Wikipedia:WikiConnect/Conversations/Nashik WikiClubMeetWithNashikMayor

Date 25th May 2016

Time: 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM IST

Venue: Nashik Municipal Corporation, Nashik.

Nashik Government : Mr. Ashok Murtadak (Mayor), Mr. Gurmeet Bagga (Deputy Mayor)

Wikipedians (Community Members) : Santoshi Tiwari, Abhishek Suryawanshi, Santoshi Tiwari, Sandip Shinde, Girish Pagare.

Wikimedia India Chapter : Yohann Thomas (President, Wikimedia India chapter)

Wikimedia Foundation : Smriti Gupta (Strategic Partnerships, Asia and Eastern Europe, Wikimedia Foundation)

Nashik Mayor felicitated Abhishek Suryawanshi, Yohan Thomas and Smriti Gupta at the beginning of meeting for supporting Nashik Citizens.

Things that came out of the Discussion with Mayor - Mr.Ashok Murtdak and Deputy Mayor - Mr. Gurmeet Bagga

Mayor's office will support offline Wikipedia outreach project.
Nashik government will give access to government schools for Wiki outreach.
Nashik wiki club will move forward to held Wiki-Summit in Nashik. Proposed date : End of July
Nashik local Government and NMC will be extending great help for logistics and required facilities.
The summit will be arranged for 200+ wikipedians(Editathon) /Non-wikipedians (Awareness/Outreach activities).
Nashik wiki club will engage local school students and colleges to participate in editing.
Government will initiate a meeting with all educational institutes in the city to enhance engagement with them for further wiki activities.

Mayor felicitating Yohann Thomas (President, Wikimedia India)
Abhishek Suryawanshi explaining Wikipedia outreach program to Nashik Mayor
Smriti Gupta (Strategic Partnerships, Asia and Eastern Europe, Wikimedia Foundation)
Nashik Mayor and Deputy Mayor with Wikipedians