[Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event)

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Greetings for WP10 to all from India!
>
> Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to
> celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.
> http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
>
> The program for the event is as follows:
>
>  Agenda
>  <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg>
>  <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg>
> Main Auditorium, NIAS
>
> Evening session: Main Public event
>
> Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST
> Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)
> Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach
> out to public, share India focus, discussion.
>
>
>    - 04:30 PM Coffee and Networking
>    - 05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John
>    - 05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets
>    by Srikanth L.
>    - 05:45 PM 06:00 PM *"Namma Wikipedia"* - Sharing of audience
>    experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.
>    - *06:00 PM Invited Talk*
>       - Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (more<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang>
>       )
>    - 06:30 PM *"How I became a Wikipedian"* - sharing of experiences by
>    Wikipedia contributors by Sundar
>    - *06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype*
>    - 07:00 PM Short Break
>    - 07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig
>       - What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making
>       towards open access, Call for support, Current status.
>    - *07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia* by Arun Ramarathnam
>       - Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead
>       - *Panelists*
>          - Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (more<http://ssadagopan.com/about.htm>
>          )
>          - Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and
>          Writer (more) <http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan%27s_bio.pdf>)
>          - Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (
>          more<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala>
>          )
>          - Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and
>          Society (more <http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil>)
>       - 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
>
>
>  [edit<http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=3>
> ]Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community
>
> Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST
> Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)
> Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices
>
>
>    - 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by Sundar<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar>
>    - 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian
>    Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
>       - Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundar<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar>),
>       Bengali (Bellayet <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet>),
>       Kannada (HP Nadig <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN>),
>       Malayalam (Shiju Alex <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex>),
>       Telugu (Arjuna Rao <http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc>),
>       Marathi Mahitgar <http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar>,
>       Sanskrit (Arunram <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram>, and
>       English (Tinu Cherian<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian>
>       ).
>    - 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated
>    by Arun Ramarathnam. <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram>
>    - 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
>    - 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by
>    Sundar <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar>
>       - Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between
>       cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD
>
>
> Updated the section by including focus on languages which is missed out by
Arun

> [edit<http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=4>
> ]
>
Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest
> Groups
>
> Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST
> Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)
> Purpose: Discuss the Wikipedia status on the themes and explore
> possibilities of collaboration and strategies for 2011.
> [edit<http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=5>
> ] Language Groups
>
>    - Kannada - HPN
>    - Malayalam -Shiju
>    - Tamil -Sundar
>    - Telugu .. Arjuna
>    - Others (tbd)
>
> [edit<http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=6>
> ] Photography
>
>    - Photography and Wikipedia.
>
>  [edit<http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=7>
> ] Technology
>
>    - Mediawiki & Extensions
>    - Hacking around Wikipedia
>    - Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
>    - Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot
>
>
>
> Thanks

Arjuna Rao Chavala
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