Thanks Abbas,
At the moment please excuse me am cought up in my end of semester e me
xams.Will however be through by 20th and please update me on way forward
and any other happenings.A good number of my friends have shown interest and
would be glad to join us.thnaks once again and good luck to all of us.
Oliver,seems like Dennis is not interested in our idea.He has never
responded to my request.perhaps you could request him and inform him to of
the KU meeting too,perhaps ,he might respond to your request.
thanks too.
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:44:30 +0300
From: "Oliver Stegen" <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates
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Thanks, Abbas, for the update.
Knowing me, you will expect me to especially like points nos. 5 and 6 of
the
SA WMF chapter draft purposes:
* To build/facilitate/disseminate/provide knowledge in all SAfrican
languages
* To contribute to the development of local languages (all South African
languages)
Correspondingly, I've been looking at the Kikuyu wikipedia
(
http://ki.wikipedia.org <http://ki.wikipedia.org/> ) which could use some
more support just like the Zulu one (
http://zu.wikipedia.org
<http://zu.wikipedia.org/> ) in SA.
Just to add one more development on our own chapter network:
We expect to meet with Dr. Martin Njoroge at Kenyatta University sometime
between Sep 9 and 17 (date to be confirmed) in order to discuss
collaboration and potential opportunities for mutual support (Dr. Njoroge
is
the Director of the Confucius Institute, organiser of last month's
international conference on multilingualism here in Nairobi, and a member
of
the Multilingual Education Network East Africa).
Wenu katika kujenga elimu,
Oliver (aka BT)
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From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Abbas
Mahmoud
Sent: 13 August 2010 11:24
To: Wikimedia Kenya
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates
Hello folks,
It's been a while since I last communicated with you guys, but I have some
updates regarding our chapter, the South African Chapter and Wikimedia in
general.
WIKIMEDIA KENYA
I recently received intelligence from Wikimedia Foundation about Omidyar
Network. Omidyar Network is an NGO that funds Wikimedia and also gives
financial assistance to companies in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, etc. I was also
told that there could be a high possibility that they could support our
upcoming chapter get off the ground. I was given some connections and I
have
contacted one of them and I am yet to receive a reply.
Wimedia South Africa:
Also, Delphine was on holiday over the past couple of weeks so we weren't
able to communicate regarding our chapter's progress. However, she recently
went to a workshop held by the South African Chapter and came up with a
report. Please see the report at the end of this email. I would also kindly
urge you to subscribe to the South African mailing list so that we can
receive up-to-date intel of what our counterparts are doing. Visit
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza to subscribe.
Also
see their meta page for more info:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa.
On the news:
There has been an interesting saga where the FBI wants it's seal to be
removed from Wikipedia. Read the full story on the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03fbi.html?_r=1. (This is a must-read
article:-)).
It is also interesting to note that the Swahili Wikipedia, now having
18,000
articles is now the largest African-language Wikipedia beating the
Africaans
(South African) Wikipedia that has 15,000 articles!
That's all from me,
I am, yours,
Abbas Mahmoud.