Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai13

Mumbai Meetup
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Summary
The Wikipedia Mumbai meetup is a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users) and the General Public to discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. This particular meetup is important as a proposed WikiConference due to be held in Mumbai (November 2011) will be at the top of the agenda.

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

Date and Venue
Date: : Saturday, 17-September-2011 4 PM IST

Venue: Centre for Education & Documentation (CED), 3, Suleman Chambers, Ground Floor, 4, Battery Street, behind Regal Cinema, Colaba, Mumbai.

Helpline
Pradeep Mohandas: +91-897-625-3586

Intended Audience
Anyone interested in Wikipedia (user, contributor or curious about it). Wikipedians from any part of India or the world and anyone who is interested in Wikipedia! Meetup is open to members of all Wikimedia projects and Wikipedians from all languages. All are welcome, and we are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. If you are interested in coming, please add your name below.

Getting There
Nearest railway stations are Churchgate on Western Line and CST on the Central and Harbour Lines. It's 15 to 20 minutes walking distance from the railway stations.

If you are travelling by BEST Bus you can take any of the following routes: A13 Exp, A74 Exp, A75 Exp, A76 Exp, C-2, 1, 2L, 3, 4L, 6L, 9, 11L, 14, 17L, 19L, 21L, 22L, 28, 44, 51, 68, 69, 70, 74, 83, 86, 101, 103, 106, 108, 111, 112, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130, 131, 133, 137, 139, 803L, 806L and get down at Regal Cinema/Museum/Dr S.P. Mukherjee Chowk.

Agenda

 * Introductions & General Discussions.
 * Updates on WikiConference India 2011 (scheduled to take place in November at Mumbai)

Attending

 * Prad2609 (talk) 16:26, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 09:05, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Shekhar Krishnan (talk) 07:41, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Harshita Pande (talk) 04:17, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Interested but not sure
Sundeep

Announcements/Event Notices

 * Event notice posted on the Wikimedia Mumbai, WCI and Wikimedia India mailing lists as well as Wikimedia India members list.

Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News
Please list post meeting coverages here.

Minutes
The thirteenth meeting of Wikipedia Mumbai community was held at the Center for Education and Documentation, Colaba. The meeting was scheduled to be held between 4 pm and 6 pm but went on till 7 pm. We would like to thank the Center for Education and Documentation for providing the venue and being patient despite us crossing the time limit.

The meeting had two agenda items: 1. Introductions 2. Update on WikiConference India 2011

There were 15 people present at the meeting.


 * 1) After a round of introductions, Pranav presented an update on WikiConference India 2011.
 * 2) Prof. Nagarjuna proposed and offered the facilities of the hostel at the Homi Bhaba Center for Science Education (HBCSE) for a few Wikipedians. The conference working group has been requested to get back to him with number of people and has offered the place even a few days before the conference.
 * 3) The discussion turned to the backing out of Pune from the organisation of the conference. It was resolved by members in the Mumbai community to put out this statement: "We regret the withdrawal of Pune community from the organisation of the conference and sincerely hope that this will not affect their continuing participation in the conference itself."
 * 4) Points of Contact
 * 5) It was suggested to have weekly meetings of the Points of Contacts of the various teams in the Working Group of the Conference along with the Functionaries. It was suggested that the meeting be held on a platform such as Jabber with Sabse Bolo conference as backup.
 * 6) It was suggested that each team also have a back up Point of Contact, in case the Point of Contact could not attend the meeting. Missing the meeting twice in a row would mean that the person would be out.
 * 7) It has been suggested that the first Point of Contacts and Functionaries meeting be held next Saturday at 5 pm subject to approval by the Points of Contact and their backups.
 * 8) There was an open question left unanswered on the gender imbalance in the Working Group.
 * 9) We wanted to increase the volunteer base in the working group and it was felt that there should be recruitment of more Wikipedians and there should be increased publicity of the Conference in Mumbai and across India.
 * 10) There will be two WikiAcademies held in North and South Mumbai very soon. The date for the first one will be October 1, 2011 at the Center for Education and Documentation, Colaba. Thatzit has offered its premises in Goregaon for the organisation of the second WikiAcademy. The date for this WikiAcademy is to be finalized.
 * 11) The position of Secretary of WikiConference India 2011 is now open. Names of Moksh and Netra were suggested for the post. It was decided that the names be put up on the Conference list before final decision was taken.

The meeting ended at 7 pm as the Center had to close its premises.

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