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8 February 2011 - 7:29pm — Nisha Thompson

Hi Everyone, We are trying to resurrect the idea of a Praja blogathon for later this year. I created this Wiki to pull together supporters and ideas so we can get the ball rolling.

Next steps: Pick a weekend some time in July. Please add as you see fit!

-Nisha

Notes from Meetings with Deepak and Shekhar.

Praja meeting @ City Railway station, Sunday Mar 6, 9 AM

4 February 2011 - 12:24pm — manjari

Start: 6 Mar 2011 09:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Here is a a good opportunity to put faces to the names we read, a Praja.in meeting after a long long time! This is not only a chance to understand the operations of the City Station but also an event/place where everyone from Praja could meet.

Agenda:

Project completed - thanks CiSTUP

16 January 2011 - 8:31am — admin

Marking the project as complete. A big thanks to CiSTUP for giving us the opportunity to be partners , and thanks to all attendees for taking the time to be there. The morning session saw some very good presentations.

Confirming two sessions, Namma Railu postponed

6 January 2011 - 9:34am — silkboard

Quick update to confirm that we are on for 2 PM sessions on Bus Priority System and NMT - Cycling. However, the third session, Namma Railu, stands postponed as we were not able to get the quorum required to make progress forward from where the project stands today.

Mobilicity Workshop Sessions, Jan 10 - Registration Form

Update, Jan 5: Commuter Rail aka Namma Railu session has been postponed to a later date.

Registration is free, but there are limited number of seats, so do hurry. Here is an overview of the schedule for January 10, 2011:

Updated - Namma Railu Event, by invitation only, respond ASAP

26 August 2010 - 8:10am — silkboard

Start: 30 Aug 2010 09:30

End: 30 Aug 2010 13:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

We are organizing an event with CiSTUP, IISc, to discuss hurdles and next steps on Commuter Rail Service (CRS, aka Namma Railu). Entry is only by invitation, respond ASAP if you want to attend.

A new "How To" feature on Praja - your suggestions

7 July 2010 - 2:51pm — admin

Dear readers, and supporters of Praja. We have started a new drive to better organize and present content contributed by users on this website. As part of that, we are planning a new "how to" self-help feature on Praja.in. Examples of "how to" would be things like - "how do I apply for khata", or "how to buy a BMTC monthly pass", or "how to complain about an overcharging auto", basicaly just about any experience that we can share around in dealing with govt or public agencies. Please provide your review and feedback to help tune this feature.

Quick Description:

Praja Blogathon 2011

5 July 2010 - 4:02pm — deepakar

Project number:	3583
Opened by:	deepakar
Opened on:	Monday, 5 July 2010 - 4:02pm
Last modified:	Friday, 8 July 2011 - 2:48pm
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Description: Civic issue oriented Online blogging competition with great prizes and exposure for winning entries

This is the project group to organize Praja Blogathon, a Civic issue theme based online blogging competition.

Proposal: Organise a Praja Blogathon

29 June 2010 - 11:29am — shekhar_mittal

Myself and a few other folks have been thinking about innovative ways of marketing Praja. We want to create exciting content and bring new users on Praja. So how about we organize a Blogathon?

This event can be both on the ground as well as online. The basic idea is that we fix a theme/topics, a date and a venue. On the chosen date all of us get together and blog about the chosen theme. Obviously, we will open the event to anyone who is interested and will publicize it in a significant manner.

The best blog entries get an awesome prize-- think ipods, iphones etc. We will find sponsors who can cover the costs for the venue and prizes. Normally, such events are accompanied by free snacks and beer ;)

We can also have tie-ups with newspapers which will agree to print the best blog entries. If successful we can also try doing such events in other cities.

This idea is in its nascent stages and we wanted to present it to everyone for feedback and brainstorming.

So what do you guys think?

-Shekhar

Bus Day - need an anchor from Praja side

15 June 2010 - 12:58am — admin

Few members continue to work in their own ways to support BMTC on Bus Day. But after the first few Bus Days, we have missed an "anchor" from Praja community side who could spend time with BMTC (via phone, email or meetings) to get details on next Bus Day, as well as pass our feedback and suggestions.

Calling for a Bus Day anchor from Praja communtiy side. Job description and perks if you will:

Get to represent all of us (Praja members) at BMTC. Get a real opportunity to understand public transportation systems and issues.
If needed, speak to the media to convey summary of our discussions and suggestions here.
Get your own special "praja.in" email id.
Control and Manage the Bus Day corner on this web-site

This won't be a job for life or anything like that, can rotate between multiple people as well if groups of people want to do this on a shared basis.

Leave a comment here to reply (that's the true Praja way, open and public), or drop us an email (admin at praja dot in) if you would be interested.

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