Hi Richard, This is something I believe we would be interested in what is the format of this conversation and what would be involved in getting it done. Thanks. Regards, Justice. On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:11 AM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- *Regards* *Justice Okai-Allotey* *Freelance Digital Marketer* Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey <https://about.me/okai-allotey>* | |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

Hello, Thanks Richard for this initiative. I think Wikimedia Tunisia should be interested as well. I'm ccing the board for more details and confirmation. Thanks Yamen Le samedi 9 janvier 2021 à 06:26:43 UTC+1, Pharos < pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit : The date has not been confirmed, and we cannot confirm that we will do an event of this kind, because there has not been sufficient interest yet. If 3 or 4 African affiliates would be interested, then I think it might be very possible to figure something out, and use the same model as the Asia-Pacific regional livestream. I would suggest perhaps we could talk about if this is practical toward the end of the second SWAN call on Sunday: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Janu… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:41 PM Adjoa Linda Fletcher &lt;belrivers(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Has the date been confirmed? Thanks, I have had a lot of things to deal with. On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 2:07 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi Justice and all, The main thing involved in getting it done would be if a critical mass of Wikimedia affiliates in Africa are interested (such as Ghana and others), and if there is a date and time that works for most people. The format would be a panel discussion of representatives from affiliates across Africa, and possibly also pre-recorded short video segments, or whatever is suitable. There will be some music at the Asia-Pacific one as well. As to dates, I would suggest possibly Saturday Jan 16 (which is when the Asia-Pacific event is) or Sunday January 17. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:10 AM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi Richard, This is something I believe we would be interested in what is the format of this conversation and what would be involved in getting it done. Thanks. Regards, Justice. On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:11 AM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi African Wikimedians, We're hoping to do a series of Wikipedia Weekly livestream in shows in the week or so after Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in January, calling it "Wiki Week". https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown#Wiki_Week,_Jan_2021 This is an example event we are planning for the Asia-Pacific region: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Asia-Pacific Are some African affiliates interested in participating in something similar? What dates in this timeframe might work for you? We could potentially share this with a wide global audience across the continent via a CentralNotice banner for African countries, which could get a lot of viewers to introduce the affiliates to many new people.. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians -- *Regards* *Justice Okai-Allotey* *Freelance Digital Marketer* Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey <https://about.me/okai-allotey>* | |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

Yes, fantastic. would be glad to have all of the same resources for the Asia-Pacific event go to the Africa event as well. Do you have a date? I was thinking next weekend rather than this weekend if we want to have some time for planning beforehand. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:12 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Richard, > > So we have had a few Affiliates from Africa shown interest in this > session and so we are proceeding to create a meta page for our event. > > I wanted to know if the resources available to the Asia-Pacific event > would also be available for our use. > > Looking forward to hearing from you soon. > > Regards, > Justice. > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:59 PM yamen bousrih &lt;bousrihyamen(a)yahoo.com&gt; > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks Richard for this initiative. >> >> I think Wikimedia Tunisia should be interested as well. I'm ccing the >> board for more details and confirmation. >> >> Thanks >> Yamen >> >> >> >> Le samedi 9 janvier 2021 à 06:26:43 UTC+1, Pharos < >> pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit : >> >> >> The date has not been confirmed, and we cannot confirm that we will do >> an event of this kind, because there has not been sufficient interest yet. >> >> If 3 or 4 African affiliates would be interested, then I think it might >> be very possible to figure something out, and use the same model as the >> Asia-Pacific regional livestream. >> >> I would suggest perhaps we could talk about if this is practical toward >> the end of the second SWAN call on Sunday: >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Janu… >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:41 PM Adjoa Linda Fletcher < >> belrivers(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> Has the date been confirmed? >> Thanks, >> I have had a lot of things to deal with. >> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 2:07 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >> Hi Justice and all, >> >> The main thing involved in getting it done would be if a critical mass >> of Wikimedia affiliates in Africa are interested (such as Ghana and >> others), and if there is a date and time that works for most people. >> >> The format would be a panel discussion of representatives from >> affiliates across Africa, and possibly also pre-recorded short video >> segments, or whatever is suitable. There will be some music at the >> Asia-Pacific one as well. >> >> As to dates, I would suggest possibly Saturday Jan 16 (which is when >> the Asia-Pacific event is) or Sunday January 17. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:10 AM Justice Okai-Allotey < >> owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> This is something I believe we would be interested in what is the >> format of this conversation and what would be involved in getting it done. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Justice. >> >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:11 AM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >> Hi African Wikimedians, >> >> We're hoping to do a series of Wikipedia Weekly livestream in shows in >> the week or so after Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in January, calling it >> "Wiki Week". >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown#Wiki_Week,_Jan_2021 >> >> This is an example event we are planning for the Asia-Pacific region: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Asia-Pacific >> >> Are some African affiliates interested in participating in something >> similar? What dates in this timeframe might work for you? >> >> We could potentially share this with a wide global audience across the >> continent via a CentralNotice banner for African countries, which could get >> a lot of viewers to introduce the affiliates to many new people.. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> >> >> -- >> *Regards* >> *Justice Okai-Allotey* >> *Freelance Digital Marketer* >> >> Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey >> >> |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| >> |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> >> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> >> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | >> |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey >> <https://about.me/okai-allotey>*| >> |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey >> <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> > > > -- > *Regards* > *Justice Okai-Allotey* > *Freelance Digital Marketer* > > Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey > > |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| > |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> > | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> > | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | > |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey > <https://about.me/okai-allotey>*| > |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey > <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| > > > >

