Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata9
4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m. 24 March 2012 Saturday,
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Summary
[edit]The Wikipedia Kolkata meetup is a regular get-together of wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia.
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. Pre-Meeting discussions can be on the Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata6 please.
Intended Audience
[edit]Anyone interested in Wikipedia/Wikimedia is welcomed to join, regardless of the language or the project including Past, present or future contributors. Anyone supportive or interested in the Wikimedia movement is invited to join us for a casual meetup over coffee. Please add your name to the list below and join the India mailing list.
Date and Venue
[edit]Date
[edit]24-March-2012, Saturday
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM IST
Venue
[edit]আত্মবিকাশ সমিতি(Atmabikash Samiti)
77, Satish Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata 700026
West Bengal, India
Nearest Landmarks
[edit]- Two minutes from Kalighat Metro
- Beside Deshbandhu College for Girls
- Behind Patanjali Chikitsalaya
Agenda
[edit]- Meet and connect: Introductions by Wikipedians.
- Talks
- Introduction to Wikipedia
- Introduction to Bengali Wikipedia / Wiki projects
- Roadmap for WikiProject Kolkata
- Discussions
- Lightening Talks / Discussions (Open forum)
- Networking
Participants
[edit]Attending
[edit]- Jayanta Nath
- Kalyan Sarkar
- Sujay Chatterjee
- Pinaki Das
- Biswarup Ganguly
- Rangan Dutta
- Santanu Chandra
- Sujay Chandra
Interested but not sure
[edit]- Parthasarathi Banerjee
- Anubhab Baksi
Press
[edit]- Press may contact Jayanta Nath ( jayantanth at gmail dot com ) Ph:9836294438
Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News
[edit]Twitter/Identica/StatusNet
[edit]Hashtag: #WPMKK9
Media coverage
[edit]Please list coverage of this event by media here.
Photos
[edit]Please upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Kolkata Meetup 2012-03