I have added Carl to this mailing list.
If you wish to get in touch with him directly, you may do so. Carl's email
is in the cc of this email.
I'm glad many have showed interest. Lets keep it going then!
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Okay, I've added you.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Carl Fredrik Sjöland <
> cfsjoland(a)icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rexford,
>>
>> I would be delighted to join. I may have difficulty sorting through the
>> information, seeing as I receive many mails, but at the very least I can
>> join the mailing group - thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>> Carl Fredrik
>>
>> 22 aug 2014 kl. 20:01 skrev Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi Carl, I put you call through our Ghanaian mailing list and have
>> received some guys who are interested to do the translations to three or
>> four Ghanaian languages.
>>
>> I have recommended they get in touch with you directly, however I'm
>> thinking of adding you to our mailing list so you can also bring to table
>> suggestions etc.
>>
>> Lemme know if that's cool with you. We can take you off anytime later.
>>
>> Thanks
>> On Aug 22, 2014 11:13 AM, "Carl Fredrik Sjöland" <cfsjoland(a)icloud.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rexford,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry for the late reply, I've been away and for some reason this
>>> mail didn't go out from my usual account.
>>> I'd be very grateful for any contacts interested in working on the
>>> project, and we are also looking for community organizers for specific
>>> languages. Also, we are looking into various Ghanan languages, if you know
>>> of anyone who may be willing to translate the Ebola article for example. As
>>> for regional banner, do you mean on specific Wikipedias? And who do I in
>>> this case turn to?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Carl Fredrik Sjöland
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2014, at 08:03 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Carl,
>>>
>>> Thanks for getting in touch and I'm glad the medical translation is in
>>> progress.
>>>
>>> The need to get those medical articles into Afrikaans and Xhosa is very
>>> important.
>>>
>>> I can help in trying to reach out to as many persons as possible who
>>> speak these languages.
>>>
>>> I, for myself, I am a Ghanaian by birth and can't speak nor understand
>>> nor write any of the South African languages except for English.
>>>
>>> However, I think I can be of assistance by putting up a call for persons
>>> to who can speak that language to help in the translation.
>>>
>>> One area I would suggest you exhaust is also putting a regional banner
>>> on Wikipedia inviting persons who speak that language to volunteer.
>>>
>>> I'll start right away in trying to reach out to many people as possible,
>>> and I hope I get persons who will be interested and be of assistance.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone
>>> On Aug 12, 2014 11:51 AM, "Carl Fredrik Sjöland" <cfsjoland(a)icloud.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We spoke briefly at Wikimania, and I was delighted to hear that you may
>>>> be able to put us in touch with Xhosa and Lhasa speaking people. We spoke
>>>> about possibly reaching out to a number of medical students, and Victor was
>>>> even able to tell me that one of the girls who participated in the video
>>>> was studying medicine now.
>>>> If we could work on spreading the translations of Ebola as fast as
>>>> possible it could bring about an increase in the awareness of the project.
>>>> Currently we are translating into a large number of languages, but have
>>>> found no translators from any South African language.
>>>>
>>>> To see the full extent of our current translation work on Ebola please
>>>> go to:
>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RTTS
>>>> and look for group 7 or 8, where most of the African languages we are
>>>> working on are grouped. If you are able to put us in contact with anyone
>>>> willing to help in a language not on this list currently, we are very open
>>>> to expanding it - even if this Wikipedia doesn't exist yet, we also have
>>>> content on the incubator.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Carl Fredrik Sjöland
>>>> Wikiproject Medicine
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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You can just restrict multiple entries, I believe you're familiar with that process.
Cheers
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You can suggest another means to check double voting.
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On 31 May 2016 10:07 a.m., "Mohammed S. Abdulai" <masssly(a)ymail.com> wrote:
For best practices we shouldn't REQUIRE prospective respondents to enter their names.
I would like to see that relaxed.
Thanks
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Hello all.
Help us choose volunteers to serve you.
Please take this survey. It's just two questions.
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For best practices we shouldn't REQUIRE prospective respondents to enter their names.
I would like to see that relaxed.
Thanks
-Masssly
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Hello all.
Help us choose volunteers to serve you.
Please take this survey. It's just two questions.
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Well not at this stage but we hope to expand the discourse to include them in the nearest future.
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Thanks for sharing.
Will any of reps from the telcoms in Ghana be there? And by reps I mean, either the country manager, or director, or west African regional manager of any of the telcos?
On May 1, 2016 10:58, "Raphael Berchie" <rberchie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all I am writing this email to invite you to be part of the fast internet celebrations in Africa and in Ghana.The Open Foundation West Africa will be hosting this event in Ghana to promote Fast and Affordable Internet in Ghana.
FASTAfrica is Africa’s campaign to highlight the importance of Internet access and affordability to development and human rights. To support local groups working on Internet policy and to encourage regional collaboration, we are organizing an action week from May 1-7, 2016 with over 40 organisations participating across 30 countries.
Later this year, WWW will travel to Kigali, Rwanda for The World Economic Forum on Africa (May 11-13) and the African Union Summit (June) to bring our demands to African leaders.The events in Ghana are as follows;2nd May 2016: Tamale Discourse HopIn Academy Waterworks Tamale. Time 9am -1pm
5th May 2016 Accra Internet Discourse Venue will be communicated in the course of the week
7th May 2016 Kumasi Affordable Internet Discourse.Venue Kumasi HiveTime 9am-1pm.
Please help change the state of internet in Ghana by joining any of the events to make your contributions to changing polices to ensure internet affordability. You can also help this campaign by signing the online petition and questionnaire which will be shared on this platform subsequently.
You can also join the conversation on twitter using the following hashtags;#FASTAfrica,#internet4allOthers#AfricanInternetRights | #WebWeWant | #WomensRightsOnline |#affordableinternet | #AF16 | #Transparency | #WEFAfrica | #Africa |#OpenDaa | #AU
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