Great! Should you be the primary contact person(s), is there anyone else? For the Asia-Pacific, we are having a number of affiliates submitting short pre-recorded videos of 2 minutes or so, you might want to do the same from African affiliates. They can also be in different languages of course, maybe with captions in English or other languages. It would be best to upload these to Youtube before the broadcast. I have cc'ed Andrew Lih as well, who is helping with the Asia-Pacific broadcast. Thanks, Richard On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:30 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Richard, > > We are looking at January 23 or 24 but there is enough consensus around > both dates so getting one shouldn't be a problem for us. > > Here is the link to the page I have started: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Africa. > > Which would be worked on a lot in the coming days. > > Thanks. > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:17 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > >> Yes, fantastic. would be glad to have all of the same resources for the >> Asia-Pacific event go to the Africa event as well. >> >> Do you have a date? I was thinking next weekend rather than this >> weekend if we want to have some time for planning beforehand. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:12 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < >> owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hi Richard, >>> >>> So we have had a few Affiliates from Africa shown interest in this >>> session and so we are proceeding to create a meta page for our event. >>> >>> I wanted to know if the resources available to the Asia-Pacific event >>> would also be available for our use. >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing from you soon. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Justice. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:59 PM yamen bousrih &lt;bousrihyamen(a)yahoo.com&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Thanks Richard for this initiative. >>>> >>>> I think Wikimedia Tunisia should be interested as well. I'm ccing the >>>> board for more details and confirmation. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Yamen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Le samedi 9 janvier 2021 à 06:26:43 UTC+1, Pharos < >>>> pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit : >>>> >>>> >>>> The date has not been confirmed, and we cannot confirm that we will >>>> do an event of this kind, because there has not been sufficient interest >>>> yet. >>>> >>>> If 3 or 4 African affiliates would be interested, then I think it >>>> might be very possible to figure something out, and use the same model as >>>> the Asia-Pacific regional livestream. >>>> >>>> I would suggest perhaps we could talk about if this is practical >>>> toward the end of the second SWAN call on Sunday: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Janu… >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Richard >>>> (User:Pharos) >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:41 PM Adjoa Linda Fletcher < >>>> belrivers(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>> Has the date been confirmed? >>>> Thanks, >>>> I have had a lot of things to deal with. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 2:07 PM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Justice and all, >>>> >>>> The main thing involved in getting it done would be if a critical >>>> mass of Wikimedia affiliates in Africa are interested (such as Ghana and >>>> others), and if there is a date and time that works for most people. >>>> >>>> The format would be a panel discussion of representatives from >>>> affiliates across Africa, and possibly also pre-recorded short video >>>> segments, or whatever is suitable. There will be some music at the >>>> Asia-Pacific one as well. >>>> >>>> As to dates, I would suggest possibly Saturday Jan 16 (which is when >>>> the Asia-Pacific event is) or Sunday January 17. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Richard >>>> (User:Pharos) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:10 AM Justice Okai-Allotey < >>>> owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Richard, >>>> >>>> This is something I believe we would be interested in what is the >>>> format of this conversation and what would be involved in getting it done. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Justice. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:11 AM Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt; >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi African Wikimedians, >>>> >>>> We're hoping to do a series of Wikipedia Weekly livestream in shows >>>> in the week or so after Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in January, calling it >>>> "Wiki Week". >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown#Wiki_Week,_Jan_2021 >>>> >>>> This is an example event we are planning for the Asia-Pacific region: >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Asia-Pacific >>>> >>>> Are some African affiliates interested in participating in something >>>> similar? What dates in this timeframe might work for you? >>>> >>>> We could potentially share this with a wide global audience across >>>> the continent via a CentralNotice banner for African countries, which could >>>> get a lot of viewers to introduce the affiliates to many new people.. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Richard >>>> (User:Pharos) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Regards* >>>> *Justice Okai-Allotey* >>>> *Freelance Digital Marketer* >>>> >>>> Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey >>>> >>>> |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| >>>> |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey >>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> >>>> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo >>>> <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | >>>> |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey >>>> <https://about.me/okai-allotey>*| >>>> |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey >>>> <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Regards* >>> *Justice Okai-Allotey* >>> *Freelance Digital Marketer* >>> >>> Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey >>> >>> |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| >>> |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> >>> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey >>> <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo >>> <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | >>> |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey >>> <https://about.me/okai-allotey>*| >>> |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey >>> <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- > *Regards* > *Justice Okai-Allotey* > *Freelance Digital Marketer* > > Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey > > |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>| > |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> > | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> > | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | > |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey > <https://about.me/okai-allotey>*| > |Schedule A Meeting:meet with Justice Okai-Allotey > <https://calendly.com/owulakpakpo/meet-with-justice-okai-allotey>| > > > >