{"id":2829,"date":"2018-08-06T12:57:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2018-09-06T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T02:56:13","slug":"community-spotlight-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Spotlight: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>We all love open source, and we all want to spread this inclusive love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india\/dsc_0069\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0069\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069-1024x683.jpg?resize=525%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/DSC_0069.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFind them online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/WordPress-Kanpur\/\">Meetup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.kanpur.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wckanpur\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpkanpur\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"statBox\">\n<header class=\"statHead\">\n<h2>Kanpur at a glance<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<section><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2017.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/08\/WCUS-transparent_Community-Bazaar-300x98.png?resize=300%2C98&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" \/><strong>3&nbsp;<\/strong>Meetups\/Month<br \/>\n<strong>2014&nbsp;<\/strong>Year Meetup Established<br \/>\n<strong>1001<\/strong>&nbsp;total Meetup members<br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong> WordCamp\/Year:&nbsp;<em>WordCamp Kanpur<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Established 2017<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>200<\/strong> Last WordCamp Total Attendees<br \/>\n<strong>August 12, 2018,<\/strong>&nbsp;Upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.kanpur.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp<\/a> (this week!)<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india\/img_wpkanpur-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?fit=4166%2C2343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4166,2343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1520164908&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_WPKanpur-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2835 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WP Kanpur\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_WPKanpur-2.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We started this little community in our city back in 2014, and literally, no one showed up in the first meetup. I was the alone organizer, so it was less of a community and more of a meetup I started because, well, meetup.com was free back then. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nI got involved in the WordPress community and started to attend WordCamps, where I saw how awesome these local communities are, and on my way back home I send an email to the meetup members asking if they&#8217;re interested in a meetup.<br \/>\nAnd there we got a start from the community. We got amazing support and most of the people became regular. It went from a meetup that <em>I<\/em> started, to a meetup which was organized by a proper community. The meetups happened in the city, even when I wasn&#8217;t in the town, and more organizers came and started doing awesome work. And there it was, &#8220;I&#8221; wasn&#8217;t in this community anymore, it became a community of &#8220;us.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nAfter seeing the WordPress community, more open source oriented communities started in the city, such as Python, PyData, Docker, HackerSpace, Arduino, and IoT. All the people became good friends and we eventually started a non-registered non-profit community called <a href=\"https:\/\/kanpurfoss.org\/\">KanpurFOSS<\/a>, to bring all the communities together under a single roof.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2836\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WP Kanpur\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/19875615_10155435740445138_1705982216474371604_n.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about how your community can participate in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/community-bazaar\/\">Community Bazaar<\/a>, and be featured on and at WCUS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love open source, and we all want to spread this inclusive love. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14065935,"featured_media":2831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1106614,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-bazaar","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_0845.jpg?fit=4032%2C2122&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rm07-JD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14065935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2829"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3537,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions\/3537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}