Community/South-Asia/Inter-Community-Meetup-2014

Mozilla South Asia Inter-Community Meet-up 2014

NOTE: THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY EVENT.

Kolkata, India 25-26 January, 2014

Overview

The second Mozilla South Asia Inter-Community meet-up will take place in Kolkata, India on 24-25 January 2014, with the coordination from Mozilla India Regional community. It will bring together community leaders from the South Asia, across the SAARC countries, including paid staff to meet for 3 days of presentations, breakout sessions and discussions to plan the implementation of the Mozilla South Asia community road map for 2014 and ensure that the regional community is fully aligned with greater engagement efforts across the Mozilla organization.

The aim of the workshop is to enable Mozilla communities in the South Asia region to share and learn from each other's experience working on the Mozilla Project, improve collaboration in the future, and work on specific tasks. The event will be focused on operations & roadmap planning for each existing local communities of the South Asia.

South Asia is a unique region with diverse cultures and with a great community presence. The three day meet will help nurture, plan and motivate the regional communities to collaborate, develop and grow.

Agenda

Format

The core goal of this event is to determine the near-future action planning in South Asian region. Hence, this is a leadership meetup.

Expect expectations from you. Represent your community, be proactive. Prepare to talk about your focus area, your contribution, new ideas you'd like to get a feedback on, or want to suggest changes on how something has been done in the community.

Meeting Notes: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Mozilla-SAARCamp-2014-Notes (The entire session will be recorded, so no need to transcript the entire speaking - just the gist & pointer for further discussion would be fine.)

Schedule

• Friday [Feb 22, 2013]:
  • 18:00-19:00 - MozCafe & Introduction
  • 20:00-21:00 - Community Dinner

• Saturday [Feb 23, 2013]:
  • 8.00-8.45 - Breakfast
  • 9:00-10:30 - Introduction
    • Who am I?
    • What do I do in Mozilla?
    • What am I planning to do in 2013 for Mozilla?
  • 10:30-11:00 - Tea Break
  • 11:00-12:00 - Cross-community brainstorming
    • Which big goal will you set for 2013?
    • Which ideas from other communities would you want to implement in your region?
  • 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
  • 13:30-18:00 - Open Data Day (Public Event)
  • 19:00-20:00 - Breakout Sessions
  • 20:30-21:30 - Dinner

• Sunday [Feb 24, 2013]:
  • 8:00-8:45 - Breakfast
  • 9:00-12:00 - Local Communities: Challenges and Success Stories
  • 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
  • 13:00-15:30 - Community Collaboration
  • 15:30-16:00 - Tea/Break
  • 15:00-18:00 - Roadmap Planning for Mar-Nov, 2013
  • 19:00-20:00 - Breakout Sessions
  • 20:30-21:30 - Dinner

Venue

Address

TBD
Kolkata, India

Tel: +977-1-4248999, 4240520
Fax: +977-1-4227781/ 4227782

Website: http://www.yakandyeti.com

Places related to our event:

• Kolkata Airport: link
• Hotel: link
• Venue for our public event: TBD

Accommodation

Twin sharing hotel rooms booked at [TBD] for 3 nights from 23-26 January(mid-day to mid-day).

There is complimentary Wi-Fi, morning breakfast, Airport pickup/drop included.

The check in starts at 1pm. If you should arrive sooner you can store your luggage in out luggage room. Reception is open 24/7. Check out is before 11am. Breakfast is included from 7.30 to 11 a.m.

Travel

India participants, traveling to Kolkata by train, bus, or car are asked to purchase their own travel and request reimbursement after the meetup is over.

All guest participants of the contributor event are expected in Kolkata by afternoon on Friday, 23 February and leave Kolkata on Monday, 26th January by the noon (unless opted of extended stay on their own).

Arrival Schedule

Country	Name	Date	Time	Flight	Route
Bangladesh	Ashickur Rahman	Feb 22	2:10PM	Flight 701	DAC-KTM
Bangladesh	Mahay Alam Khan	Feb 22	2:10PM	Flight 701	DAC-KTM
Bangladesh	Robin Mehdee	Feb 22	2:10PM	Flight 701	DAC-KTM
India	Dwaraka Nath	Feb 22	2:55PM	AI 0215	MAA-DEL-KTM
India	Gauthamraj Elango	Feb 22	2:55PM	AI 0215	MAA-DEL-KTM
India	Priyanka Nag	Feb 22	2:40PM	9W 0262	PNQ-DEL-KTM
India	Soumya Deb	Feb 21	2:40PM	9W 0262	PNQ-DEL-KTM
India	Vineel Reddy Pindi	Feb 22	2:55PM	AI 0215	HYD-DEL-KTM
Pakistan	Huda Sarfraz	Feb 22	4:40PM	QR 0350	LHE-DOH-KTM
Sri Lanka	Danishka Navin	Feb 22	11:30AM	MH 0170	SG-KUL-KTM
Sri Lanka	Sureshkumar P.	Feb 22	11:30AM	MH 0170	CMB-KUL-KTM
Sri Lanka	Kalpa Welivitigoda	Feb 22	11:30AM	MH 0170	CMB-KUL-KTM
Japan	Gen Kanai	Feb 22	10:10pm	9W 264	NRT-DEL-KTM

Departure Schedule

Country	Name	Date	Time	Flight	Route
Bangladesh	Ashickur Rahman	Feb 27	3:10PM	Flight 702	KTM-DAC
Bangladesh	Mahay Alam Khan	Feb 27	3:10PM	Flight 702	KTM-DAC
Bangladesh	Robin Mehdee	Feb 27	3:10PM	Flight 702	KTM-DAC
India	Dwaraka Nath	Feb 25	10:00AM	AI 0214	KTM-DEL-MAA
India	Gauthamraj Elango	Feb 25	10:00AM	AI 0214	KTM-DEL-MAA
India	Priyanka Nag	Feb 25	8:40AM	9W 0263	KTM-DEL-PNQ
India	Soumya Deb	Feb 25	8:40AM	9W 0263	KTM-DEL-PNQ
India	Vineel Reddy Pindi	Feb 26	1:10PM	AI 0214	KTM-DEL-HYD
Pakistan	Huda Sarfraz	Feb 25	4:40PM	PK 0269	KTM-KHI-LHE
Sri Lanka	Danishka Navin	Feb 26	12:20PM	MH 0171	KTM-KUL-SG
Sri Lanka	Sureshkumar P.	Feb 25	12:20PM	MH 0171	KTM-KUL-CMB
Sri Lanka	Kalpa Welivitigoda	Feb 26	12:20PM	MH 0171	KTM-KUL-CMB
Japan	Gen Kanai	Feb 25	3:40PM	9W 261	KTM-DEL-NRT

Communications

Contact persons

Soumya Deb [debloper at gmail dot com]
Gen Kanai [gen at mozilla dot com]
William Quiviger [wquiviger at mozilla dot com]

Social Media

• [link reps event]
• Twitter/Flickr Hashtag: #mozillaSA13
• [link Mailing list]
• IRC channel #saarc

Getting Around

Food

All participants will enjoy Bengali, as well as continental foods throughout the event. The following meals will be organized and paid for by Mozilla:

• Friday (23 Jan): Dinner
• Saturday (24 Jan): Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Sunday (25 Jan): Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Monday (26 Jan): Breakfast

Weather

• ~26 Degree Centigrade

• It would be sunny and warm during day but at nights/mornings it still would be slight cold (~14-18 C @ Night).

• More information here.

Local Transportation

• The Community India volunteers will coordinate with all the travelings for the guests. Airport pick-up drop are included.

• In case anyone needs to travel by their own, the hotel will have public taxis for rent which may not be reimbursed by Mozilla.

Need to Know

• TBD

Map

• TBD

Places of Interest:

Sponsorship policy

Mozilla will cover all accommodation, food and travel expenses during the contributor event. This includes hotel expenses from 23-26, breakfast, lunch and dinner. You're on your own for extended stay. Please notify the travel agent to have your flights booked accordingly with your preferred date.

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