MyWiki:SWASTHA/Meetups/15Feb2020

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

Participants

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

Agenda

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

Updates from members

Abhishek

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

• 21st February World Mother Language Day - another possibility of event
• Likes Consulate event idea
• Wikipedia SWASTHA Video is well prepared - getting good reviews

Amit

• We can promote event through tag trend
• Twitter / Social media hashtrack

Next offline event

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• WP:SWASTHA/Tasks were discussed
• All topics will be ready soon

Discussing challenges

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

• Planning Hyderabad meetup in March 2020