MyWiki:SWASTHA/Meetups/15Feb2020

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Details

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  • WikiSWASTHA Meetup
  • 15th February 2020
  • 9pm to 10pm (IST)

Participants

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  • Abhishek Suryawanshi
  • Mohammad Faisal
  • Santosh Shingare
  • Khyati Soneji
  • Raju Jangid
  • Dr. Pavanaja
  • Dhanalakshmi
  • Abhinav Srivastava


Agenda

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  • Update about activities
  • Overview of local language communities
  • US Consulate collaboration
  • February 27th - Marathi Language Day
  • Other city support possible

Updates from members

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Abhishek

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File:Wikipedia SWASTHA Marathi Event Launch.jpg
Poster for launch of WP:SWASTHA at US Consulate in Mumbai
  • Shared Wikipedia SWASTHA event at US Consulate in Mumbai.
  • Event will be on Thursday 27th February 2020, 11am to 1pm.
  • Panel Discussion will take place followed by Wiki SWASTHA discussions
  • Potential participants : John Hopkins University India Office staff, Maharashtra Healthcare Department Officials, US Consulate, Mumbai staff, Marathi language media
  • Event is on weekday, that too 11am - limited target audience, free and open to all.
  • Event registration was full within few hours

Pavanaja

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  • 21st February World Mother Language Day - another possibility of event
  • Likes Consulate event idea
  • Wikipedia SWASTHA Video is well prepared - getting good reviews
  • We can promote event through tag trend
  • Twitter / Social media hashtrack

Next offline event

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  • Community members are doing well when it comes to WP:SWASTHA/Tasks. Urdu, Kannada, Hindi communities are active can share learnings with others
  • Abhishek proposed offline meetup to share skills
Possible cities for monthly meetup
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  • Abhishek proposed SWASTHA members meetup and asked for suggestions -
  • Expected participants : 15 most active members approx
  • Viresh offers volunteer support in Kolkata
  • Faisal offers Hyderabad
  • Viresh is okay with Hyderabad
  • Everyone on call voted yes for Hyderabad event
Kind of event
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  • Active WP:SWASTHA members priority
  • Viresh : Can be active participants and genuine active contributors can be invited
  • Dhanalakshmi - Active participants only.
  • Faisal - Agreed
  • Pavanaja - Some kind of active participation needed before getting invitation
Hyderabad event
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  • Two day event :
    • day planning/discussions + 1 day reserved
    • Can plan national level healthcare event during same meetup - we can start process of planning. Possibility of hosting it right after Wikimania
  • Possible dates
    • 28th / 29th March
    • Brand/chain hotel possible venue - we do get free venue (like Mumbai event)
    • Friday evening - check in
    • Sunday night - check out
    • Possibility of coming on Thursday
  • Agenda
  1. Plan national level conference
  2. Pavanaja / Santosh: City level doctors meetup planning - partnering with IMA
  3. College outreach
  4. Local doctors
  5. Faisal : Newbies - One dedicated session for local Hyderabad, Have one doctor member
  6. Khyati - Have healthcare professional in core team (existing healthcare Wikipedian?)
  7. Possible expert invitations - Dr Subas Chandra Rout and Dr Abhijit Safai
  8. Faisal - invite local doctors
  9. Viresh : We can have well trained professional + Wikipedian
  10. After translation - we can collaborate with translators + doctors for Wiktionary
  • Helping Faisal for event - Everyone offers help

Online editing topics/Tasks discussion

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Discussing challenges

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  1. Difficulty in finding Local words
  2. What to write for Coronavirus in local languages - language barriers
  3. Need more healthcare experts who are good with writing and can volunteer for editing
  4. Khyati - In Ahmedabad, there were 10 schools participating in writing Gujrati articles on Wikipedia. Can learn from them

Next steps

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  • Planning Hyderabad meetup in March 2020