Dear Katherine,
I hope this email finds you well.
As resolved from the recent Wiki Indaba 2017 in Accra, Ghana please find
attached the L2K.[1]
This letter consists of the feedback collected from participants on two
sets of questions (explained further in the letter). The organizers of
Indaba analysed this data on behalf of the African conference participants.
We would also like to take the opportunity to appreciate Wikimedia
Foundation support including Asaf Bartov and Kacie Harold from Community
Engagement, Jack Rabah from the Global Reach Team, and Zack McCune from the
Communications Team.
See you soon at our next Wiki Indaba in Tunisia.
Best,
- Felix Nartey
[1] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2017/Letter_to_Kather…
Hello African Wikimedia Developers,
We now have an official Phabricator project and work board for the Africa
Wikimedia Developer program. On this work board, we will be collaborating
mostly via the featured tasks column where you all should work on tasks to
build your profiles and contribute to the Wikimedia movement via MediaWiki
and its extensions.
The work board [1] has many columns but developers should focus on the
"Featured Tasks" column which they can pick up any task from there and work
on it. I will personally curate a list of easy tasks for us to keep working
on them from time to time in order to build our profile and become better
developers.
Also, if you see an easy task you think someone can work on if you don't
have time, just make sure to edit the tasks and add a tag
"Africa-Wikimedia-Developers" on it so it can immediately appear on our
work board for someone to pick it up. The work board will go a long way to
improve on our collaboration and increase the level of focus.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me and I will get to
you or just ask on the mailing list (recommended) so that we all share
ideas. Thank you all and have a nice day. Happy Hacking!!!
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/members/2858/
*Kind regards*
*Alangi Derick N*
*[image: https://twitter.com/AlangiDerick]
<https://twitter.com/AlangiDerick>
<https://www.facebook.com/derick.alangi> *
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/assemblees/wikipedia-deboule-a-l…
A partager avec les francophones... suite à nos élections législatives,
qui ont amené une énorme moisson de nouveaux députés issus de la société
civile et "inconnus" pour Wikipedia (et pour beaucoup d'autres personnes
d'ailleurs...), le "tirage de portrait" sur place s'est imposé.
A lire pour l'amusement... et pour montrer en exemple à vos propres
parlements.
Flo
Hello everyone,
Just joined the mailing list and for my first mail, I want to (re)share
this with you.
Wikimedia Community User Group of Côte d'Ivoire held a meet-up on saturday,
june 10, to discuss the #Wikimedia2030 strategy.
A report of the event and summaries from focus groups' discussions on the 5
main themes are available here : http://bit.ly/2rqfaW3
Thanks.
Regards from Abidjan,
*---*
*Stéphane KRA <http://www.doyoubuzz.com/stephane-kra>*
*Rédacteur-Éditeur | E-voir <http://e-voir.net/> |*
*Délégué Communication interne **| Wikimedia CUG - Côte d'Ivoire
<http://wikimedia.ci> |*
*(+225) 09 23 89 89 <+225%2009%2023%2089%2089>*
*« Follow me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/stephkra> »*
Hi all,
It's time again for the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase! I wish to encourage
all photographers and photography groups to join in the Ubuntu Desktop
defaults for 17.10. This is a photo campaign to gather default photos for
the new Ubuntu Desktop.
Click the link below for the official announcement:
http://www.nhaines.com/blog/2017/06/01/looking-ubuntu-1710-w
allpapers-right-now/
You may also find more details here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase
Kindly share with friends and the likes with an interest in photography and
wish for their works to be featured on Ubuntu and more importantly released
in a shareable and useable license.
Cheers,
--
*Felix Nartey*
*Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin*
*Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>*
*+233242844987 | +447440959477*
*Skype:Flixtey*
Hello
After a lot of time and effort, we are VERY pleased to announce the launch for the WikiAfrica.org website. www.wikiafrica.org <http://www.wikiafrica.org/>
The website has been completely revamped in order to give due credit to all the members of the moment - including sponsors, hosts and, of course, to showcase the projects. Please feel free to look through the website and suggest changes or where you feel more information could be added. At the moment, the information is very sparse and is designed to lead people to investigate the projects in more depth via their own websites, or to get involved with the existing wikimedia chapters and affiliates.
We look forward to your feedback,
Isla and Florence
Isla Haddow-Flood
Co-project Manager
Username: Islahaddow
FYI
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sandra Fauconnier <sandra.fauconnier(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:27 PM
Subject: [cultural-partners] Fwd: [Wikidata] Call for submissions for the
WikidataCon program
To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination - closed list <
cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
Hi everyone,
The WikidataCon Call for submissions is open!
I’m a member of the program committee and I can assure you that we’d love
to see many GLAM-and-Wikidata-related submissions in the broadest sense.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
See below for all links in Léa’s mail! Deadline is July 31.
Many greetings, Sandra (User:Spinster)
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *Léa Lacroix <lea.lacroix(a)wikimedia.de>
*Subject: **[Wikidata] Call for submissions for the WikidataCon program*
*Date: *12 June 2017 at 12:23:19 GMT+2
*To: *"Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Reply-To: *"Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello there,
>From now and until July 31st, you can submit projects for the WikidataCon
program <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program>!
Our focus is *sharing your knowledge and experience within the community*.
We suggest a lot of different formats, topics, and we also have room for
unusual formats and new ideas.
Feel free to submit your projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Submit>,
support
other submissions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Submissions>,
ask the program committee
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer/Program_c…>
for any question.
We hope that many of you will contribute to this program to make the
WikidataCon amazing, community-driven and diverse :)
Thanks,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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*_______________________________________________________*
*Samuel Guebo*
*Creative Director **at E-voir <http://e-voir.net/>*
*GLAM-WIKI Coordinator in Côte d'IvoireVice-chair of Wikimedia Community
User Group Côte d'Ivoire (WCUG-CI)*
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Hello again,
As promised, please see our next Office Hours' details below. Please feel
free to suggest other agenda topics.
Looking forward to speaking to you soon.
Best,
Jack
Partnerships & Global Reach Office Hours - Africa
Date: Sunday, June 11th
Time: 17:30 UTC (20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos)
Google Hangout on Air:
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/ynmlDvypTVvo7JdzvgKAUggPI_Q5jVck…
Youtube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsBpXIqx7Gc
Notes:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/P%26GR_Office_Hours_-_Africa
Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Office_Hours#Future_Office_Hou…
Agenda (in progress)
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Updates
-
Movement Strategy
-
Partnership opportunities
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Q&A
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Jack Rabah <jrabah(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I hope you are well.
>
> Please mark your calendars for our next Global Reach Office Hours on
> Sunday June 11th at 8:30pm GMT+3 (5:30pm Accra, 6:30pm Lagos, 7:30pm
> Joburg). I will be sharing more details (agenda, location, and lots more)
> very soon.
>
> Looking forward to reconnecting with you all.
>
> Best,
> Jack
>
> --
>
> *Jack Rabah*
> Head of Strategic Partnerships - Middle East & Africa
> *Wikimedia Foundation*
> m. +962-7777-07745
> Amman - Jordan (GMT+3)
> Skype: Jack.M.Rabah
> www.wikimediafoundation.org
>
--
*Jack Rabah*
Head of Strategic Partnerships - Middle East & Africa
*Wikimedia Foundation*
m. +962-7777-07745
Amman - Jordan (GMT+3)
Skype: Jack.M.Rabah
www.wikimediafoundation.org