Hi all, I think it is a really nice idea. Forming and running the wikimedia India chapter will take some time. So, it might be a bit hard for the India chapter to organize wikimania by itself. I would like to suggest that the Wikimedia India chapter collaborate with some of the established educational institutions like IIT or maybe work with organizations pertaining to Indian language promotion as it would be much easier to organize as well as much cheaper in terms of cost. We here in Nepal are trying to form a Nepal chapter (maybe by 2010 or later) and help from various language organizations, colleges, open source organizations, radio stations etc. has been very helpful for spreading words and recruiting new volunteers. Regards, Eukesh *Anirudh <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>* wrote: Sounds really interesting, and I would be fully supportive of this, provided we could get enough enthusiasts. New Delhi would be a great choice, IMO. But then again, there is the ubiquitous question of sponsors. On 12/12/07, Akash <akash.great(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > Bids for Wikimania 2009 are going to open on Saturday. There is > already an unofficial India bid made at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/India > . Should we bid for Wikimania? By that time we should (hopefully) > have an active India chapter and more people too. Take a look at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009 > for more details. For all those who are not aware - Wikimania is > the annual conference of the Wikimedia foundation. Wikimania 2007 was held > in Taipei, Taiwan and was attended by close to 500 people. Wikimania 2008 is > going to be held in Alexandria, Egypt (home to the first library in the > world). > > Do think and write your suggestions regarding Wikimania in India. > We can then decide a city and make the official bid. > > Akash > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l