Dear all, Please* rsvp your attendance at the Bangalore community consultation *today* (Friday, September 19)* if you have been nominated, or let us know if you have any difficulties with the decision.[1] I have cut and pasted the names below for ease, but please respond on wiki. It is critical that we have your travel details over the next two days so that we can book travel and lodging for you. Given the holidays coming up, both transport and the hotels are likely to get full, and we want to prevent any unfortunate last minute difficulties with ensuring this really important conversation goes off well. If you are not able to confirm attendance, we will be forced to assume silence=non-participation. :-( Ravi and other folks on this list: could I ask you to ping those you know who have been nominated and remind them as well? Many thanks - it takes a village to have an event! Asaf will also be in touch once he's touched down. thanks, Anasuya [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014#Participa… Assamese[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=5> ] - Joli Rumi Borah <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Joli> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Bangla[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=6> ] - Jayanta Nath <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth> (also President of Wikimedia India chapter) - Traveling from airport: Kolkata - confirmed acceptance: *Yes* English[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=7> ] - Cherian Tinu Abraham <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Shyamal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal> - Traveling from airport: NONE - confirmed acceptance: Y - Arun Ramaratnam (also former WMIN EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Srikanth Ramakrishnan (also former WMIN EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Pranav Curumsey (also former WMIN EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - (additional unaffiliated delegates TBD) Gujarati[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=8> ] - Sushant Savla <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sushant_savla> - Traveling from airport: Mumbai - confirmed acceptance: Yes - Kartik Mistry <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:KartikMistry&action=edit&redlink=1> - Traveling from airport: Mumbai - confirmed acceptance: No Hindi[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=9> ] - *NONE* (invited 5 most active editors, but no response so far) Kannada[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=10> ] - Omshivaprakash <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Omshivaprakash> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Hari Prasad Nadig <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:HPN> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Konkani[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=11> ] - (TBD) Malayalam[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=12> ] - Netha Hussain <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain> She has expressed inability in the talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIndia_Community_Consultation_2014&diff=9849010&oldid=9847203> even before she was chosen to be invited. Please confirm with her again. - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Shiju Alex <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex> (also former WMF) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Ramesh NG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ramesh_NG&action=edit&redlink=1> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Manu <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Manuspanicker> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Marathi[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=13> ] - Shantanu Mahajan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82> - Traveling from airport: Pune - confirmed acceptance: Yes - Abhay Natu <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%82&action=edit&redlink=1> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Sudhanwa Jogalekar <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sudhanwa&action=edit&redlink=1> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Oriya[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=14> ] - Ansuman <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Subas Chandra Rout <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Subas_Chandra_Rout> - Traveling from airport: ? - Bhubaneswar - confirmed acceptance: ? - Yes Punjabi[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=15> ] - Satdeep Gill <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Satdeep_gill> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Tamil[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=16> ] - Ravishankar Ayyakkanu <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ravidreams> - Traveling from: Coimbatore (Will confirm rail / air mode of transport by 20th September) - confirmed acceptance: Yes - BalaSundarRaman Lakshmanan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Balasubramanian Jeyaraman <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sodabottle> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: Chennai - confirmed acceptance: Yes Telugu[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=17> ] - Ahmed Nisar <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D&action=edit&redlink=1> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Viswanadh B.K. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86.> - Traveling from airport: Rajahmundry - confirmed acceptance: Yes - Pavan Santhosh Surampudi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavan_santhosh.s> - Traveling from airport: Hyderabad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rajiv_gandhi_international_airport> - confirmed acceptance: Yes - Arjuna Rao Chavala <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc> (also former EC) - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Sanskrit[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=18> ] - Sumana Koundinya <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SumanaKoundinya> - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? Wikimedia India chapter Executive Committee (WMIN EC)[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=19> ] - ViswaPrabha <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Viswaprabha> - Traveling from airport by train/bus: *Thrissur* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrissur_railway_station> (booking by self) - confirmed acceptance: *Yes* - Jayanta Nath (also the Bangla delegate) - Traveling from airport: Kolkata - confirmed acceptance: *Yes* - Karthik Nadar - Traveling from airport: Mumbai - confirmed acceptance: Yes - Nikita Belavate - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Nikhil Kawle - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - Dr Ekbal Bappukunju - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? - RadhaKrishna Arvapally - Traveling from airport: ? - confirmed acceptance: ? and - Sowmyan Tirumurti (former WMIN executive manager) - Traveling from airport: Bangalore based. No transportation required - confirmed acceptance: Confirm acceptance CIS and CIS-A2K team[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=20> ] (all local and confirmed) - T. Vishnu Vardhan - Sunil Abraham - UB Pavanaja - Rahimanuddin Shaik WMF delegates[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=edit&section=21> ] (all confirmed) - Vice-chair of the Board of Trustees Patricio Lorente - Trustee Bishakha Datta - Senior Director of Grantmaking Anasuya Sengupta - Head of Wikimedia Grants and Global South Partnerships Asaf Bartov <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon> - Chief Financial Officer Garfield Byrd -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>