I can manage that.
Swaroop G Rao
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:02, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph work.well.done.in@gmail.comwrote:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
- Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
- Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
Let us not make both mandatory as we'd like to see as many volunteers participating as possible. However, if anyone who's good with speaking in Kannada can take the lead, it'd be useful.
I can step in if no one else does. Ideally, it would be nice to see some new volunteers taking the lead.
Copying this email to the Kannada Wikipedia Mailing list as well.
- List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
Wikipedia booth on a. 4 Fri b. 5 Sat c. 6 Sun
Has the booth been confirmed?
- Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
searching for the right place.
Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
- Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address that need.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-cl...
It would be good to meet sometime to discuss all this. I can be of help.
Ralph, would you be able to send me your phone number off the list?
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Ralph,
This is indeed a great opportunity to create greater awareness about the Kannada wikipedia. We need a lot more contributors to Kannada wikipedia. Exhibitions are hectic but p;pose the best outreach opportunity.
I though of sharing some learnings from the recent exhibit stall we had at the World Sanskrit Book fair for you and the other volunteers to consider:
- These exhibitions tend to draw lot of crowds and can be very exhausting. - There needs to be 4 volunteers at a given time in the stall. - Volunteers need to be in shifts of 2 hours to be effective and retain energy reserves. - Most of the questions in event like these are general awareness, what they can do as readers, how they need to do if they need to contribute (whom to contact). Discussions will not be very technical. (except in the cases of very few visitors) - Having pamphlets is a a great help with the links to wikimedia.in, kannada wikipedia and other projects, India meetup page. We struggled writing the links through the 2 days as we did not have any pamphlets. - We now have the banners from the W10 event in Bangalore. These will be of great use. - Take the wikireader, it generates a lot of interest. It is now with HPN. - Suggest 3-4 laptops with a data card each. This is better than using a single projector. We did not use a projector. One to one discussions are most effective. - Take a a few notebooks to write down contacts of people who want help to become contributors. - You will also run into people who would want to give away content they have created to wikipedia. This is as always a great opportunity. - From our past experience, the volunteers knowing wikipedia (even using is good). Key messages to communicate can be shared with the team. The general public is not very well informed on specifics of wikipedia except being aware. Many may not know about it in Indian languages. - The volunteers need the ability to communicate and relate to the varied audience and backgrounds. This is the most important skill than even being insightful. - Have at least one senior wikipedian in the stall to answer the difficult or detailed questions. - Overlap some volunteers across days to carry the learning and experience of earlier days across subsequent days. - Expect people to ask questions about Kanaja and other similar projects. They may also have stalls.
Best wishes for the event.
regards Arun
Bangalore, India www.twitter.com/arunram
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph work.well.done.in@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
Wikipedia booth on a. 4 Fri b. 5 Sat c. 6 Sun
- Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
searching for the right place.
Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
- Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address that need.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-cl...
Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph
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I can probably make it on saturday or sunday. Just let me know the exact place and time, and I will confirm. I can, of course, speak kannada, and I don't know what you mean by programming language..if it is html, then I can manage that.
Swaroop G Rao
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:58, Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com wrote:
Ralph,
This is indeed a great opportunity to create greater awareness about the Kannada wikipedia. We need a lot more contributors to Kannada wikipedia. Exhibitions are hectic but p;pose the best outreach opportunity.
I though of sharing some learnings from the recent exhibit stall we had at the World Sanskrit Book fair for you and the other volunteers to consider:
- These exhibitions tend to draw lot of crowds and can be very
exhausting.
- There needs to be 4 volunteers at a given time in the stall.
- Volunteers need to be in shifts of 2 hours to be effective and retain
energy reserves.
- Most of the questions in event like these are general awareness, what
they can do as readers, how they need to do if they need to contribute (whom to contact). Discussions will not be very technical. (except in the cases of very few visitors)
- Having pamphlets is a a great help with the links to wikimedia.in,
kannada wikipedia and other projects, India meetup page. We struggled writing the links through the 2 days as we did not have any pamphlets.
- We now have the banners from the W10 event in Bangalore. These will
be of great use.
- Take the wikireader, it generates a lot of interest. It is now with
HPN.
- Suggest 3-4 laptops with a data card each. This is better than using
a single projector. We did not use a projector. One to one discussions are most effective.
- Take a a few notebooks to write down contacts of people who want help
to become contributors.
- You will also run into people who would want to give away content
they have created to wikipedia. This is as always a great opportunity.
- From our past experience, the volunteers knowing wikipedia (even
using is good). Key messages to communicate can be shared with the team. The general public is not very well informed on specifics of wikipedia except being aware. Many may not know about it in Indian languages.
- The volunteers need the ability to communicate and relate to the
varied audience and backgrounds. This is the most important skill than even being insightful.
- Have at least one senior wikipedian in the stall to answer the
difficult or detailed questions.
- Overlap some volunteers across days to carry the learning and
experience of earlier days across subsequent days.
- Expect people to ask questions about Kanaja and other similar
projects. They may also have stalls.
Best wishes for the event.
regards Arun
Bangalore, India www.twitter.com/arunram
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph work.well.done.in@gmail.comwrote:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
Wikipedia booth on a. 4 Fri b. 5 Sat c. 6 Sun
- Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
searching for the right place.
Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
- Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address that need.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-cl...
Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph
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