Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Karavali Wikimedians Wikimania 2022 Meetup

Wikimania 2022 is the seventeenth international Wikimedia conference, bringing Wikimedians together to create, celebrate and connect, virtually and with in-person components.


Title	Wikimania 2022 Local Meetup in Mangaluru
Dates	August 13, 2022
Location	Mangalore
Register	TBD

We are hosting a Wikimania 2022 local meetup in Mangalore on August 13 for Karavali Wikimedians to gather in-person to meet each other and participate in both online and offline activities.

Venue & Date

Wikimania 2022 will take place on August 13 2022 at Mangaluru. Venue:Joseph Willy Hall.IT Block 4 th floor., St. Alosyious College Mangaluru, Google Map

Registration

All registered users of Karavali Wikimedians User Group are eligible for this event. We encourage diverse participation from all Tulu, Kannada, Konkani projects like Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource and Sister projects.

Program

Program Plans
Program	Description	Time (IST)
Opening Ceremony & Connect	Meet and Greet	10:30
Lightning talks	Introduction of Karavali Wikimedinas	11:00
About Karavali Wikimedians	PPT Presentation	12:00
Lunch		13:00
Wikimedia Representative Talk	Mr. Rachit Sharma	13:30
Special Guest Talk - Online	Mr. Tanvir Hasan	14:00
Tulu Wikipedia	7th Birth Anniversary Celebration	14:15
Prize Distribution		14:30
KWUG MOU	Colleges sign the MOU	14:45
Aloysius Museum Visit	Aloyseum	15:00
Folk Art Performance	Aati kalenja	15:30
Discussions of Future Activity	All

Event organization

Event coordinators	Affiliate	Funded by
Dr. Vishwanatha Badikana Bharathesha Alasandemajalu

Attendees

Feel free to add yourself if you plan to attend, or even if you're just potentially interested!

Durga bhat bollurodi (talk) 14:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Babitha Shetty (talk) 14:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure, but I'll be there if I can make it! Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk) 13:59, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Yakshitha (talk) 11:30, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Saroja MK (talk) 11:42, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Benet Amanna
Mahaveer Indra (talk) 04:38, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Lokesha Kunchadka (talk) 04:45, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
will be there Ashay vb (talk) 07:48, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
-- I might be till half program.Shravankumaruk ^(talk) 16:52, 12 August 2022 (IST)
--Vishwanatha Badikana (talk) 01:28, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Swathivishwakarma (talk) 04:43, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--ChiK (talk) 07:25, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU (talk) 17:41, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

Mr Rachit Sharma
MOU between Karavali Wikimedinas and other Colleges
Aati Kalanja
Karvali Wikimedinas

Deliberation

Karavali Wikimedians User Group Celebrated Wikimania 2022

Mr. Rachit Sharma, Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist for South Asia at Wikimedia Foundation discussed topics – Briefed about Wikimedia Strategy 2030, Uses of Users Groups, Community Building, Annual Planning of the Users Group.
Mr. Tanvir Hasan, Senior Executives, Wikimedia Foundation, Topics regarding Wikimedia Funding for various projects, How to build the Karavali Wikimedians User Group in an innovative way? How to retain the existed Wikipedia Student's Association in an effective manner?
Dr Vishwanatha Badikana and Mr Bharathesha Alasandemajalu presented the Power Point Presentation about Karavali Wikimedins work
Self-introduction by all 24 participants and their hobbies.

Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) - Karavali Wikimedians User Group and Degree Colleges

Aims and Objectives of Karavali Wikimedia

To promote digital literacy among the people of coastal Karnataka and the northern part of Kerala state.
To empower the school children and teachers of schools in coastal Karnataka and the northern part of Kerala state by providing free and open knowledge resources including Wikipedia and other sister projects of Wikimedia.
To benefit the general public irrespective of caste, creed, religion and sex.
Promoting Indian languages among students and faculty.
Developing the latest knowledge in Indian languages.
Promoting the growth of Indian languages.
Free access to knowledge in Indian languages.

Memorandum of Understanding between Karavali Wikimedian User Group and St Aloysius College(Autonomous), Mangaluru - Principal Dr Rev. Praveen Marties and Treasurer of Karavali Wikimedians User Group Dr Kishore Kumar Rai signed the MOU
Memorandum of Understanding between Karavali Wikimedian User Group and Alvas College, Moodubidri - Associate Profesor of Journalism and Mass Communication Dr. Srinivasa Hodeyala and President of Karavali Wikimedians User Group Dr Vishwanatha Badikana signed the MOU

[Aati kalenja]

Performance of Folk Art - Aati Kalenja

Mr Puttappa and team from Kasaragod, Kerala State performed Aatikalenja - Aati Kalenja is an ancient traditional folk art form practiced by Tulu people from the region of Tulu Nadu, India which is believed to bring prosperity during Aati (one of the months in Tulu calendar). It normally comes in the months of July and August. Dr Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni, Principal, Nalanda College, Perla, Kasaragod, Kerala State explained and clarified the doubts of the our members.

Visit to Aloysius Chapel by Karavali Wikimedians User Group

St. Aloysius Chapel, (Italian: Cappella di San Luigi, Portuguese: São Luís Capela) or the chapel of St. Aloysius College, is a Christian chapel in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in southwest India. The Chapel is situated in the heart of the city at Lighthouse Hill. About the chapel, Mr Alwin Pais, guide of the Chapel explained the interior of the chapel decorated with paintings by Antonio Moscheni (1854 –1905)

Visit to Aloyseum by Karavali Wikimedians User Group

Our members visited Aloyseum Museum, this museum began in 1913 when an Italian Jesuit priest named Chiapi donated around 2000 different types of minerals, Herbarium and a collection of Roman coins. In 1906, the De Dion car was the first automobile that was used in Mangalore and many more. Incharge of Aloyseum Ms Savithri Rebeca described about the museum.