Reports/Report 7

Dear Wikimedia India Members and Community,

The highlights of Chapter for the preceding month are given below.

Secretary Election
Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary, following the resignation of Gautam  John. Thank you Gautam John for helping the Wikimedia India movement.

Outreach and Wiki Acadamies
14 people participated in Wiki Academy organised as part of Tathva at  NIT  Calicut on Sep 24, 2011. The attendance was less than expected, as there were  several parallel sessions happening at the same time. Arjuna Rao Chavala  welcomed the participants and provided a overview of  Wikipedia and  Wikimedia Chapter. Netha and Viswam covered wikipedia literacy and  essentials. Manoj and Abhishek helped the participants  during hands on  session. Pranav Ashok, 3rd year CS student at NIT-Calicut ably took  care of the logistics and organisation of the  event. Full report

There have been several enquiries for  conducting similar events from  different parts of the  country  following active promotion Wikipedia Academies through various social  media. Chapter is following up with the proposers to firm up the   schedules. Readers are requested to volunteer in identifying additional    co-hosts for Wiki Academies and help in  conducting the same.

Thanks Arjuna Rao Chavala,Abhishek,Manoj K Mohan ,Netha Hussain and  Viswanathan Prabhakaran for organizing the Wiki Academy @ NIT Calicut.

First IRC Session
Chapter organised the first IRC session with community on Oct 29. The discussion focused on organising Wiki Academies across India in the  coming months. Transcript is  available.

City and Language SIG
Chapter would like to have strong City and Language SIG. Currently very few members have identified themselves with a city/ language SIG by  participating in the voting process for Chairpersons. All the active people on City and Language SIG are requested to conduct few events and  take up membership drive to strengthen the groups.

We look forward to your continued support

Best,

On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter Naveen Francis Secretary