Hi Rex
The main reason why I was suggesting a collective table is that I am NOT
sure there will be participants from many countries.
As hinted by Raphael, there will be no one from Ghana. Will they be
anyone from Ivory Coast ? From Uganda ? From Ethiopia ? Even from South
Africa ? etc.
The other thing is that even if there ONE person (or even 2) from a
country... it is unlikely that he will manage the table all by himself
during three days. He better enjoy moving around and benefit from all
what Wikimania can offer.
It may be that Tunisia has enough participants to be able to manage a
table. It may be that they will be the only ones. I do not know if they
asked for a table.
Well, a collective table would have the following benefits
* team work, getting to know each other better
* showing the other wikimedians what is being done in Africa.
* showing them as well that Africa still need way more representation...
* insure a little presence even from missing countries
And yeah... I am also thinking that in case we have a table and in case
it has no volunteer managing the table during most of Wikimania, it
somehow also carries a strong message.
"African wikimedians do exist but they are not here"
Ant
Le 16/06/15 01:25, Nkansah Rexford a écrit :
Hi Florence,
I have no idea who is coming from Ghana to Wikimania this year
(perhaps someone will, yet isn't within our community that we know).
As at now, no one confirmed from our end here concerning attending
wikimania
During Wikimania London, I remember there was not an explicitly
assigned collective space for African teams, but the African teams
were in close proximity, in fact, in a sequential order. The teams
weren't under the 'Africa' collective name, but it was easy finding
where the African teams were located.
The sequence was ZA, Ghana, and Tunisia:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village#Map_of_the_Commu…
How about instead of requesting for a collective space 'for Africa',
maybe during the placing and arrangement of African teams in the
community village structure, African teams are placed in sequence? ex.
say, Ghana - Table 1, Tunisia - Table 2, ZA - Table 3, then other
communities follow, so with a stop at Table - 1, it easier spotting
subsequent African countries, just like it was arranged for London?
rex
On Monday, June 15, 2015, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org
<mailto:anthere@anthere.org>> wrote:
Eh !
You have been very silent on this topic my friends :)
No feedback at all ?
Ant
Le 11/06/15 12:54, Florence Devouard a écrit :
Hello everyone
Isla and I were talking about Wikimania this morning and an
idea showed up :)
It seems there will be a "community village" this year in
Mexico :
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village
Last year, it was very successful in London and many chapters
had their own space.
In most cases, there were 2-4 people sitting at each space to
answer any question. Posters, leaflets, books and more
generally marketing material. And food.
Whilst it would be probably challenging to imagine a space for
each user-group/chapter in Africa, we could maybe share a
collective space to represent Africa and what is being done
here. What do you think ?
Through Kumusha and Wiki Loves Africa, we have a bunch of
objects we can show. I remember South Africa had made some
leaflets about some of their projects. I know Ivory Coast has
made some as well. What do you have to share that we could put
on a collective table ?
Also, amongst the recognized user groups, did some already
request a space ? (Tunisia ?)
And who is coming to Wikimania ?
Anthere
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