Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
But there is one :) wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd And to send mail use: wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org _ * * *[image: Inline images 1]* *Béria Lima* * * * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos** * ** http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 14 March 2012 11:45, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
gud ..now we can use that list... moreover, we Indians can also let our neighbors know about the major events we conduct so this will enhance cross nation participating... it will also help us recognize cross cultural contribution and participation.. India is cross cultured itself... addition of neighboring cultures will make our sub-continent look brighter! :) Please share your thoughts on this... Thanks in advance, Ade. On 14 March 2012 20:20, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: But there is one :) wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd And to send mail use: wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org _ * * *[image: Inline images 1]* *Béria Lima* * * * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos** * ** http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 14 March 2012 11:45, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Most definitely, yes; it'd be a benefit for both communities. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 23:09, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: gud ..now we can use that list... moreover, we Indians can also let our neighbors know about the major events we conduct so this will enhance cross nation participating... it will also help us recognize cross cultural contribution and participation.. India is cross cultured itself... addition of neighboring cultures will make our sub-continent look brighter! :) Please share your thoughts on this... Thanks in advance, Ade. On 14 March 2012 20:20, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: But there is one :) wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd And to send mail use: wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org _ * * *[image: Inline images 1]* *Béria Lima* * * * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos** * ** http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 14 March 2012 11:45, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Nothing prevents Indian editors from subscribing to that list. If I'm not wrong, WikiTanvir is already subscribed to this list. There may be others also whom I do not know. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.comwrote: Most definitely, yes; it'd be a benefit for both communities. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 23:09, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: gud ..now we can use that list... moreover, we Indians can also let our neighbors know about the major events we conduct so this will enhance cross nation participating... it will also help us recognize cross cultural contribution and participation.. India is cross cultured itself... addition of neighboring cultures will make our sub-continent look brighter! :) Please share your thoughts on this... Thanks in advance, Ade. On 14 March 2012 20:20, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: But there is one :) wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd And to send mail use: wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org _ * * *[image: Inline images 1]* *Béria Lima* * * * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos** * ** http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 14 March 2012 11:45, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I think there should be a Bangladesh mailing list? Perhaps we can know from that. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1]
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Nothing prevents Indian editors from subscribing to that list. If I'm not wrong, WikiTanvir is already subscribed to this list. There may be others also whom I do not know. /me nods with Ashwin here. Sure, everyone is welcome to join any public lists, and that is why they are public! So welcome to join Wikimedia Bangladesh list. :-) Just to let you know guys, like Wikimedia India list, we don't use English much there. Because Bangla is the only official language in Bangladesh, and people from every corner of Bangladesh understand Bangla perfectly well. So you will get most of the e-mails in Bangla, but of course English is not forbidden. We do get e-mails in English too. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia ___ 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] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
I subscribed to Bangaladesh list.! :) Ade. On 15 March 2012 08:01, Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing prevents Indian editors from subscribing to that list. If I'm not wrong, WikiTanvir is already subscribed to this list. There may be others also whom I do not know. /me nods with Ashwin here. Sure, everyone is welcome to join any public lists, and that is why they are public! So welcome to join Wikimedia Bangladesh list. :-) Just to let you know guys, like Wikimedia India list, we don't use English much there. Because Bangla is the only official language in Bangladesh, and people from every corner of Bangladesh understand Bangla perfectly well. So you will get most of the e-mails in Bangla, but of course English is not forbidden. We do get e-mails in English too. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia ___ 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 ___ 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] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Dear All, is there any means to know about the events happening in our neighbours house?.. like th one Unconference thing in B'desh? if there is any, can we have some one representing our India in those events.. Jus a suggestion and curiosity. correct if i am wrong. Best, Ade. On 12 March 2012 11:49, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ 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 ___ 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
[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong
Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everyone, I am so pleased to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh, with the help of Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, and Bangladesh Open Source Network, organized the first Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 [1] in Chittagong [2] to promote Bangla Wikipedia [3] in Bangladesh. This outreach event was held in 2 and 3 of March and was attended by around 300 participants. It was first big-level program of Wikimedia Bangladesh and it was outside of the Dhaka (the capital) to focus on country-wide outreach. We called it an unconference to give it a less formal look and to make the appearance more welcoming. This two days event was inaugurated by the Chittagong City Mayor and and in the last it was attended by the Since and Technology minister of Bangladesh Government. It was also attended by some other popular public figures, writers, and university professors, and media personalties. During the unconference we had events like workshops, photo exhibition, cultural program, seminars, article writing contest, etc. We had several teams from the schools, colleges, and universities in Chittagong as team participants. The unconference was hosted by Chittagong campus of Independent University, Bangladesh. You can see the some of the images of the events in the Commons category [4]. Because of the presence of the popular public figures and government officials, the event got a significant amount of media coverage in national print and electronic media. We also even had billboards in the city's main crossings to let people know about Bangla Wikipedia which was the main purpose of this event and current strategic priority of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Wikimedia Bangladesh wants to thank everyone who supported us. We want to thank our sponsors and donors who helped us to arrange this big event. We want thank Wikimedia Foundation director Sue Gardner for her nice video speech that we screened in the inaugural ceremony. And of course to our participants, who eventually made this effort a success. And I apologize to let you guys know about this event in late. We are still working on putting everything on wiki. Regards, Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir on Wikimedia Secretary, Wikimedia Bangladesh [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong [3] http://bn.wikipedia.org [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangla_Wikipedia_Unconference_2012 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ 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
