Hi Wikimedia Kenya, The camera is shipped! l I'd like to see the chapter document itself - that is to say that you guys all built your chapter from the ground up and if you can document what you are doing yourself that would be awesome. I leave it up to you guys to document what you feel inclined to document! GEAR: I am sending a backpack to David Mugo in Chicago with a Canon XA-10 Camera, attached wide-angle lens, a Rode NTG-3 Microphone, a light, 2 power adapters, power cable, 3 batteries, remote control, cd/dvd install discs, consent waivers, camera rental agreements, storyteller questions and a guide to using the camera. 2 things that might be useful for you to use/find that I *haven't included* are: headphones and a tripod. One thing to note: when the camera is zoomed out ALL THE WAY you can sometimes see the microphone in the upper right corner of the image, so I typically will zoom in *slightly*, so you don't see the microphone. The camera operates as a camcorder, and can be configured with any number of settings. I recommend keeping the settings as they are, but feel free to use it as you feel so inclined. The XA-10 has a touch screen display. The camera records onto built-in memory first, and then 2 SD cards. There is the capacity of hours and hours of footage on the camera. When you transfer the footage be sure that you have some hard drives with many 10's of GB of space to copy the data to. STORYTELLING: When I conduct an interview for storytelling, I'll set the camera on a tripod, and find a quiet place with some good lighting (so we can see the persons face) and frame the person on camera in a closeup shot. I'll keep the camera plugged into a wall, unless there is no outlet. I typically talk to people for 30 minutes to an hour, and ask people about first who they are, where they come from, and then ask about how they discovered Wikipedia and why they are involved. LAW: I just spoke with our legal department: Basically *anyone who uses the camera has to sign the rental agreement*(attached in this email) that i have also printed and included with the camera, and *anyone who is interviewed has to sign the legal release* (also attached in this email) and also printed and included with the camera. Also the camera has to be returned 6 weeks from the 25th of July. WMF USA will pay for return shipping - I don't think it would be fair to send a 'gift' that makes people pay for it. Let me know if I haven't thought of anything and I look forward to seeing what you guys produce! Victor -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake