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Meetup cum Workshop Kolkata - July 2023

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This event organised by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
Group photo of the Meetup and Workshop in Kolkata, July 2023

Meetup cum Workshop Kolkata - July 2023 is a one-day meetup and workshop organized by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group.
Venue- Indismart Hotel - 23rd July 2023, Sunday.
After the User Group monthly meetup there would be two workshops.

Venue

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Indismart Hotel
X1, Salt Lake Electronics Complex,
8/3, Street Number 20,
EP Block, Sector V,
Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091
(Near Webel More)

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Date & Time

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  • Date : 23 July 2023 (Sunday)
  • Time : 10 a.m to 6 p.m IST

Agenda

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West Bengal Wikimedians User Group monthly meetup:

  1. General discussion and future plans
  2. Basic workshops for beginners
  3. Advance workshops for experienced editors

Programme Schedule

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  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am - Particapants walk in. Brief introduction and casual talk
  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Basic workshop on Bengali Wikipedia conducted by Pinak Biswas and Arindam Maitra
  • 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm - Tea Break
  • 12:15 pm - 01:15 pm - Workshop on Wikivoyage (bilingual - English and Bengali) and panorama shooting for wikivoyage banner conducted by Rangan Datta
  • 01:15 pm - 02:00 pm - Discussion regarding future plans, focusing on:
  1. Book Fair Participation
  2. Registration of user group
  3. Office space for user group
  • 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm - Lunch break
  • 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm - Further discussion on future plans
  1. Development of merchandise (T shirt, pen, pad, mug, batch and sticker)
  2. Proposal for Wikivoyage workshop at Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur
  • 03:30 pm - 04:45 pm - Beginners workshop on commons focused at Wiki Loves Monuments conducted by Sumit Surai and Rangan Datta
  • 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm - Tea break
  • 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm - Continuation of WLM workshop
  • 05:30 pm - 06:00 pm - wrapup

Point of Contact

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Participants

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Sign up using " # ~~~~ " if you have an account or else add "#", under the appropriate section.

Participants
Participants during a workshop session
  1. Rangan Datta (talk) 02:27, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Nettime Sujata (talk) 02:46, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Pinakpani (talk) 05:17, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Salil Kumar Mukherjee (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Tarunsamanta (talk) 18:02, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6. RajashreeTalukdar (talk) 05:32, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Sumitsurai (talk) 05:33, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Amitabha Gupta (talk) 05:38, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Arindam Maitra (talk) 06:24, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. শরদিন্দু ভট্টাচার্য্য (talk) 06:25, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Projit Saha (talk) 07:31, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Dr. Bir (talk) 07:33, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Jprojit (talk) 07:34, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Sumasa (talk) 07:41, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Anupamdutta73 (talk) 08:06, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-Requisites

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  1. Laptop
  2. Internet Dongle (Optional)
  3. Pen and Paper (Optional)

Report

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A total of 19 participants participated in the workshop including 3 who were part of the post-lunch session. The seminar consisted of several small workshops and a meeting focused on the running and future of the chapter.

Workshop

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Pinaki Biswas and Arindam Maitra conducting Bengali Wikipedia Workshop

A total of 5 small workshops were held targeting both new and experienced editors. The workshop covered a diverse range of topic covering different projects of Wikimedia and beyond.

  1. Basic Bengali Wikipedia workshop:
    1. Conducted by: Pinakpani and Arindam Maitra
    2. Participants: Projit Saha and Jprojit
    3. Objective: Introducing Bengali Wikipedia to beginners
    4. Outcome: Both participants opened their accounts and made some edits under the supervision of the editors
  2. Wikivoyage Workshop:
Rangan Datta conducting Wikivoyage Workshop
    1. Conducted by: Rangan Datta
    2. Participants: All
    3. Objective: Encouraging experience wikimedians to work in Bengali Wikivoyage
    4. Outcome: Participants learned about the different editing techniques in wikivoyage including how to connect wikidata with wikivoyage
  1. Panorama Shooting and Wikibanner Workshop:
    1. Conducted by: Rangan Datta
    2. Participants: All
    3. Objective: Panorama photo stitching using Photoshop software and using them as wikivoyage banner
    4. Outcome: Participants learned the process of stiching photograph and resizing them 2100 px X 300 px format
  2. Wikisource Workshop:
Salil Kumar Mukherjee, Bodhisattwa and Sujata Nettime conducting Bengali Wikisource Workshop
    1. Conducted by: Nettime Sujata
    2. Participants: All
    3. Objective: Making the experienced wikimedians aware of Bengali Wikisource
    4. Outcome: This was an unscheduled workshop hosted on demand. The participants got a basic idea of wikisource, use of OCR and proof reading and correction
  1. Basic Commons and WLM workshop:
Sumit Surai conducting Commons and WLM Workshop
    1. Conducted by: Sumit Surai and Rangan Datta
    2. Participants: All
    3. Objective: Make the new participants aware of Wikimedia Commons and motivate them to participate in the upcoming Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) 2023.
    4. Outcome: The participants learned about Wikimedia Commons and the process of uploading photos in general and for WLM.

Meeting

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The meeting focused on some of the future plans of the user group and include:

  1. Book Fair Participation: Accepted. Future plans include a meeting with the guild, preparing a grant proposal, volunteer selection and training and various other logistic issues.
  2. Registration of user group: No immediate plans
  3. Office space for user group: No immediate plans
  4. Development of merchandise (T shirt, pen, pad, mug, batch and sticker): Accepted a grant proposal needs to be filed
  5. Proposal for Wikivoyage workshop at Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur: Accepted and plans needs to be made after the authorities confirm the date.

Financial Report

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Date Particulars Details Amount (Rs) Bill Remarks
23.07.2023 Tea, Coffee and Biscuits 2 times 16+3 persons included Bill Provided
Hall Booking and Lcd projector For Meeting space included Bill Provided
Lunch For 16 persons included Bill Provided
Total 18,762.00