Thanks Tinu, Sankarshan, for images of Pune Meetup 3.
For those who attended, could we have a small brief (or even better a blog post) about what transpired for those who missed the meet?
As of now, this is a problem. Meets dont get reported. People forget that the written report of what transpired is absolutely necessary for the community. A few uncaptioned photos or newspaper clippings are of no use.
This is contrary to the Wikipedia spirit of free flow of information. Inadequate reporting of a Wikipedia meetup is a contradiction of sorts.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
For those who attended, could we have a small brief (or even better a blog post) about what transpired for those who missed the meet?
The blog post, more of personal jottings really, was posted along with the photos http://sankarshan.posterous.com/notes-from-the-pune-wikipedia-meetup cf. http://identi.ca/notice/60354579
hi,
Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in classrooms? The Mumbai one also happened in a lecture hall complete with green board and chalks! There was even a rickety unbalanced table up front that the speakers unconsciously wanted to lean against!
I see that Pune has at least advanced to white boards and pens in the class room selected. :)
warm regards, Pradeep
On 14 December 2010 22:39, sankarshan foss.mailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
For those who attended, could we have a small brief (or even better a blog post) about what transpired for those who missed the meet?
The blog post, more of personal jottings really, was posted along with the photos < http://sankarshan.posterous.com/notes-from-the-pune-wikipedia-meetup%3E cf. http://identi.ca/notice/60354579
-- sankarshan mukhopadhyay http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog
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On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in classrooms? The Mumbai one also happened in a lecture hall complete with green board and chalks! There was even a rickety unbalanced table up front that the speakers unconsciously wanted to lean against! I see that Pune has at least advanced to white boards and pens in the class room selected. :)
If someone from SICSR is on the list they may be able to put a much definitive answer.
My guess is that arranging for the auditorium or, even an informal gathering place at a reasonably quick notice is difficult to do. There aren't many places at Pune where you can get together, sit around and then break off into smaller circles of discussion. Especially at that hour of the day.
That said, the "classroom" did encourage the students (the newbie contributors) to speak up in familiar surroundings. So, it actually worked out fairly well although Erik and Danese ended up doing a bit of back and forth on moderating and queue-ing up the questions.
hi,
That was meant to be humorous but I guess no one got the point :).
Nothing serious.
Pradeep
On 14 December 2010 22:56, sankarshan foss.mailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in classrooms?
The
Mumbai one also happened in a lecture hall complete with green board and chalks! There was even a rickety unbalanced table up front that the
speakers
unconsciously wanted to lean against! I see that Pune has at least advanced to white boards and pens in the
class
room selected. :)
If someone from SICSR is on the list they may be able to put a much definitive answer.
My guess is that arranging for the auditorium or, even an informal gathering place at a reasonably quick notice is difficult to do. There aren't many places at Pune where you can get together, sit around and then break off into smaller circles of discussion. Especially at that hour of the day.
That said, the "classroom" did encourage the students (the newbie contributors) to speak up in familiar surroundings. So, it actually worked out fairly well although Erik and Danese ended up doing a bit of back and forth on moderating and queue-ing up the questions.
-- sankarshan mukhopadhyay http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog
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*/* The blog post, more of personal jottings really, was posted along with the photos < http://sankarshan.posterous.com/notes-from-the-pune-wikipedia-meetup%3E cf. http://identi.ca/notice/60354579 sankarshan mukhopadhyay */*
Thanks Sankarshan, wish I was there, if nothing at least for the swag ;-).
Actually I depend on the Wikimedia list and WikiProject India/Portal for news of meetups. I'm sure there are others like me. Could all who have blogged/posted/placed images about meetups please reflect them on this list besides other social media such as FB, twitter, identi.ca etc.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Tinu, Sankarshan, for images of Pune Meetup 3.
For those who attended, could we have a small brief (or even better a blog post) about what transpired for those who missed the meet?
As of now, this is a problem. Meets dont get reported. People forget that the written report of what transpired is absolutely necessary for the community. A few uncaptioned photos or newspaper clippings are of no use.
This is contrary to the Wikipedia spirit of free flow of information. Inadequate reporting of a Wikipedia meetup is a contradiction of sorts.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
I tweeted a bit for today's techmeet in Pune with the meet hashtag #WPMPN4.
http://twitter.com/search?q=%23wpmpn4
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
*/* The blog post, more of personal jottings really, was posted along with
the photos < http://sankarshan.posterous.com/notes-from-the-pune-wikipedia-meetup%3E cf. http://identi.ca/notice/60354579 sankarshan mukhopadhyay */*
Thanks Sankarshan, wish I was there, if nothing at least for the swag ;-).
Actually I depend on the Wikimedia list and WikiProject India/Portal for news of meetups. I'm sure there are others like me. Could all who have blogged/posted/placed images about meetups please reflect them on this list besides other social media such as FB, twitter, identi.ca etc.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Tinu, Sankarshan, for images of Pune Meetup 3.
For those who attended, could we have a small brief (or even better a blog post) about what transpired for those who missed the meet?
As of now, this is a problem. Meets dont get reported. People forget that the written report of what transpired is absolutely necessary for the community. A few uncaptioned photos or newspaper clippings are of no use.
This is contrary to the Wikipedia spirit of free flow of information. Inadequate reporting of a Wikipedia meetup is a contradiction of sorts.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Cheers
Actually I depend on the Wikimedia list and WikiProject India/Portal for news of meetups. I'm sure there are others like me. Could all who have blogged/posted/placed images about meetups please reflect them on this list besides other social media such as FB, twitter, identi.ca etc.
Here's the non-techy view report on the Wikipedia Mumbai meetup on December 11 - http://www.parallelspirals.in/2010/12/wikipedia-mumbai-meetup-5/
Pictures - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mumbai_Meetup_Dec2010
I do hope that the other camera-persons in the group also share via Wikimedia Commons.This was my first experience of uploading stuff on Commons. Tinu Cherian did that for me the last time. I did want to try it for myself this time. Learnt a bit more with each photo I uploaded and liked it.
warm regards, Pradeep
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