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 Lodewijk,
As far as I can tell, no one is currently working on it but I can take it up plus anyone else that’s interested. Last year, we were to get an extra camera [or was it two?] but we never received them. We only have one camera that we used last year.
I think this year we can aggressively market the project in colleges and universities [buy putting up posters] and also the social media.
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From: Lodewijk
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 10:01 PM
To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
Hi all,
Is anyone currently working on organizing Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Kenya? Will Kenya join the contest again? Please let me know asap if there is any way how we can help.
Lodewijk
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Hi all,
Is anyone currently working on organizing Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in
Kenya? Will Kenya join the contest again? Please let me know asap if there
is any way how we can help.
Lodewijk
Wikimedians have GIRLFRIENDS! :-O No, but seriously do publish these records and out this truth.
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On Thu, May 2, 2013 7:43 AM MSKS Kosgei Isaac wrote:
>What a big shame!
>Steve we WANT the names of all those who used the money and we hold them
>responsible.
>
>
>
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>Faye Wattleton*
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>
>On 2 May 2013 04:32, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have kissed ass for more than a year now...I am the most shaded African
>> Wikipedian....Yes I ate the donors money as most allege and so what? .... I
>> do not wish to take this with me to the grave...hate me or love me now as
>> it makes no difference... I hate all of you. At my tender age my parents
>> never knew about this white elephant.They hate me because of this
>> humanitarian movement that I dropped both my feet into... I paid for some
>> of your escapades with your girlfriends using the donors money. I was so
>> naive and effed up. As far as Dubai since local was too mainstream I
>> financed you and some of you and your girlfriends. That is for the inner
>> cycle and for some I have decided to donate the money since you
>> have never appraised the debts till now. I still have the statements till
>> now from equity bank and KCB bank.
>>
>> I have all the records with me.....the statements, withdrawals and
>> everything else as shocking as the next line.
>>
>> I hate myself and I still love sharing free knowledge. It is the key to
>> love and live that keeps me going.
>>
>> EFF you and me.
>>
>> Yours faithfully,
>> Stephen
>>
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I have kissed ass for more than a year now...I am the most shaded African
Wikipedian....Yes I ate the donors money as most allege and so what? .... I
do not wish to take this with me to the grave...hate me or love me now as
it makes no difference... I hate all of you. At my tender age my parents
never knew about this white elephant.They hate me because of this
humanitarian movement that I dropped both my feet into... I paid for some
of your escapades with your girlfriends using the donors money. I was so
naive and effed up. As far as Dubai since local was too mainstream I
financed you and some of you and your girlfriends. That is for the inner
cycle and for some I have decided to donate the money since you
have never appraised the debts till now. I still have the statements till
now from equity bank and KCB bank.
I have all the records with me.....the statements, withdrawals and
everything else as shocking as the next line.
I hate myself and I still love sharing free knowledge. It is the key to
love and live that keeps me going.
EFF you and me.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen