Hi all,
Once you have identified an organizing committee for the conference, I
would like to set up a call to discuss the first steps planning a
conference, and talk through application processes.
Best,
On Apr 6, 2016 11:07 AM, "Olaniyan Olushola" <olaniyanshola(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
Dear All,
WU NG is putting her wait behind the annual hosting and I think Ghana
Team, should come up with their time plan asap so that we can move forward
on this discussion.
Thanks.
Olaniyan Olushola
Director, WUGN
Treasurer, FOSSFA
MD, Olbims Consulting
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I agree. Annual or at least biannual should be the way. Initiative from
Ghana very welcome and refreshing after months of wailing.
Greetings from Swahili subcontinent
Ingo - Kipala
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I agree with the others … 4 years is far too long to wait. I think that
you can only have it every year or every second year, or not at all. Too
much happens in a year for us to wait 4 years for something.
I fully support holding Wiki Indaba this year, and well done Ghana!!
On 03 Apr 2016, at 5:21 PM, Kangah Donatien KOFFI
<
donatien.kanga(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) User Group support the idea of Indaba this
year.
So we agree with Ghana.
Thank you Felix to start the discussion.
2016-04-03 12:50 GMT+00:00 Raphael Berchie <rberchie(a)gmail.com <mailto:
rberchie(a)gmail.com>>t;>:
Hi all I think I bet to differ with Rex on his
four year period I
personally think that will be quite a long time.I however wish
to state
that team Ghana is ready to host the next Indaba later this year if we have
the support from other countries.I believe it is a clarion call because if
Indaba is not hosted this year we may have to wait until 2018.I hope we
will have the needed support from other teams in our bid to host it.
Warmest regards
May I share my thoughts too?
If Wikimania is going to be held once every two years, is it not a
better idea to
host wiki indaba once every four years?
In that case, there's more time to as you put it:
but I think we can have a better case after we have shown our exploits
and what we
are capable off, based on our experience. It will also afford
us time to measure impact and success of the conference.
Two and half years to measure impact, one and a half year for setting
the event
arrangement rolling.
I do not know the full reasons behind why Wikimania is gonna be held
biennial, but
i believe it's for good reasons.
So wiki indaba, a quadrennial event. That's my thoughts.
And Ooh, I like the started page on meta too. Thanks for starting it
On Apr 2, 2016 6:57 PM, "Felix Nartey" <flixtey(a)gmail.com <mailto:
flixtey(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
I think having the next Indaba has proven to be an issue of concern,
even though I
share in this same concern I advice that we be circumspect in
our decision or plans towards it.
I am strictly of the view that per issues following the last indaba
held, we host
this event every other year as initially proposed by
Wikimedia ZA after the conference. I think this will afford us ample time
to measure our exploits or pull enough feedback before our next request for
the conference.
It will also allow us to align with recent restructuring of Wikimania
that
proposes that Wikimania be held every other year starting 2017,
meaning communities or regional events in 2018 and 2020 in that order. I am
not saying we can't defile the status quo, but I think we can have a better
case after we have shown our exploits and what we are capable off, based on
our experience. It will also afford us time to measure impact and success
of the conference.
Following these prepositions I think it will be ideal to host Wikindaba
this year
(2016) as part of the initial plan to host it every other year,
or wait till 2018 to perfectly align with the restructuring of Wikimania
and regional events (i stand to be corrected). Lastly I think it will be in
our own interest to have a body (committee) that confers with the entire
community and show responsibility for Wikindaba.
Here is a link to a proposal <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba> for a possible
committee I have been working on -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba>gt;. Kindly add your voice
and thoughts on what is possible.
Cheers,
Felix
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