Re: [African Wikimedians] My Thoughts on Wikiindaba (Isla Haddow Flood)

On 03 Apr 2016, at 5:21 PM, Kangah Donatien KOFFI &lt;donatien.kanga(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt;rberchie(a)gmail.com <mailto:rberchie@gmail.com>>: 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" &lt;flixtey(a)gmail.com <mailto:flixtey@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>. Kindly add your voice and thoughts on what is possible. Cheers, Felix _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> -- Donatien Kangah, Entrepreneur, Consultant-Formateur web _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians