I will talk to the Egerton contact and I will keep you posted on the progress. Cheers Stephen W. Wanjau On Jul 22, 2011 7:01 PM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, I have the two letters that you forwarded, unless there are others. > > I will go ahead to contact the guy at Egerton. > > As for USIU and Daystar, I do not have any contacts that we could use but if > somebody is available, paying these campuses a pre-visit to have meeting > permits and appointments from the respective dean of students sounds > better. > > It's to our advantage that the two campuses ,USIU and Daystar are all > located within NBO. > > Cheers > > > Stephen W. Wanjau > > On Jul 22, 2011 6:51 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Stephen, >> I think you should go ahead and contact Egerton. Since most Universities > will either be closed or doing exams, we don't have a choice but follow > up > on the few that are willing to host us. Do you need the letter, or do you > have it already? And do you have any USIU contacts? Or Daystar? >> ThanksAbbas. >> >> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:48 +0300 >> From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com >> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011 >> >> Hello guys, >> Incase time and resources allow,There is a contact at Egerton >> University, > ( Alex, remember the guys who organized the Mozilla talk?).I had a chat with > their Computer Students club chairman and he was willing we give them a talk > regarding Wikimedia. >> >> Infact he told me the talk can be conducted at the town campus in Nakuru > town. If that's ok please let me know so that I can furnish him with the > relevant material (letters,posters e.t.c.) and more information. >> >> Cheers >> >> Stephen W. Wanjau >> On Jul 22, 2011 6:02 PM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Hey Abbas, >>> >>> I've already got intouch with someone from UoN and I'm waiting for an > official confirmation from them. >> >>> >>> I've also forwarded the letter from Wikimedia to help things move on > faster. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Alex. >>> >>> On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 7:36 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote: >>> >>>> >> >>>>Thanks Oscar for notifying us. >>>>Does anyone have contacts at USIU? We could approach them as well. >>>>Also, Alex, have you contacted UoN? I have a contact there that might >>>> be > able to contact UoN's Dean. >> >>>>BTW, I have an official introduction letter from Wikimedia, so in case > any one of you needs it to approach various institutions, please do contact > me and i will forward the letter to you beforehand. >>>>Abbas. >> >>>> >>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:47:26 +0300 >>>>> From: oslimoke(a)gmail.com >>>>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011 >>>>> >>>>> Hi Guys, >>>>> I have just requested the Director of e-learning JKUAT to allow us a >>>>> visit when Asaf is around.However we are starting our exams around >>>>> 5th >> >>>>> August and it may be tricky to have audience with students. >>>>> I would be finishing my exams on 15th and so I hope to join all of >>>>> you >>>>> guys thereafter.So if you see me quite,I am buried in my books"-) >> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> On 7/19/11, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Asaf, >>>>> >> The iHub sounds great, and a post-1800 time for public speaking is > not a >> >>>>> >> problem for me! Can WMKE set it up? If there's a fee to use the > iHub, >>>>> >> the >>>>> >> Foundation will pay it. >>>>> > The problem is not with the you,most WMKE may not do a post-1800 >> >>>>> > meeting.The travel logistics in Nairobi may not allow most of us to >>>>> > attend the meeting.I suggest we do a daytime meeting at some other >>>>> > venue?The August memorial Park in the City Center?However they charge >> >>>>> > a small fee.The iHub facility is free of charge for scheduled > meetings >>>>> > subject to availability and booking. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >> This sounds good to me. I have already contacted the Google >>>>> >> Nairobi >> >>>>> >> office, >>>>> >> and they would be happy for me to visit. I'd like some of you to > join >>>>> >> me. >>>>> >> I know some of you have already had contact with the Google >>>>> >> Nairobi >> >>>>> >> office, >>>>> >> so perhaps we can use this opportunity to introduce some other >>>>> >> WMKE >>>>> >> members >>>>> >> to the Google team? I think 3 or 4 WMKE members would be great to > join >> >>>>> >> me >>>>> >> in that meeting. Securing Google as a sponsor for WTN would > definitely >>>>> >> be >>>>> >> one goal of that meeting. What else do you think we could ask from >> >>>>> >> Google? >>>>> >> They wanted "numbers and figures", not your NGO registration papers; >>>>> >> this >>>>> >> means that if we can come up with concrete plans (with a budget, a >> >>>>> >> realistic >>>>> >> timeline, and a list of people committed to doing the work), we >>>>> >> can > move >>>>> >> forward with securing support from Google (as well as the > Foundation). >> >>>>> > >>>>> > Great.I contacted them and am still awaiting their response.Glad >>>>> > you >>>>> > caught their attention.I would be happy to join you. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >>> We also visited KU (www.ku.ac.ke) with Ting and we had a greta >>>>> >>> and >>>>> >>> fruitful discussions with the Top Management of the Universities > about >> >>>>> >>> future areas of collaboration in advancing our aims.We were > supposed >>>>> >>> to get back to them and deliver an Outreach sort of talk to there >>>>> >>> students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects >> >>>>> > >>>>> >> Excellent! Perhaps we can deliver a double talk as I proposed > elsewhere >>>>> >> -- >>>>> >> a general "introduction to Wikipedia" delivered by a WMKE member, > and a >> >>>>> >> talk >>>>> >> on Wikimedia as a global movement (or on the Foundation and its > strategy >>>>> >> and >>>>> >> plans?) by me. Is one of you willing to make this happen? >> >>>>> > Our Contact at KU(Dr.Martin Njoroge) earlier on told me that our > vsist >>>>> > may not be possible as they KU Students will be away then.He wished > it >>>>> > were in September.I saw your request to the Director of e-learning in >> >>>>> > a different thread and I hope we will be able to have a chat with > him. >>>>> > I would be finding the contacts of the Director of e-learning of > JKUAT >>>>> > and I hope you would not mind sedning a similar email to him. >> >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards, >>>>> > Limoke O. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Limoke Oscar, >>>>> mayenge.blogspot.com >> >>>>> Freelancer, >>>>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake