Wikipedia:SWASTHA/Meetups/15Feb2020

Details

 * WikiSWASTHA Meetup
 * 15th February 2020
 * 9pm to 10pm (IST)

Participants

 * Abhishek Suryawanshi
 * Mohammad Faisal
 * Santosh Shingare
 * Khyati Soneji
 * Raju Jangid
 * Dr. Pavanaja
 * Dhanalakshmi
 * Abhinav Srivastava

Agenda

 * Update about activities
 * Overview of local language communities
 * US Consulate collaboration
 * February 27th - Marathi Language Day
 * Other city support possible

Abhishek

 * Shared Wikipedia SWASTHA event at US Consulate in Mumbai.
 * Event will be on Thursday 27th February 2020, 11am to 1pm.
 * Panel Discussion will take place followed by Wiki SWASTHA discussions
 * Potential participants : John Hopkins University India Office staff, Maharashtra Healthcare Department Officials, US Consulate, Mumbai staff, Marathi language media
 * Event is on weekday, that too 11am - limited target audience, free and open to all.
 * Event registration was full within few hours

Pavanaja

 * 21st February World Mother Language Day - another possibility of event
 * Likes Consulate event idea
 * Wikipedia SWASTHA Video is well prepared - getting good reviews

Amit

 * We can promote event through tag trend
 * Twitter / Social media hashtrack

Next offline event

 * Community members are doing well when it comes to WP:SWASTHA/Tasks. Urdu, Kannada, Hindi communities are active can share learnings with others
 * Abhishek proposed offline meetup to share skills

Possible cities for monthly meetup

 * Abhishek proposed SWASTHA members meetup and asked for suggestions -
 * Expected participants : 15 most active members approx
 * Viresh offers volunteer support in Kolkata
 * Faisal offers Hyderabad
 * Viresh is okay with Hyderabad
 * Everyone on call voted yes for Hyderabad event

Kind of event

 * Active WP:SWASTHA members priority
 * Viresh : Can be active participants and genuine active contributors can be invited
 * Dhanalakshmi - Active participants only.
 * Faisal - Agreed
 * Pavanaja - Some kind of active participation needed before getting invitation

Hyderabad event

 * Two day event :
 * day planning/discussions + 1 day reserved
 * Can plan national level healthcare event during same meetup - we can start process of planning. Possibility of hosting it right after Wikimania
 * Possible dates
 * 28th / 29th March
 * Brand/chain hotel possible venue - we do get free venue (like Mumbai event)
 * Friday evening - check in
 * Sunday night - check out
 * Possibility of coming on Thursday
 * Agenda
 * 1) Plan national level conference
 * 2) Pavanaja / Santosh: City level doctors meetup planning - partnering with IMA
 * 3) College outreach
 * 4) Local doctors
 * 5) Faisal : Newbies - One dedicated session for local Hyderabad, Have one doctor member
 * 6) Khyati - Have healthcare professional in core team (existing healthcare Wikipedian?)
 * 7) Possible expert invitations - Dr Subas Chandra Rout and Dr Abhijit Safai
 * 8) Faisal - invite local doctors
 * 9) Viresh : We can have well trained professional + Wikipedian
 * 10) After translation - we can collaborate with translators + doctors for Wiktionary
 * Helping Faisal for event - Everyone offers help

Online editing topics/Tasks discussion

 * WP:SWASTHA/Tasks were discussed
 * All topics will be ready soon

Discussing challenges

 * 1) Difficulty in finding Local words
 * 2) What to write for Coronavirus in local languages - language barriers
 * 3) Need more healthcare experts who are good with writing and can volunteer for editing
 * 4) Khyati - In Ahmedabad, there were 10 schools participating in writing Gujrati articles on Wikipedia. Can learn from them

Next steps

 * Planning Hyderabad meetup in March 2020