Thanks for sharing Shrini. >> The events can be anything. Below are a few ideas I can share -- All of these are interesting ideas. Specially different aspects of Wikisource might be an interesting idea to present/discuss, in my opinion.
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call. On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 19:13, Shrinivasan T <tshriniva...@gmail.com> wrote: > Coko Foundation, USA is organizing a global wide event to promote > “Open Publishing”. > > > > This is an online event. > > Anyone can propose, conduct event on their own language, their desired > online platform. > > From the website, > > <quote> > Open Publishing Fest celebrates communities developing open creative, > scholarly, technological, and civic publishing projects. Together, we > find new ground to share our ideas. > > This is at once a collaborative and distributed event. Sessions are > hosted by individuals and organizations around the world as panel > discussions, fireside chats, demonstrations, and performances. We > connect those points to bring them in conversation with one another > and map out what’s next. > > We seek to build networks of resilience and care for people working on > new ways to develop and share knowledge. > > Join us by proposing a session. Proposals will be considered on a > rolling basis up to and throughout the fest. > > </quote> > > Propose an event here – https://openpublishingfest.org/form.html > > You can propose any number of events. > > Last date to propose is May 29 2020. Yes. Till the last date, you can > propose and conduct events. > > Already 70+ events are proposed. Check them all here – > https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html > > > > The events can be anything. Below are few ideas I can share > > 1. Demo on any free/open source software related to publishing. There > are plenty. > > Calibre > Pressbooks.com > LibreOffice > Scribus > Editoria > PubSweet > WikiSource.org > wordpress blog > > and more > > 2. Hackathons to explore and contribute to these software. > > 3. Panel discussions on these publishing tools > > 4. Book reviews/discussion on open licensed books > > 5. Silent reading events. Mark a specific date/time and friends. Read > few open licensed books. Thats all. > > 6. Proofread the books in wikisource.org in your language > > 7. If you can write, write a book or few chapters for your next open > licensed book > > 8. Pratham Books is running https://storyweaver.org.in/ where you can > create story books for kids. You can draw images and upload there. > Translate existing stories to your language. All the books there in > Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. > > 9. Check the Open Publishing Fest Event calendar here – > https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html Promote the all the > events you can at the social mediums you are. > > You can bring more ideas and share here. > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com > > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com > > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com > > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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