We are likely to get mentioned on radio this week. I am making arrangements.
What would you like for us to include in our message? Gender deficit
(WLW)? WLA? Calling for more Ghanaian Wikipedians?
Let me know by end of day.
Regards,
--
Sandister Tei
Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian
Community (Gh)
*Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian
Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People
<https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>*
Hello all, Sunday is our day. Wikipedia turns 16.
Atm our social media person is a bit MIA online so we will have to lead our
social media efforts together.
>From today till Monday, we are to use the hashtag
*#HappyBirthdayWikipedia* in any way possible so we can generate attention.
Secondly on tech and social media trends next week on the Citi FM breakfast
show, they'll be giving out some shout outs.
I wish we'll use the opportunity to announce the Wikimedian/member of the
year on the show.
Georgina is also working to make the editathon come on next week.
But for this weekend, let's go online and use the hashtag
#HappyBirthdayWikipedia
Regards,
Sandister Tei
Via mobile
*2016 end of year awards for outstanding members*
Please check this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2016_Events_%2…>
and leave your nominations there. See the *End of the year award* section.
*– What do you want the user group to focus on in 2017?*
For example in 2016 the focus was on Wikipedia. You can also use this
opportunity to capture your needs as a member by requesting the group to
focus on things that'll meet your needs.
Share them here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvEthEYMzWerecMxMHAS_4cFavM3GFY8i…>
.
*– Confirm your 2017 membership*
It's usually a practice to have a public list of user group members. Since
2012, people have joined the group but we have never heard of them during
events, elections etc.
Please put your name on the 2017 list here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group#Members_.E2.80.9…>
if you still are with us and wish to declare it. Just add your username is
ok (privacy issues). In case anyone especially from the global community
(or anyone) wants to contact you (in the capacity of a Wikimedia Ghana User
Group member), they can easily find your user talk page via this list.
Regards,
--
Sandister Tei
Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian
Community (Gh)
*Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian
Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People
<https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org>
Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:31 AM
Subject: [African Wikimedians] Creative Commons Summit
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <
african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello All
Creative Commons (CC) is having its Global Summit in Toronto Canada this
year - dates: 28-30 April. This year the Summit’s theme is Sharing and the
Commons: What’s Next
For those of you who do not have formal CC groups or projects in your
country it would be a good idea to get more involved in this great,
friendly and exciting community that is part of the global open movement.
For those of you who don’t know, CC licenses are integral to helping people
understand the licensing aspects of Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Working in concert with CC community and using their tools to explain the
licensing makes this aspect of our work much easier.
Here are the links to both registration and submission. The call for
submissions closes on the 27 January. https://creativecommons.org/global-
summit-2017/
warmest
Isla
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Hello WM Conference team,
My name is Sandister Tei, I am one of the representatives of the Wikimedia
Ghana User Group. My colleague representative Rexford Nkansah is also
copied in the mail.
On behalf of the group, I wish to inform you that our delegate for the
conference is
*Justice Allottey.*
A call was made for people to volunteer based on their activity and
availability to attend. Justice and one Richard Appiah offered to attend.
Per the requirements, Justice met one of the criteria you put there, hence
is representing us.
He's already in correspondence with you.
Whatever it is you need from the community you can contact
teamwikigh(a)gmail.com and/or Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.Wikimedia.org
Regards,
--
Sandister Tei
Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian
Community (Gh)
*Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian
Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People
<https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>*
Absolutely. I will personally not be at Indaba but I'll be glad to meet
with anyone and also get the user group involved in any way. Congrats again.
Regards,
Sandister Tei
Via mobile
On 11 Jan 2017 8:58 a.m., "Douglas Scott" <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Sandister for the good wishes. We will likely need the assistance
> of our peers in Africa to help make this event a success. So keep a look
> out for calls for volunteers and please do encourage folks to chat with
> Dumi and Bobby about it when everyone meets in Ghana later this month for
> WikiIndaba.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Douglas.
>
> On 11 January 2017 at 00:24, Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We just saw a notice from Ellie Young about Wikimania in SA. On behalf of
>> the user group, we say good job and all the best!
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Sandister Tei
>> Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian
>> Community (Gh)
>>
>> *Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian
>> Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People
>> <https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>*
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Douglas Ian Scott
> 司道格
> Skype: douglas0scott
> South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
>
We just saw a notice from Ellie Young about Wikimania in SA. On behalf of
the user group, we say good job and all the best!
Regards,
--
Sandister Tei
Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian
Community (Gh)
*Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian
Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People
<https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>*
Congrats to the Wikimedia South Africa team.
Cape Town, it is!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Ellie Young* <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Subject: [Wikimania-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Staff All <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
All,
On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation,
I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
<http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wikimania_2018_team> led Douglas Scott with
support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
hope to confirm the award.
This past Fall there were a total of four teams
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018> that expressed interest in
hosting in 2018. We would also like to thank the people from South
Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
the possibilities. As a volunteer-led movement, it is very encouraging
to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
Please join us in congratulating the South African team. If any of you
would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
contact Douglas
Scott douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com');>
Sincerely,
Ellie Young
WMF Events Manager
On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation