Great  work guys! , maybe an introduction would do, am a graduate of Bsc IST  at USIU  i attended a talk by Ting  and Anne Njeri @ I hub with techie community , i actually come from Kakamega n its environs, been in touch with Oscar , i have a feeling for us to fully explore the opportunities available after the pilot program a multi sectoral approach with a centralized control is the way fwd. Education in .KE  involves many stake holders, ministry ,churches , private owners,politicians, and this being a noble idea am very sure some of them would have wished to come on board,take a case where an area MP would want to incorporate the CDF in this program for the good of this constituents.what i mean is Abbas and the group should come up of ways of integrating progressive forces into to the Wiki for schools projects. i also think we should be clear on the mandates of such forces and how their efforts maybe controlled by the office for accountability and record purposes,having said this there is also a need to have a formal meeting on the same
                                                                                 Regards,
                                                                                                      Branton Obwari.

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's why I need response from guys before the end of the day. I was there for the past 2 Saturdays and there were no events held so I'm hoping it's going to be the same this week.

Plus we can always find another venue if it'ls booked. I'll ping Tosh in a minute, but I need confirmation from guys on whether there's going to be a meeting.

On Tue Jan 25th, 2011 4:49 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:

>I can avail myself this weekend, but didn't Tosh tell us that we need to book at least 2 weeks in advance?
>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:20:36 -0800
>> From: xelawafs@yahoo.com
>> To: oliver_stegen@sil.org; wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Need for a structure
>>
>> Hey Oliver,
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion on the sites. We decided to move stuff from the meta to wikimedia.or.ke after the domain was set up. So the plan no is to work from here. Here's the link to the schools project page:
>> wikimedia.or.ke/Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project
>>
>> As for guys who won't be able to make it for the pilot, hope this to be part of the agenda for the meetup I've proposed.
>>
>> The visit to the girls school in Nakuru souunds great and we can probably organize for this.
>>
>> So how about the meetup guys?
>>
>> alex.
>>
>> On Mon Jan 24th, 2011 11:36 PM PST Oliver Stegen wrote:
>>
>> >Glad to see things moving ahead.
>> >
>> >To be honest, I'm a bit confused about the different websites where things
>> >seem to be posted (e.g. haven't found Sam's Wikimedia schools project update
>> >yet); between meta.wikimedia.org and wikimedia.or.ke, things have become a
>> >bit complicated imho.
>> >
>> >Second, to reply to Alex' suggestion for a much needed meeting:
>> >Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it on Saturday (that's my kids'
>> >schoolparty day). But please go ahead - a meeting is urgently needed!
>> >
>> >Also, how do you envisage involvement in the wikipedia for schools project
>> >for guys like me who, for job and family reasons, cannot leave Nairobi for
>> >an entire week (okay, so maybe, I'm the only one). As Abbas reminded us that
>> >schools are empty on weekends, when it comes to Mon-Fri, I could spare two
>> >days in February to accompany a team to a school. Originally, Nairobi had
>> >been on the map (when the pilot was still going for four and not three
>> >regions). I don't see how I could go to either of the three locations
>> >(Mombasa, Njeri or Kakamega) for one day only. Should you plan to visit a
>> >school in Nairobi, however, I'd be happy to assist.
>> >
>> >Also, while in South Africa last week, I got to know Mr. Walter Chemjor,
>> >who's a teacher at AIC Morop Girls Secondary School (it's adjacent to
>> >Kabarak University near Nakuru). They have a journalism club which uses the
>> >internet for research but connectivity is slow. To cut a long story short,
>> >they'd be very interested to have a team come up to Nakuru and introduce
>> >them to the wikipedia for schools CD. That's something I could probably
>> >volunteer for - driving a team up to Nakuru for a day and participate in
>> >introducing Morop Girls to wikipedia.
>> >
>> >All for now, and cheers!
>> >Oliver (aka BT)
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >[mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Alex Wafula
>> >Sent: 25 January 2011 06:48
>> >To: coolsam726@gmail.com; wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Need for a structure
>> >
>> >Pilot overview: a group of 6 people per region. Since we have 10 schools
>> >teams are further to split into groups of 3, each group covering a school
>> >per day.
>> >
>> >Seems like we need a meetup. If you guys can make it this Saturday, let me
>> >know latest today so that I can request for space at ihub.
>> >
>> >Alex
>> >
>> >On Mon Jan 24th, 2011 11:23 AM PST SAMSON MAOSA wrote:
>> >
>> >>Alex, Abbas, most of us seem to find a collision between the project and
>> >>internships, the most affected being guys from JKUAT and we have to resolve
>> >>this as soon as possible. Please share your views on that
>> >>
>> >>On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> thought so too :), the page has been set up as '
>> >>> Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project' instead by Sam
>> >>>
>> >>> ------------------------------
>> >>> *From:* Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider@wikimedia.ch>
>> >>>
>> >>> *To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. <
>> >>> wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>
>> >>> *Sent:* Mon, January 24, 2011 6:51:04 PM
>> >>>
>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Need for a structure
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> Am 24.01.2011 11:10, schrieb SAMSON MAOSA:
>> >>> > If you all agree I am about to move the page to "WIKIPEDIA PROJECT FOR
>> >>> > KENYAN SCHOOLS".
>> >>>
>> >>> maybe you want to skip the capital letters ;-)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> /Manuel
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