Pranav, Ashwin, From past experience of similar events we would need to start registration at 7 am and have 5 to 6 counters for registration.
There will be a huge rush between 8 and 8 30 am. mailers will need to be sent to participants hat they will need to be seated by 8:15 and that reign will take 30 mins. We will need to go over the specifics of arrangements in detail. Regards Arun On 14-Nov-2011, at 8:03 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personal attention:Pranav Curumsey > > If Jimbo is going to speak to everyone at 0830 hours, you probably want > everybody seated by 0815hours. The registration team will not be able to > handle 700 registrations in forty five minutes, assuming people turn up at > 0730 hours. We need to make provision so that registration does not become a > barrier to Jimbo's speech which most people will certainly miss if it is > compulsory to get past the main door. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 1:35 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > CIOL : "Mumbai to host national WikiConference" > http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Developer/News-Reports/Mumbai-to-host-national-WikiConference/156390/0/ > > Jimmy Wales to deliver the Keynote on November 18 at University Convocation > Hall > > The Mumbai Wikipedia Community and the Wikimedia Chapter, India are hosting > the first ever WikiConference in Mumbai, India! > > The conference will be graced by the founder, open-source evangelist and > chairman emeritus of Wikimedia foundation, Jimmy Wales, said a press release. > > According to the release, the Conference will have a distinct Indian flavour > and deal primarily with issues relating to India on Wikipedia, English and > Indic language Wikipedia projects in the country, possible partnerships and > collaborations and the WikiCommunity editing on these issues, whether in > India or abroad. > > The three day event will be held from 18-20 November, 2011 at Convocation > Hall, University of Mumbai, Fort Campus. > > Arjuna Rao Chavala, president, Wikimedia chapter said, "We look forward to > organising the conference on an annual basis to bring together Indian > Wikipedians from 20+ Indian language projects to share learnings and best > practices. The event will help catalyze contributors in building Knowledge > Society through free and open education projects." > > Speaking on the occasion, Pranav Curumsey, Chairperson, Organizing Committee, > WikiConference India said, "The conference aims to promote the vision of the > founder Mr. Wales, 'Imagine a world in which every single person on the > planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.'” > > He added, “It is very encouraging to see ad-free participation showing a keen > interest in attending this conference confirming our belief that India is > free knowledge ready.” > > The release further added that, the event will see thousands of Wikipedians > from all over the country pouring in for sessions covering on different > topics. > > Moksh Juneja, secretary, Organising Committee, WikiConference India added, > "The conference aims to serve as an annual platform for all Indian > Wikipedians to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange > useful tips and best practices.” > > “We have been overwhelmed with the ad-free participation across India where > we received 7000 plus entries for scholarships and 550 plus papers were > submitted to be presented at the WikiConference India," concluded Juneja. > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > pr...@wikimedia.in > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiConference-India mailing list > wikiconference-in...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiconference-india > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia > Chapter, India Member's Group. > To post to this group, send email to wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en
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