Good morning, all.
I did apply but I actually did not know that the names have as yet been
published. I'll reach out to the scholarship committee via email to find
out. Their answer will guide our further proceedings, I believe.
Many thanks.
On 18 Jan 2018 07:16, "Justice Okai-Allotey" <owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello Raphael,
Let me attempt to answer your questions with some of the facts I know
regarding this. So with the selection process Sandister sent this message
to the WhatsApp since most of our members are and active after we had
worked on our eligibility requirements.
*Happy New Year To Everyone*
*Before anything else, Wikipedia turns 17 on January 15, 2018. There are no
special activities planned, it's just for your information.This year the
key theme will be local relevance – activities that are relevant to our
Ghanaian context, and relevant to our user group and relevant to our
contributors – with the underlying principle of working within capacity –
the capacity we have.*
*It's going to be a fulfilling year.*
*Schedules*
*It is hard to give any schedules because our activities are planned around
when grants are approved and when they arrive.*
*Due to late report writing and and lateness in returning unspent grant
money back to the group on the part of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 team,
we will have to wait to start anything this year.When WMF gives the green
light, I'll let you know. Activity guide*
*I am putting together a guide for our work this year which will include
everything from pending events, WiR, upcoming travels, our annual and by
laws meeting meeting etc to help us all stay on the same page.Wikimedia
also nudged us towards Wikidata and Wikipedia New Readers – we need to do
more towards these.*
*Travels*
*Please take note of the
deadlines: Indaba:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018>*
*WMCON 2018:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018>Wikimania
2018:
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>*
After this message was sent Sadat and Georgina were the only once who
expressed interest in wanting to represent the group. The selection was
made based on their interest and the criteria that has been stipulated by
the WMCON.
So actually it should be Sadat and Georgina representing us so I don't know
why Georgina's name hasn't yet been put on there.
And with the mailing being our official communication, you can attest to
the fact that, it's been dormant for a lot of months now and that the
WhatsApp platform is much more active and reaches every member.
This are some of the things I know or privy to and not the official
position of the group. I expect you to get an official group position soon
on your concern.
Best,
Justice.
On Jan 18, 2018 2:46 AM, "Raphael Berchie" <rberchie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone happy new year and a belated Wiki birthday to us all.
So I chanced on this
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_20
18/Participants%27_List and realized Sadat is the one representing us at
this year’s WMConn. Congrats to him I have no shred of doubt that he will
fully represent us and I have no problem about his eligibility and
competence.
My problem however is mode of selection. Was it decided us a community or
it was an individual’s decision because as far as I am concerned the
mailing list is the official place for having such discussions and I have
seen no such discussions here.
Again in previous years we have had consultatative talks and we have all
known who was representing us so what changed this year?
Lastly as a Usergroup we were allocated two slots for participation. How
come it is only one person.
I need some answers.
Regards
--
*Raphael Berchie*
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate
Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/>
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