Hello Folks,
I just wanted to keep some of us up to speed with the latest developments
around the User Group Model:
- We had a very fruitful meeting with the to chat the course for the
user group .Summary
Here<http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wik-meeting-04-2013>
- We created a meta page and have made a request to re-join the
Community through the User group Model. Page
here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_in_Kenya> and
here <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_group>
- We also agreed to focus/work on a single project for the Offline
Wikipedia,Team Lead is Denis. Work around this has already kicked off.
- On Members and resources, we agreed to Open up membership based on
dedication and commitment to this course as opposed to last time when
anyone interested but unsure of what our course was would just join us.
- On Way forward on Wikimedia Chapter, we would like so clarification on
the use of IP, resources and properties previously held by Wikimedia
Kenya. Based on Sue's email, We were not to continue to
be referred/ inferred to as Wikimedia Kenya: Excerpt "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.) Seeing the
startup grant that has incorrectly been inferred to have been allocated to
the Wikimedians in Kenya. Please correct or advise on the same since the
grant was issued to the Chapter and not the group.<
link<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Stephen_Wanjau_-_Wikimedians_…
- As such, we would like to know upto what
extent can we use this same
resources like Domain < wikimedia.or.ke >, Name, Wikimedia Logos and
Social Media and even the physical properties like Camara, WiFi
Dongle, Projectors etc..
We hope this is a step in the right direction and look forward to working
to achieve our objectives as we set out .We look forward to your continued
support.
Kind Regards,
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM, dennis munene <deontemunene(a)hotmail.com>wrote;wrote:
I cannot think of a better name than Wikimedians in
Kenya.
Dennis.
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:18:36 +0300
From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
Salute!
To align the Wikimedians in Kenya to it is current state, the social
media accounts should as well be renamed to the new name. What has been
settled on as the new name?
.S
On 03/12/2013 02:51 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:
Thanks for this cautious and tentative initiative. I continue to be
active as a Wikimedian (cf.
http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&g…)
and I am based in Kenya, so that presumably makes me a … Wikimedian in
Kenya J
Yours for making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone on this
planet (and in my case, especially to everyone in the Swahili-speaking
communities),
BT (aka Oliver)
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*From:* dennis munene [mailto:deontemunene@hotmail.com<deontemunene@hotmail.com>]
*Sent:* 12 March 2013 12:13
*To:* Wikimedia Kenya
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
hi,
I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group should
not in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as part of the
User Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)
dennis.
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From: oslimoke(a)gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
Hi All,
I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the past
couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way
forward. True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways
to steer ourselves to full registration 12 months after being
granted charter. We failed to get legal registration locally and we failed
to manage the 1st Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed
to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and we refused to
take responsibility I think Sue and Asaf are justified to deny
us further recognition.
So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat a
way forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for this user
group? Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more
If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let us
start a conversation Only if you are interested.
Look forward to this new course.
Best,
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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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