Can the list admin please disable digest mode? This
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list, and people responding to digests break message threading.
Thanks,
Asaf
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Kelsey Wiens <kelseywiens(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> This is a fantastic idea. Especially after Raphael and team's incredibly
> successful Kumusha Bus in Ghana this past weekend. I'm told there is a
> thriving open community in Ghana that's looking for more opportunities to
> connect and grow!
>
> Kelsey
>
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>> 1. Re: Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in 2017 together with the
>> meeting ACASA Art Council of the African Studies Association
>> (Isla Haddow-Flood)
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>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:59:27 +0200
>> From: Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf(a)africacentre.net>
>> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
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>> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in
>> 2017 together with the meeting ACASA Art Council of the
>> African
>> Studies Association
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>> Hi Kasper
>>
>> In June, Wikimedia ZA held Wiki Indaba. It was for wikipedians from
>> Africa and wikipedians working on Africa from outside, as well as those
>> from the aligned movement across Africa. We had delegates from all over
>> Africa, including Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia, and France.
>> Afripedia was invited, I know, because I made a special effort to make sure
>> they knew about it. I believe Florence also mentioned it to them. But there
>> was some change happening at Afripedia too.
>>
>> I think another Wiki Indaba will definitely happen, but for when and
>> where you will have to check with Douglas at Wikimedia ZA the original
>> organizers (and aiming for Ghana for 2017 is a great idea, hopefully having
>> had others in 2015-6).
>>
>> I really don't see any point in spitting the conference and having a
>> francophone one separate from the rest. It means we are going backwards,
>> but with Afripedia on board, perhaps the weighting of the conference can
>> become more balanced. You can find out more about the conference at
>>
WikiIndaba.net ... And on meta:
>>
http://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba
>>
>> Most of the people on this list were at the last one.
>>
>> Warmest
>> Isla
>>
>> Isla on the move. Excuse the brevity.
>>
>> > On 4 Dec 2014, at 00:38, Kasper Souren <kasper.souren(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Iolanda Pensa <iolanda(a)pensa.it>
>> wrote:
>> >> In 2017 (August 9-13), the ACASA Art Council of the African Studies
>> Association is having its triennial meeting in Ghana. it is the first time
>> in Africa.
http://www.acasaonline.org
>> > Great!
>> >
>> >> I wanted to launch the idea for an African gathering in another
>> country (as suggested by Wikimedia ZA) but with a light management work.
>> >> what do you think?
>> >
>> > During the Afripedia session this week the idea came up to organize
>> something like a "Francophone Wikimania" somewhere in Africa at some
point
>> in the future.
>> >
>> > Kasper
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