[Wikimediaindia-l] Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14
Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14: Coincidentally, 14 people attended the 14th Mumbai Meetup held at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Bandra earlier today :) Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2 Nikita and Karthik mentioned that they have been in touch with some professional photographers who sounded interested in joining in, tentatively on 21 January 2012. Netra said that HT are planning a photowalk on 28 January 2012 as part of their No TV Day campaign in association with a local photographer group (whom Mehul had suggested we involve and Nikita has been in touch with). Netra suggested it may be a good idea to try and tie-up with HT - we will be contacting them to see if we can work something out. Vishal mentioned that Saturday would be a working day for him and he would not be able to make it. Vickram mentioned that any day some people would have a problem with, we cannot keep everyone happy. Wikimania 2013 Ansuman, Nikita, Karthik and Krutika were strongly in favour of making a bid for Wikimania 2013, Mumbai. Mehul said he would be able to help out with the internet but not much more. Pradeep, Vickram and myself were not so sure. After the WCI experience we felt that a lot more commitment and focus was required from the community since bidding for Wikimania is like bidding for the Olympics, if we botch up, we put the country to shame. Rohini pointed out that another city like (Delhi) or Bangalore could bid. I mentioned that I had brought the topic up with community members across the country and there was consensus that no city is ready to take on something the scale of a Wikimedia as we currently stand. Pradeep suggested that we should work at the grassroot levels instead, aiming at holding regular events locally for the next year, think of 2014 realistically and involving more people - starting with the photowalk. Everyone agreed to this. GLAM Initiative The meeting was given an update of the work done locally with GLAM and that the Department of Archives had been approached and a formal proposal needed to be presented. It was resolved to work on such a proposal and if needed hold a dedicated meetup for the same. Celebration and Acknowledgement We celebrated Wikipedia turns 11 with refreshments and cake. The refreshments were sponsored by Mumbai Community member Kundan Amitabh and the cake was sponsored by another Mumbai Community member, Pradeep Mohandas. The community thanks both Kundan and Pradeep for their large hearted gesture. Revival of Kashmiri Wikipedia Ansuman mentioned that he is interested in reviving the Kashmiri incubator and has spoken to a few friends who are interested as well. He spoke of how the entire community including himself had to leave their homeland overnight 2 decades ago and are now in danger of loosing their unique cultural identity, being far away from their homeland and Kashmiri Wikipedia could be a way of rejuvenating that identity and keeping it alive. The meeting was filled with enthusiastic discussions and lasted 3 and a half hours, wrapping up at 6.30pm. It was good to see people who had not been part of the community until WCI 2011 like Ansuman, Nikita, Karthik and Krutika come and attend the meetup and bring a breath of fresh air. Kind Regards, ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14
Hi Pranav On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:21 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Minutes of Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 14: Coincidentally, 14 people attended the 14th Mumbai Meetup held at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Bandra earlier today :) *Wikipedia Takes Mumbai 2* *... Wikimania 2013 *Ansuman, Nikita, Karthik and Krutika were strongly in favour of making a bid for Wikimania 2013, Mumbai. Mehul said he would be able to help out with the internet but not much more. Pradeep, Vickram and myself were not so sure. After the WCI experience we felt that a lot more commitment and focus was required from the community since bidding for Wikimania is like bidding for the Olympics, if we botch up, we put the country to shame. Rohini pointed out that another city like (Delhi) or Bangalore could bid. I mentioned that I had brought the topic up with community members across the country and there was consensus that no city is ready to take on something the scale of a Wikimedia as we currently stand. Pradeep suggested that we should work at the grassroot levels instead, aiming at holding regular events locally for the next year, think of 2014 realistically and involving more people - starting with the photowalk. Everyone agreed to this. * * wrt the W2013 concept, unfortunately due to the higher ambient sound I don't think everything discussed was captured. What I had said about it was that it would be a good idea to put in a bid, having learned from you how the bid for WCI was stewarded. However, as a major constraint is the lack of committed volunteers with the freedom to be able to adjust their time to do whatever was necessary, and that this scenario has been witnessed in most places, it is important to put in a bid, and then publish a calendar of physical events (such as the first point, WTM 2). The action of these physical events will help ensure that sufficient fellowship is created to generate the kind of volunteering activity needed to make a bid like this meaningful. Of course the point you have documented, that such things should be done in any case, is also a key to building a more coherent and practical community. * * -- Vickram Fool On The Hill http://communicall.wordpress.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
