Wikipedia:SWASTHA/Meetups/09Feb2020

Details

 * WikiSWASTHA Meetup
 * 9th February 2020
 * 8pm to 9pm (IST)

Participants

 * Abhishek Suryawanshi
 * Santosh Shringare
 * Mohammad Faisal
 * Amit Joki
 * Sushma
 * Dhanalakshmi K T
 * Dr Pavanaja
 * Raju Jangid

Agenda

 * Update about activities
 * NTD Articles feedback
 * Next workshops
 * Scholarship and Program Committee formation
 * March follow-up meetup discussions
 * Creating program and scholarship committee

Faisal

 * 4 articles created on Urdu Wikipedia
 * NTD in India is well developed and it is live
 * Maternal Mortality in India is also live
 * Main page of SWASTHA template is translated
 * Translated version given by external participants did not help.

Pavanaja

 * Did not use pre translated drafts
 * NTD in India is live on Kannada Wikipedia
 * In talks with local healthcare affiliates (Kannada Vaidya Sahitya Parishad)

Dhanalakshmi K T

 * Maternal mortality in India article is live.
 * Created own draft - did not use external version
 * Working with Dr Pavanaja for healthcare affiliate outreach

Raju

 * Hindi draft was helpful as base
 * NTD in India Hindi version is live
 * External drafts can be improved

Amit

 * WikiEdu Dashboard is functioning well
 * Tracking edits and progress

Scholarship & Program Committee Discussions

 * We need active people with experience who can help us plan and execute next WikiSWASTHA meetup (proposed in March)

Tasks

 * Scholarship and program committee -
 * Current active members will be part of the Scholarship and Program Committee.


 * Responsibilities :
 * 1) Designing program (next SWASTHA meetup)
 * 2) Identifying useful contributors
 * 3) Sending messages to potential participants
 * 4) Choosing scholarship recipients
 * 5) Recommending merchandise, thanksgiving gifts to participants etc


 * Privileges
 * 1) Be face of SWASTHA initiative
 * 2) Full paid round-trip ticket to next Wiki SWASTHA meetup
 * 3) Allowance for basic expenses (communication, phone/internet bills etc)
 * 4) Special recognition on Wikipedia Project pages as well as at the actual event


 * Members - Only active members with experience will be part of the committee.
 * Online - Current active members (who have edited articles)


 * 1) Dr. Pavanaja
 * 2) Mohammad Faisal
 * 3) Dhanlakshmi K T
 * 4) Raju Jhangid
 * 5) Dr. Subahsh Chandra Rout


 * Offline - active on group for outreach efforts
 * 1) Viresh
 * 2) Abhinav
 * 3) Santosh
 * 4) Amit


 * Others who wants to join
 * 1) Reach out to be part of committee
 * 2) Propose why they should be in committee
 * 3) Anyone with interest can join

City choice

 * Mumbai is proposed as it is convenient to travel
 * Bangalore and Hyderabad possibility was also discussed
 * Planning - Scholarship and Program Committee will work on it

Santosh

 * Marathi Wikipedians in Bangalore planning meetup
 * 27th February as Marathi Day event

Dhanalakshmi

 * Possibility of meetup of editors who edit scientific articles.

Faisal

 * In touch with local universities
 * Might plan something soon

Pavanaja

 * Table is confusing
 * Cleared one confusing row from WP:SWASTHA/Goals table

Abhishek

 * Shared plan to host potential Wikipedia SWASTHA event at the US Consulate in Mumbai

Mode of communication

 * (proposed Scholarship / Program Committee -


 * Separate telegram group to avoid spamming others
 * Easy communication to decide scholarship holders etc

Next meetup

 * Saturday 15th February at 9pm