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of caution and as a way of sharing (with the group) a piece of information that
he came across recently. Knowing your efforts, he wouldn't have meant anything
else, I suppose. So, let's all AGF on this. :)
- 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
>
>From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian at gmail.com>
>To: wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>Sent: Sun, December 19, 2010 5:41:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010
Photos
>
>Hi Srinivas ( & et all),
> If the mail was intended to me alone ( as per the salutation ),
>this below mail could have sent directly to me ( instead of india wide alias).
>
>
>To clarify your comments.
> There was no "recorded" history of any kolkata meetup, till then.
> That is why I took the liberty of calling the meetup as 1
>( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata1 ) . I have
>created the page & announced it ( with link) on the India alias too, very long
>back. Nobody have informed me/ Shiju or the other organizers ( 2 of them from
>Kolkata only) about it when we created the Kolkata meetup page. I trust you
>also didn't know about it till then. Having said that, this wasn't intended to
>take away any "credit" of someone...
>
>
>When we thought of a Chennai meetup this year, I remembered the wikicamp ,
>Chennai in 2007 and created a page for this Chennai1 ( just to record the
>historical data) and called the Nov 2010 meetup as Chennai2 . There may be even
>more meetups that actually happened between Chennai1 & Chennai2. Bangalore 3rd
>meetup (held at my home and attended was by you also ) was called Meetup3 , as
>there were 2 pages for Bangalore and Bangalore2 already created. We are still
>not sure whether Blore2 had actually taken place, but still we created the new
>meetup page as Bangalore3
>
>
>If you still have objections on numberings, please move Kolkata1 to Kolkata2 and
>create a page for Kolkata1. Please get in touch with your friend to get more
>details on that meetup. That will help us all in knowing more about it.
>
>
>Please understand these numberings are primarily for tracking purposes and
>creation of pages.. What matters more is not the numbering or the naming, but
>the efforts & purpose behind organizing such meetups .
>
>
>Hope that explains it better.
>
>
>Regards
>Tinu Cherian
>
>
>On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:47 PM, guru brahma <wikibra at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>Dear Tinu,
>>
>>from what I understand, an earlier Wikimeetup happened at Kolkata more than a
>>year ago in Joka. I was informed of this by a participant at that earlier
>>event who had expressed inability in attending the current meetup on the
>>relevant page. I met her at a conference in Bangalore recently and got to know
>>this. We may want to exercise caution in branding events as the first meet-up
>>etc., "meet-up" should suffice.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Srinivas Gunta.
>>
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian at gmail.com>
>>To: wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>>Sent: Tue, 14 December, 2010 7:03:13 PM
>>Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos
>>
>>
>>Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos
>>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolkata_Meetup_Dec2010
>>
>>There were around 18+ attendees for the first Wikimeetup @Kolkata . I would like
>>to express my sincere thanks to Jayanata Nath, Indranil Das Gupta & Shiju Alex
>>for all the efforts in putting things together for a successful meetup, at one
>>of the ancient cities of India. Special thanks to Bishakha Datta & Achal
>>Prabhala for all the encouragement & support in our efforts.
>>
>>
>>One of us will be sending a detailed report on the meetup soon.
>>
>>Regards
>>Tinu Cherian
>>
>>
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Hi Tinu,</div><div><br></div><div>From my reading of Srinivas' email, it looks like he meant it as a simple word of caution and as a way of sharing (with the group) a piece of information that he came across recently. Knowing your efforts, he wouldn't have meant anything else, I suppose. So, let's all AGF on this. :)</div><div><br></div><div>- Sundar<br> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div
style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian at gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, December 19, 2010 5:41:32 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos<br></font><br>
Hi Srinivas ( & et all),<div> If the mail was intended to me alone ( as per the salutation ), this below mail could have sent directly to me ( instead of india wide alias). </div><div><br></div><div>To clarify your comments. </div>
<div><span> There was no "recorded" history of any kolkata meetup, till then. That is why I took the liberty of calling the meetup as 1 ( <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata1">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata1</a> ) . I have created the page & announced it ( with link) on the India alias too, very long back. Nobody have informed me/ Shiju or the other organizers ( 2 of them from Kolkata only) about it when we created the Kolkata meetup page. I trust you also didn't know about it till then. Having said that, this wasn't intended to take away any "credit" of someone... </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>When we thought of a Chennai meetup this year, I remembered the wikicamp , Chennai in 2007 and created a page for this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai1">Chennai1 </a>( just to record the historical data) and called the Nov 2010 meetup as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2">Chennai2</a> . There may be even more meetups that actually happened between Chennai1 & Chennai2. Bangalore 3rd meetup (held at my home and attended was by you also ) was called Meetup3 , as there were 2 pages for Bangalore and Bangalore2 already created. We are still not sure whether <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore2">Blore2</a> had actually taken place, but still we created the new meetup page as Bangalore3</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you still have objections on numberings, please move Kolkata1 to Kolkata2 and create a page for Kolkata1. Please get in touch with your friend to get more details on that meetup. That will help us all in knowing more about it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Please understand these numberings are primarily for tracking purposes and creation of pages.. What matters more is not the numbering or the naming, but the efforts & purpose behind organizing such meetups .</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that explains it better.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Tinu Cherian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:47 PM, guru brahma <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wikibra at yahoo.co.in" target="_blank" href="mailto:wikibra at yahoo.co.in">wikibra at yahoo.co.in</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Dear Tinu,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>from what I understand, an earlier Wikimeetup happened at Kolkata more than a year ago in Joka. I was informed of this by a participant at that earlier event who had expressed inability in attending the current meetup on the relevant page. I met her at a conference in Bangalore recently and got to know this. We may want to exercise caution in branding events as the first meet-up etc., "meet-up" should suffice.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Srinivas Gunta.<br></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> CherianTinu Abraham <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tinucherian at gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:tinucherian at gmail.com">tinucherian at gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org">wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, 14 December, 2010 7:03:13 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos<br></font><div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br>Wikipedia Wikimeetup1 @ Kolkata, Dec 2010 Photos <br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolkata_Meetup_Dec2010">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolkata_Meetup_Dec2010</a> </span><br>
<br>There were around 18+ attendees for the first Wikimeetup @Kolkata . I would like to express my sincere thanks to Jayanata Nath, Indranil Das Gupta & Shiju Alex for all the efforts in putting things together for a successful meetup, at one of the ancient cities of India. Special thanks to Bishakha Datta &
Achal Prabhala for all the encouragement & support in our efforts. <br><br>One of us will be sending a detailed report on the meetup soon. <br><br>Regards<br>Tinu Cherian <br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>
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