Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi/Delhi1

Summary
The Wikipedia/Wikimedia Delhi meetup is a get-together of wikipedians /wikimedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia. Barry Newstead from the Foundation will be attending and is eager to hear from the local community.

Pre-Meeting discussions can be on the talk page please.

Intended Audience
Anyone interested in Wikipedia is welcomed to join. Anyone supportive or interested in the Wikipedia movement is invited to join us for a casual meetup over coffee. Please add your name to the list below and join the Delhi mailing list.

Date and Venue
Date: : Wednesday, 22-September-2010 6:00 PM/1800 IST Venue:: Cha Bar, Oxford Bookstore, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road, Near Connaught Place, Delhi ( Coffee shop located at Oxford Bookstore, Statesman House) Location on Google Maps Cha Bar Oxford Bookstore website



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Getting there
The venue is located at Barakhamba road. Participants can reach the venue by using the Delhi Metro and deboarding at Barakhamba road station. The venue is located right next to the "New Delhi House" exit gate of the Metro station.

Agenda
Barry Newstead from the foundation will be attending, he wants to hear from the local community. Their is not set agenda, so everyone is free to talk about whatever that might be of interest to the foundation or the projects.

Attended

 * 1) Salmaan Harooon ( Theo10011 )
 * 2) Barry Newstead, CDO, Wikimedia Foundation
 * 3) Please complete the list of those who attended...

Signed up

 * 1) Salmaan Harooon ( Theo10011 )
 * 2) Barry Newstead, CDO, Wikimedia Foundation
 * 3) Sunny Varshney (Gcet,Greater Noida)
 * 4) Ananya Mukherjee
 * 5) Ourba Ganguly ( Knowourba )
 * 6) Atul  Jha
 * 7) Prasanth Vijay (@pvijay)
 * 8) Prateek Shah ( @prateekshah ), Online Evangelist,Blue Online
 * 9) Parth R. Rana ( @ParthRana )
 * 10) Praneeth
 * 11) Amitabh Patra ( Amitabh Patra )
 * 12) Priyanka Khot
 * 13) Ankit Ahuja (Digital Marketer)
 * 14) Ravi Sagar, Sparxsys Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 * 15) Suman Bajaj Kalra
 * 16) —  Nearly Headless Nick   {C}  19:57, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 17) Vinod Kuwar ( KuwarOnline Talk)
 * 18) Upinder Singh (@letzlearn)
 * 19) Rohit Rellan
 * 20) Cherian Samuel ( @cherian )
 * 21) Mayur, actually i will be able to reach by 6.30 pm due to my office timmings. but i will try my best toreach there--Mayurbot (talk) 17:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Mayur, We have moved the timing to 6 pm to accommodate everyone leaving their offices, I hope that the new timing is comfortable. Looking forward to meeting everyone in person.--Theo10011 (talk) 10:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Naresh Pal s/o Jai Ram Pal Hi, Exciting I want to go there really but timing is problem. I m in Noida and office timing is 9/30 to 6/30. Next time you should try to comfortable timing schedule. I will miss it


 * 1) I m too interested but timing will be problematic, as I m working in Gurgaon. I think we should have done this meeting on weekends, I know its not possible as Barry Newstead will be attending these kinds of meeting in other cities. In week days its hard for working people who stays far from delhi center. But I m excited about this meeting. I will try to my best to reach there. cheers  KuwarOnline  Talk''' 12:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I understand your concern Kuwar, but as you said Barry's availability is an issue for weekends. We have moved the timing a bit to 6 P.M. in order to accommodate anyone leaving their offices, it would be great if you could attend the first meet. Let me know if there is anything I can do.--Theo10011 (talk) 20:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) My office is near CP and my Office is till 5.30pm. So barring any unforeseen increase of work on that particular day, I shall definitely make an effort to attend the FIRST EVER meetup in Delhi !!! Quite excited about it ...! Just confirm the exact venue location and I will try to be there by 6 pm....Gprince007 (talk) 14:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Great to hear that, I updated the Venue. Please consider joining the Delhi mailing list for any future updates. Thanks.Theo10011 (talk) 20:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Probably coming. Yann (talk) 08:11, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That's great!! looking forward to meeting you Yann.Theo10011 (talk) 23:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) looking forward to the meetup...does anybody have any idea about parking in this area? I understand Connaught Place parking has been redeveloped into pedestrian spaces --Sesamevoila (talk) 07:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You can find one in front of Janpath Shopping Lane.  KuwarOnline  Talk''' 07:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You can park your car in the outer circle parking, right outside Barista/Cafe Coffee Day/Blues. Its right across the street. ( Prateekshah03 )

Hey guys, Anyone considered about parking can check the outer circle first, there is always the NDMC multi-level Parking lot next to Palika Bazaar on the Inner circle, it usually has a lot of free space available. I would also like to remind everyone to please join the Delhi mailing list .--Theo10011 (talk) 12:18, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

I was told that it may be dangerous to travel on September 24, because of the forthcoming judgement on the Ayodhya case. What do you think? Yann (talk) 09:25, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I am not sure about that. It is a sensitive issue and their have been precautionary measures placed for that day. Maybe someone else can comment on the issue. --Theo10011 (talk) 09:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, finally I am not coming. Travel issues, too much work, and I also got a cold. Yann (talk) 13:14, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News
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