Wikipedia–Wikimedia Meetup
Hyderabad, India

The Wikipedia Meetup Hyderabad9 was the ninth edition of Wikipedia/Wikimedia Meetup in Hyderabad held on 15th of May, 2016. The meetup was held as a part of a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users)- predominantly Telugu Wikipedians- to meet up, discuss ongoing projects, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. One of the primary aspects of this meet-up was the Introduction to CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian program and it's objectives by Centre for Internet and Society Program Associate, Tito Dutta.

• Date: 15 May 2016 (Sunday)
• Time: 10:30 AM IST
• Venue: Theatre Outreach Unit, 1st Floor Golden Threshold, Nampally Station Rd, Abids, Hyderabad, Telangana 500001
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Anyone who has contributed or is willing to contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects. Members of all Wikimedia projects and Wikipedians from all languages.

• General discussion about the progress of the project and planning future activities in the region
• Introduction to CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian program and its objectives by Tito Dutta.
• Monthly Telugu Wikipedia Meet-up.

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Attending

1. Tito Dutta ( talk)
2. মৌর্য্য বিশ্বাস ( cHiT-ChAt! - Contributions) 09:00, 13 May 2016‎ (UTC) reply
3. Pranayraj1985 ( talk)
4. Rajasekhar1961 ( talk)
5. Yohannvt ( talk)
6. Vin09 ( talk)
7. Pavan santhosh.s ( talk)
8. Viswanadh ( talk) 16:01, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
9. Sakthi_swaroop ( talk) 13:47, 10 may 2016 (UTC)
10. Nrgullapalli ( talk)
11. Kasyap ( talk) 01:11, 15 May 2016 (UTC) reply
12. Sonalisubudhi122 ( talk)
13. Yashgolechha ( talk)
14. Meena gayathri.s ( talk)
15. Ajaybanbi ( చర్చ)

Interested but unsure

Best wishes

Introduction

The second multilingual Hyderabad Meetup was held on the 15th of May 2016 at Golden Threshold, Abids. Originally conceived as a joint Telugu-English Wikipedia Meetup, it had representation from the Bengali, Gujarati and the Odia Wikipedias’ as well making it a multilingual meet.

Attendees

The Meetup was attended by 15 people from the twin states of AP & Telangana. It included Wikipedians from the Telugu, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Odia Wikipedia projects and also from Wikimedia Commons.

Venue

Theatre Outreach Unit, Golden Threshold, Abids, Hyderabad

Time

10:30 AM to 6:00 PM

Agenda Set:

• To get to know each other and their works
• Introduce The Wikimedia India Chapter and its functions
• To get to know about the CIS-A2K initiatives and programs.

Event Progression

Expenditure Statement

1. Travelling Expenses - ₹
2. Food for Participants (at ₹100 per head × 15) - ₹

Total = ₹

Detailed report on CIS website

Photos

Thanks, Mouryan ( cHiT-ChAt! - Contributions) 07:55, 17 May 2016‎