The advisory board for gender and diversity is calling. WMF is hard at work
on gender issues. The WMF team is going to conduct one-on-one
surveys/interviews.
Wikimedia's goal is to understand what Wikimedia communities are doing to
support an "increase in gender diversity, what sort of outcomes have these
efforts achieved, what impact have these efforts had on communities as well
as what actions would be championed in the future." The conversation
includes Gender-non-conforming, queer, women etc
As a board member I am supposed to recommend members who would join the
research conducted by WMF.
I know there are many members interested in gender issues. Please let me
know if you are interested. Please note that you are not obliged to express
your interest in the mailing list or any public platform.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Hello,
Last month I coordinated a discussion on what you thought would be good for
Wikimedia to do by 2030.
Others participated globally too.
The ideas were added to what was also discussed in Berlin to form 5
detailed themes which WMF is going to pursue to better the movement.
In case you haven't seen the list check it out here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2>.
Thank you so much for contributing! That sums up Cycle 1 and opens up for
Cycle 2.
For Cycle 2
1) We are going to review the themes again. When you click each theme, you
find out that there's more to them.
2) We are also going to organise an event to engage local partners,
institutions and experts.
This will be known as Affiliate-led strategy events and interviews – Why?
Because the strategy conversation is a big deal.
If we don't succeed in discovering what will keep us here and effective by
2030, Wikipedia (and other wikis) will become as irrelevant as we have made
paperbound encyclopedias (on a lighter note).
You can join the events team to plan the strategy events and interviews. If
you have never volunteered for anything this is your opportunity. It will
be first come, first served.
As always, internet/food/transport costs will be covered.
If all of this makes no sense to you despite the emails sent so far, and
you want to know what this creature called Movement Strategy is about,
reach out to me, I will explain things to you via a phone call.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Hello all, greetings from Ghana.
UNESCO has a world heritage list which may have monuments or sites of
interest to WLM: http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/gh
Also the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) has a list which has
served as the reference for our WLM so far.
In the event where there's a monument or site on the UNESCO list which is
not on the GMMB list can we visit anyway?
We are not bound by local lists are we?
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Via Samsung Mobile
Guys, is there anyone here who is really good with editing on Meta and has
the time to help give our website a facelift?
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Hello all,
If you're new to the mailing list thing, here's a quick crash course (or
might wanna share with a friend who's new to the list or wanting to join):
*How to Subscribe:*
- Click https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh
- Then follow the on-screen instructions (the instructions are in
English)
*How to Send Message to Mailing List:*
Sending a message to the Wikimedia Gh mailing list is just as sending a
message to your friend via email. To send message to the list,
- Compose your email, then send to the email address:
wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
If any of the steps above are still challenging for you, I have an article
that goes through the steps one by one with visuals.
Get in touch offlist, and will share the article with you.
Rexford
I would like to close this Wikimedia Ghana User Group / Post-WMCon 17
Meeting
tonight by 12.00am/midnight so we can make progress.
Please add your name asap.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Hello all. I mentioned earlier that the user group will be seeking
incorporation to become a non profit.
Drafting bylaws, considering leadership etc are all things that require
members’ input to be able to take the next step.
NB PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME FOR 2017 MEMBERSHIP
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_Members>
Secondly to start drafting our constitution/bylaws please participate in
creating them: Go here to start
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Ghana/Proposed_by-laws>.
We already have a bylaws document, by-laws by other groups, and a couple of
decisions the usergroup made earlier on that we can remix to what will suit
us.
Please forward this message to all persons you know as members whom you
haven't heard from in a while.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Good Afternoon All.
Please Those interested in joining the local organisation of Wiki Loves
Monuments please list your names here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2017_Events_%26_
Projects#Wiki_Loves_Monuments
Regards...
*Usman Ibrahim Khalilulahi*