Wikipedia:WikiConnect/rough

Rough notes from same event :

Discussed Ideas

 * Outreach to increase readership in rural area
 * Dedicated conference/Wikipedia Summit for wikipedians
 * Medical college outreach
 * North-east India region workshop and outreach

Execution

 * Dedicated staff/volunteer for better output
 * Medical college partnerships with help of WikiProject Med Foundation
 * Possible execution partners : Wikimedia India Chapter, CIS, WikiProjectMed

Community consultation follow up

 * Few community members shared update from respective communities.

Key points

 * Rural empowerment through Wikipedia
 * Medical student-teacher engagement
 * Community engagement and community creation if needed in new rural/remote area's

Flow
Abhishek Suryawanshi started by proposing by explaining the plan. Netha Hussain told that it is a good idea, but she also mentioned lack of active members.

Subhashish Pangrahi and Netha Hussain told, the project might be a difficult one to execute and suggested to have dedicated volunteers/staff for execution. Subhashish shared his personal experience with college collaborations. Netha mentioned similar project which was executed in her community and it was successful. Santosh Shingare said he will help with technological aspect and Abhinav also offered his help. Nisar Ahmad shared his own experience with university collaboration and outreach. He suggested to host regional/national level conference to gather wikipedians from various languages.