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

[Girish Gupta]

Dear All,
Please share the photo graphs of 16thnJan if any of you have.
With Regards,
Girish





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From: Abhay Natu <anatu at yahoo.com>
To: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec at lists.wikimedia.org>; BalaSundaraRaman 
<sundarbecse at yahoo.com>
Cc: IndiaMailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore 
<wikimedia-in-blr at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 12:26:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event 
on Jan 15th (whole day event)


Hello,
 
I think I have missed the window to call you. The 11th hour notice and the 11.5 
hour time difference did not help.
 
Oh well, hopefully we can plan this thing out a little better the next time.
 
Regards,
 
Abhay
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As simple as possible.
But no simpler. -- A. Einstein

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole 
>day event)
>To: "Wikimedia India EC" <wikimedia-in-exec at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" 
><wikimedia-in-blr at lists.wikimedia.org>, anatu at yahoo.com
>Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 7:09 PM
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> 
>Just in: Someone from Marathi Wiki, likely Abhay Natu, will come online and 
>participate in the language session.
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>
>- Sundar
> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for 
>the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture 
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 From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc at googlemail.com>
>To: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" 
><wikimedia-in-blr at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 5:23:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole 
>day event)
>
>Update embedded
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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
>>
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>>The program for the event is as follows:
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>>
>>Agenda
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>>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)
>>	* 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)
>>	* Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (more))
>>	* Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (more)
>>	* Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (more)
>>	* 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
>>
>>
>[edit]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
>	* 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia 
>communities. (in person or remotely) 
>
>	* Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundar), Bengali (Bellayet), Kannada (HP Nadig), 
>Malayalam (Shiju Alex), Telugu (Arjuna Rao), Marathi Mahitgar, Sanskrit 
>(Arunram, and English (Tinu Cherian).
>	* 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by Arun 
>Ramarathnam.
>	* 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
>	* 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by 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]
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] Language Groups
>	* Kannada - HPN
>	* Malayalam -Shiju
>	* Tamil -Sundar
>	* Telugu .. Arjuna
>	* Others (tbd)
>[edit] Photography
>	* Photography and Wikipedia.
>[edit] 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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