Hey Dennis,
From the chat we had, we reasoned that the main aim of a pilot should be for
us to determine the costs and dificulties involved in taking up this project
country wide.
That's why we suggested these regions as they tend to represent the whole
country. As for Nairobi, we since most of us live here, we already know the
costs and dificulties that may be involved.
Although I'd vouch for Nairobi to be included in the pilot for guys tied
here by exams and other stuff to participate.
Alex.
On Mon Nov 29th, 2010 10:15 PM PST dennis munene wrote:
My suggestion would be Nairobi instead of Nyeri,
Central province so that
those of us who wun't be able to travel to any of the other two areas
[because of internship or school] can be involved in the pilot as well.
From: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:27:00 +0000
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] New Suggestions
Hi guys,
Yesterday I got to have an impromptu chat with the newest of the members:
Jessica & Sameer. Since both of them come from Strath, I also invited the
rest of the Strath team. Jessica had the following suggestions regarding
the launch and the pilot program:
*That we host the launch at Strathmore Auditorium*, to cut down on venue
expenses;*That the pilot should cover about 3 regions (and not the initial
10. It is a ''pilot'', after all.)*Since this was not a formal meetup,
there were no minutes taken - so pardon me if there is any other issue
that was raised that I have left out.
After Jessica left, the rest of us (Alex, Sameer and myself) debated on
which 3 regions we would select. I suggested that it would be logical to
first cut off the regions that did not yet have the ten schools. These
were: Kisii, Nakuru, Laikipia, Kericho & Eldamaravin. The regions that are
complete, as of today are: Mombasa, Nairobi, kakamega, Meru, Vihiga &
Nyeri. Out of these six: we chose:
1. Mombasa, Coast Province2. Nyeri, Central Province.3. Kakamega, Western
Province.
The above three regions are diverse and will give us a fair representation
of what to expect when we move countrywide, as we would have had different
experiences from these three provinces.
Please note that the above were our suggestions only, and you all have the
right to voice out your suggestions as well. I think
Alex/Sameer/Jessica/Ann will fill in any details that I might have left
out.
Thanks,Abbas.
*P.S. - Please note that the Wikipedians in Bristol will also be holding
their event at a University; and the Founder will be there:
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol
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