Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai5



Wikipedia–Wikimedia Meetup Mumbai, India

Meetup 5 Successful विकीपीडिया मिलन : मुंबई-5 सम्पन्न 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Saturday, 11 December 2010

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Summary
The Wikipedia Mumbai meetup is a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users) and General Public to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia.

As discussed in the Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1 in September,2010, Wikipedians in Mumbai & Suburbs will meet up at least once every month. The meetups are intended to be structured as follows —Introductions, a few focused talks by Wikipedians to share experience / expertise followed by demos and open discussions on topics of common interest.

Erik Moeller, deputy director, Wikimedia Foundation, Danese Cooper, chief technical officer, Wikimedia Foundation, and Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation will be also attending the meetup in Mumbai on 11 Dec.'10.

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

Date and Venue
Date: : Saturday, 11-December-2010 6:30 PM IST

Venue: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA

Contact No. : 022 2556 7711, 2556 2132, 2555 5242, 2558 0036

 Helpline: 9320255450 (Kundan Amitabh)

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

 * By Train:
 * It is near Mankhurd Railway Station on Harbour line.


 * By Bus:
 * From Borivali,Andheri,Bandra, Dadar, Chembur, Thane,Vashi, Panvel, Pune direct AC or Non AC buses of BEST / NMMT are available for Anushakti Nagar. HBCSE is adjacent to the Anushakti Nagar Bus Depot.
 * If you need help with bus routes, use this online BEST Route Network system. Click on "Area" and enter Anushakti Nagar as your destination stop.

Agenda

 * Meet and connect: Introductions.


 * Discussions for celebrating the Wikipedia Day(10th anniversary of Wikipedia) on 15th Jan., 2011.

Attendees

 * 1) Bishakha Datta ( User:Bishdatta), Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation
 * 2) Erik Möller, Deputy Director , Wikimedia Foundation
 * 3) Danese Cooper, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
 * 4) Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
 * 5) Kundan Amitabh (User:Angpradesh)(talk)
 * 6) Nagarjuna G
 * 7) Vivek Varghese Cherian (User:vivekvc)
 * 8) Moksh Juneja (User:Mokshjuneja)(talk)
 * 9) Pradeep Mohandas (User:prad2609 - talk)
 * 10) M.C.Arunam
 * 11) Prakash Advani
 * 12) Prashant K Gupta IIT Bombay
 * 13) Shahid Farooqui (User:shahidfarooqui), Research Fellow, IIT Bombay
 * 14) Shambulingayya N.D., IIT Bombay
 * 15) Rekha Sankhola
 * 16) Abhinav S.Kumar
 * 17) Venky
 * 18) Harriet Vidyasagar
 * 19) Ganesh K.Gajare

Interested but not attended

 * Abhay Natu, admin, bureaucrat, Marathi Wikipedia
 * 1) Mahafreed (talk) 12:29, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Aditya Sengupta
 * 3) Aditya Kshirsagar Gadget Reviewer, www.Technoholik.com
 * 4) Loknath Swain, Digital Marketeer & Entrepreneur, PrJankari ,Opp IITBombay, Powai, Mumbai www.prjankari.com
 * 5) Aarti Vichare
 * 6) Shrikanth Vichare
 * 7) Abhishek Pawar IIT Bombay

Regrets

 * 1) will meet them in Bangalore on Dec 18 --  Tinu  Cherian  - 02:07, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Whether its Bombay or London, never seem to be able to make a Wiki meet!  Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 08:52, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Virtual Presence
If you are residing at far places outside Mumbai and you wish to join us then you may make your virtual presence at meet up through skype : Connect on Skype with kundan.amitabh


 * 1) Suyog  talk to me!  10:58, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Announcements/Event Notices
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Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News
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Blogs

 * 1) Parallel Spirals - Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 5

Twitter
Tweet with #WPMMU5 twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#!/search/wpmmu5

Media coverage
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Photos
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