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Wikimeet and Workshop of Assamese Wikimedia Community in Majuli, 2023

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Wikimeet and Workshop of Assamese Wikimedia Community in Majuli, 2023

On the 26th November 2023, the Assamese Wikimedia Community organized a day-long Wikimeet and workshop in Majuli. During the Wikimeet and workshop, the resource persons provided an introduction to the Wikimedia Foundation and Wiki Projects, as well as an initial training session in editing for beginners. They also highlighted various issues and questions related to editing in Wikimedia for currently active members.

Resource person

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Resource persons Projects
Dibya Dutta Assamese Wikisource
Babul Baishya Wikidata
Chandan Chiring Phukon Assamese Wikiquote

Co-ordinator

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Participant

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  1. -Chandan Chiring Phukon Chat 14:53, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. -বিকাশ দিহিঙীয়া Chat
  3. BhuyanBhaskar (talk) 15:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. -যদুমণি গগৈ (বাৰ্তা)27 November,2023
  5. -Nayan j Nath (talk) 15:32, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6. - Rajdweep nlb (talk) 16:56, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. - Rumi Borah~aswiki (talk) 17:12, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. - দিব্য দত্ত (talk) 03:34, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Pranamikaadhikary (talk) 03:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Jyoti Chiring (talk)
  11. -ৰাজেন দাস (বাৰ্তা), 27 November,2023

Financial Contribution by Wikimedians

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Due to not getting the proposed grant for the event the community has decided to contribute from their own to organise the event. Following is the Statement of Collection of Contribution from the community members.


Sl. No. Contributed by Amount (in INR) Date of Receipt Mode of Payment
1. Not interested to reveal the name 500 16-11-2023 UPI
2 Not interested to reveal the name 1,000 16-11-2023 Cash
3 JyotiPN 1,000 16-11-2023 UPI
4 Jyoti Chiring 1,000 16-11-2023 Bank A/C transfer
5 Not interested to reveal the name 1,000 17-11-2023 UPI
6 Not interested to reveal the name 500 17-11-2023 UPI
7 Dibya Jyoti Dutta 1,000 17-11-2023 UPI
8 Not interested to reveal the name 300 17-11-2023 UPI
9 Not interested to reveal the name 3,000 18-11-2023 Cash
10 Nayan Jyoti Nath 500 18-11-2023 UPI
11 Not interested to reveal the name 3,000 18-11-2023 UPI
12 Not interested to reveal the name 500 21-11-2023 UPI
13 Not interested to reveal the name 2,001 21-11-2023 UPI
14 Anamika Baruah 5,000 21-11-2023 UPI
15 Not interested to reveal the name 300 23-11-2023 UPI
16 Not interested to reveal the name 500 23-11-2023 UPI
17 Not interested to reveal the name 500 23-11-2023 UPI
18 Not interested to reveal the name 1,000 24-11-2023 UPI
19 Not interested to reveal the name 500 26-11-2023 Cash
Total
23,101

Statement of Expenditure

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Sl.No. Particulars Quantity Rate Amount (in INR) Voucher No.
1 Accomodation and dinner for 2 days for 6 people 3 Rooms 1,700 10,200 1, 2, 3
2 Conference Hall 1 no. 1,500 1,500 4
3 Tea, Breakfast and Lunch (on 26-11-2023) 25 plate 336 8,400 4
4 Training Materials various various 690 5
5 Banner (flex) 1 no. 200 200 6
Total Expenditure (A)
20,990
Total member contributiom (B)
23,101
Residual Fund (B - A)
2,111

Event details

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The event started at 9 am and was attended by 15 Wikimedians, experienced and new. The event began with a welcome speech by Wikimedian Nayan Jyoti Nath, an introduction to the members present and a video screening of greetings from experienced Wikimedians who were unable to attend. Another Wikimedian, Dibya Dutta, provided practical training on Assamese Wikisource and answered the queries of the participants. This was followed by a training on the importance of Wikidata and practical editing by Wikimedian Babul Baishya. Wikimedian Pranamika Adhikary detailed her experience of participating in the Wiki Women Camp held in Delhi in October 2023 and the lessons to be learned by the Assamese Wikimedia community from it. Afterwards, Wikimedian Chandan Chiring Phukon explained the importance of Assamese Wikiquote in preservation and digitization of Assamese oral literature and provided practical training. The event ended at 4 pm as scheduled and Wikimedian Rumi Bora thanked everyone and the Assamese Wikimedia community for making the event a success. In the end, participants were presented with Wikimedia Foundation T-shirts, badges and stickers.

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