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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
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
Plan national level conference
Pavanaja / Santosh: City level doctors meetup planning - partnering with IMA
College outreach
Local doctors
Faisal : Newbies - One dedicated session for local Hyderabad, Have one doctor member
Khyati - Have healthcare professional in core team (existing healthcare Wikipedian?)
Possible expert invitations - Dr Subas Chandra Rout and Dr Abhijit Safai
Faisal - invite local doctors
Viresh : We can have well trained professional + Wikipedian
After translation - we can collaborate with translators + doctors for Wiktionary
Helping Faisal for event - Everyone offers help
Online editing topics/Tasks discussion
Discussing challenges
Difficulty in finding Local words
What to write for Coronavirus in local languages - language barriers
Need more healthcare experts who are good with writing and can volunteer for editing
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