Hi all, Just an idea, i was thinking that we could invite a representative of a school magazine to the anniversary party. Alex, brilliant idea on filling forms online. We will have to come up with a way to advertise, posters maybe? Abbas, as for jkuat[main campus], we go on our long holiday from mid december till late april. It's going to be a challenge getting an audience since 80%, if not more, of the school is at home. ------------------------------ From: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:44:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates Cool idea;-) i also see it at 100-150. :) - the following are my suggestions for getting guys truly interested in Wikimedia's cause to attend: why they wish to attend. We could use eventsbrite for this or something similar. identifying guys to attend from their institutions. Swahili article authors e.t.c. 100 - 150, what do you guys think? because these people require invites sent way in advance. I had stated that we'll also invite students + teachers as well in an earlier email. I believe that after Mr. Ting gives talks @ Uni's, students could also be informed about the anniversary. The problem with randomly inviting a crowd of students poses a threat of gatecrushing -- which brings me to the question: how many guests are we aiming at? we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think. are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya. Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party. hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya. and institutions and giving out Wiki talks. press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well. ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch. certainly welcome. free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Thanks for that Asaf:-) ------------------------------ From: asaf.bartov(a)gmail.com Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:01:55 +0200 To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates Speaking of forms, I recommend making an effort to get as many people as possible to give you permission to send them e-mail with Wikimedia announcements. It's early, sure, but it's an opportunity to get the attendees of the event to subscribe to any future announcements Wikimedians in Kenya may want to make. Even before you set up a mailing list, you can capture basic information (name, affiliation [optional, of course], e-mail, phone [optional], comments) with an online form (e.g. using Google Docs' "Form" feature; see an example I used for the DevNations list (even before it existed) here -- https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE1KYTFxeWtwWTd… ). Cheers, Asaf On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM, dennis munene <dennismunene(a)hotmail.com>wrote;wrote: Hi all, Just an idea, i was thinking that we could invite a representative of a school magazine to the anniversary party. Alex, brilliant idea on filling forms online. We will have to come up with a way to advertise, posters maybe? Abbas, as for jkuat[main campus], we go on our long holiday from mid december till late april. It's going to be a challenge getting an audience since 80%, if not more, of the school is at home. ------------------------------ From: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:44:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates Cool idea;-) i also see it at 100-150. :) - the following are my suggestions for getting guys truly interested in Wikimedia's cause to attend: why they wish to attend. We could use eventsbrite for this or something similar. identifying guys to attend from their institutions. Swahili article authors e.t.c. 100 - 150, what do you guys think? because these people require invites sent way in advance. I had stated that we'll also invite students + teachers as well in an earlier email. I believe that after Mr. Ting gives talks @ Uni's, students could also be informed about the anniversary. The problem with randomly inviting a crowd of students poses a threat of gatecrushing -- which brings me to the question: how many guests are we aiming at? we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think. are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya. Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party. hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya. and institutions and giving out Wiki talks. press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well. ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch. certainly welcome. free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Asaf Bartov <asaf.bartov(a)gmail.com> _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake