Dear colleagues in Kenya,
I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the Affiliations
Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner, is not
extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of your group as
Wikimedia Kenya. We recommend you pursue recognition as Wikimedia User
Group instead.
The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and that
has not happened. In addition, the provisional board disintegrated (with
some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement announced,
almost no activity took place this past year, casting doubt on the group's
sustainability as a chapter, and certain personal issues added much
confusion and demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the inactivity.
In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of affiliation,
not available at the time your group was seeking recognition, that we are
confident would better serve your group at this stage, and would be more
appropriate, than the traditional incorporated chapter model.
Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition
(via AffCom -- e-mail affcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org) right now, which will
give you almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none
of the bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as
you know, grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups (and
we will take steps to improve group oversight and governance to minimize
risk). Everything I know about this group and about AffCom suggests this
should be a smooth process.
Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer
be used by you or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you
are not to incorporate under that name. (It is best if incorporation under
any name is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest,
capacity, and plans. Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you
with inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.)
"Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any number of
other names you may feel comfortable with, are good possibilities for the
name of your group, and can be recognized by the WMF if you do choose to
pursue User Group recognition.
We'd like to stress this is neither a punishment nor a demotion of your
group; it is actually an adjustment of what we call the group to match
reality and to adhere to the original terms of the provisional recognition.
We recognize your dedicated and valuable contributions in the past, and
look forward to renewed energy and accomplishments on this new path, as a
user group, and will be happy to support you in this in every way we can.
On behalf of Sue Gardner and the Wikimedia Foundation,
Asaf Bartov
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Hi,as agreed in yesterday's meetup, i have created a spreadsheet where we will put up the list of topics, the links to their respective pages on Wikipedia, and the the subjects they are included in.If there's any one else [apart from those who attended the meetup] interested in contributing, let me know.
dennis.
11a.m is perfectly fine with me.
See you then.
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From: Alex Wafula
Sent: 4/10/2013 8:44:53 PM
To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup
So this is to confirm Strathmore as a venue this Saturday.
Will 11 am - 1 pm work for everyone? If not, share your thoughts. The campus closes at around 3 pm on Saturdays.
Alex
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com<mailto:xelawafs@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks for adding more points on the pad. I'll ask for space at Strathmore and confirm sometime tomorrow.
Alex
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com<mailto:xelawafs@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey Dennis,
I've started an etherpad here with the agenda. Please feel free to add to it. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wik-meeting-04-2013
cheers,
Alex
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com<mailto:xelawafs@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey Dennis,
Date looks good, perhaps you can startup an agenda.
Alex
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:45 AM, David Mugo <raidarmax(a)gmail.com<mailto:raidarmax@gmail.com>> wrote:
Niko.
David
On Apr 5, 2013 10:34 AM, "dennis munene" <deontemunene(a)hotmail.com<mailto:deontemunene@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
I was thinking that we could have our first meetup on Saturday, 13th April. How many of you will be able to make it?
dennis
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I will also make it to the meeting.
Regards,
Vincent Kiplangat.
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hey Dennis,
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> > I've started an etherpad here with the agenda. Please feel free to add to
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> >> Hey Dennis,
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> >> Date looks good, perhaps you can startup an agenda.
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> >> Alex
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> >>>> Hi all,
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I reckon Dennis's suggestion of a meet up is the best place to post out these things. Though There's a 97% chance I won't be there, my feeling is we should first establish who from the old group still want to give the project another go, then chase after new blood. On the name front I'm for staying as close to the old identity as possible if a name change becomes the way forward.
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On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 17:44 MSKS Limoke Oscar wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I am initiating efforts to recreate/re-start a Wikimedia User Group.
>Questions I have for those interested to be part of the user group:
>
> 1. Should we start a whole new group with different name, entity and
> people from WMKE or build on the remains of WMKE?
> 2. Should we focus on same goals and objectives as WMKE or should
> we redefine our own based on our learnings and experiences with the Chapter?
> 3. Name? What would be the prefered user group name?
>
>Please add more discussion points and solutions so that we can get up and
>running as soon as possible. Hopefully by the time we have a meetup, we
>will have solidified some of this things and by the time Kul visits us, we
>will be a formidable group once again.
>
>Please provide input lest if no one provides input in time, I will go on
>and file the user group details at my own *discretion. *
>*
>*
>Look forward to more interesting discussions and insights on way forward.
>
>See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Groups
>
>Yours,
>
>
>--
>*Limoke Oscar *
>GIS, Google Apps & Business Development
>Certfied Google Apps EDU Specialist
>Pawa IT Solutions Limited
>*www.pawait.co.ke*
>http://www.packtpub.com/google-map-maker-starter/book
Hi folks,
I am initiating efforts to recreate/re-start a Wikimedia User Group.
Questions I have for those interested to be part of the user group:
1. Should we start a whole new group with different name, entity and
people from WMKE or build on the remains of WMKE?
2. Should we focus on same goals and objectives as WMKE or should
we redefine our own based on our learnings and experiences with the Chapter?
3. Name? What would be the prefered user group name?
Please add more discussion points and solutions so that we can get up and
running as soon as possible. Hopefully by the time we have a meetup, we
will have solidified some of this things and by the time Kul visits us, we
will be a formidable group once again.
Please provide input lest if no one provides input in time, I will go on
and file the user group details at my own *discretion. *
*
*
Look forward to more interesting discussions and insights on way forward.
See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Groups
Yours,
--
*Limoke Oscar *
GIS, Google Apps & Business Development
Certfied Google Apps EDU Specialist
Pawa IT Solutions Limited
*www.pawait.co.ke*
http://www.packtpub.com/google-map-maker-starter/book
Dear Kenyan Wikimedians,
my name is Johanna, I've been working in the German Wikimedia office for a couple of months and will be in Kenya from 10 April to 4 May. It would be great if some of you would find time to meet. Anything else you'd like to know - just ask :)
Looking forward to meeting you /jo.
Johanna Havemann, Dr.
Editor at African Perspectives
Facilitator to the UN Indigenous Youth Caucus
E: johanna.havemann(a)gmail.com
M: +49 176 22 88 24 37
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LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/in/johavemann
Skype: jo79hanna
Hi Kenyan Wikipedians,
Currently there are no free images of Wikipedia Zero and I'd like to change
that!
I'd like to introduce you to Omar Nabulsi, a photographer currently
employed at Sony who is volunteering his services to document Wikipedia
Zero in South Africa and Kenya.
In a week, he will be documenting Kul Wadhwa as he makes deals with mobile
carriers in both countries and while he isn't doing that his goal is to
document Wikipedia Zero on mobile phones, and the distribution of mobile
devices in Africa.
His original plan was to find a good taxi driver who would be able to show
him around town and I was like - wait let me send an email to a few people
first.
So if anyone here has the bandwidth to help Omar in his task, he is cc'd.
Thanks for reading & if you want to ask me about anything please feel free,
I want to respect everyone's time.
Victor
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