Wikimedia-GH July 2017

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Receipts & Expenses
by Sandister Tei 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Good morning. I hope everyone is doing well. Please send your receipts and expense forms for events you have participated in. We are running out of time. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei

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Fwd: [BarcampGhana] Apply to attend OpenCon 2017 in Berlin! Applications close August 1st.
by Ato Ulzen-Appiah 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

Hello, This might interest some people here. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mac-Jordan D. Degadjor <macjordan.disu(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:47 PM Subject: [BarcampGhana] Apply to attend OpenCon 2017 in Berlin! Applications close August 1st. To: opencon(a)sparcopen.org Hello All, I’m part of a community called OpenCon — a global community and conference focused on advancing Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. The global meeting —Opencon 2017 — is happening in Berlin on November 11-13. The conference is targeted toward students and early career academic professionals with an interest in removing barriers to access to scholarly information and educational resources. I think this conference might interest you or others in your networks! Please see the information below, and share with those who may be interested. --- Apply to attend OpenCon 2017 in Berlin! Applications close August 1st. Do you have an interest in removing barriers to accessing scholarly information (e.g. research articles and data) and educational resources (e.g. textbooks?). Apply to attend OpenCon 2017 <http://www.opencon2017.org/>: a conference which brings together students and early career academics from around the world to advance Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. This year’s 3-day meeting will be held in Berlin, Germany on November 11-13. Most invited attendees who required financial support will receive full or partial scholarships to attend the conference. For this reason, attendance at OpenCon is by application only. You can access the application at: apply.opencon2017.org/ <https://apply.opencon2017.org/referral/canada> Applications close on August 1st, and we encourage you to submit your application early! Students and early career academic professionals of all experience levels are encouraged to apply. We want to support those who have ideas for new projects and initiatives in addition to those who are already leading them. The most important criteria is an interest in advancing Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data and a commitment to taking action. Please email opencon(a)sparcopen.org if you have any questions. *__* *Mac-Jordan Degadjor * Information Technology & Social Media Professional US/CA: +1 587 340 1511 || Ghana: (+233) 544 335-582 Blog: www.macjordangh.com/blog [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/scopegroup/>[image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/macjordan/>[image: skype] <http://www.skype.com/macjay09> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "barcampghana" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to barcampghana+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ____________________________ *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here <http://www.ghanathink.org/content/ghanathink-foundation-profile>.

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Fwd: Update on the L2K ahead of Wikimania
by Justice Okai-Allotey 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 11 July 2017 at 17:44 Subject: Update on the L2K ahead of Wikimania To: wiki-indaba-17-participants(a)googlegroups.com, Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear fellow Wikimedians, It has been a remarkable six months since WikiIndaba, and three months since the Wikimedia Conference. I am so excited by what the African community has accomplished during this period, and what we have yet to achieve! I am so grateful for the L2K and how it has inspired the movement and Foundation. We have referred back to it on so many occasions through the global strategy process. And of course, it inspired the Latin American community with their own post-Iberoconf letter, the Carta de Buenos Aires [1]. In order to properly recognize the L2K, and the importance of the African community, I would like to acknowledge both it and the Carta with a formal response while we are at Wikimania. The response will be timed to accompany the presentation that I intend to give along with Christophe Henner, our Wikimedia Foundation Board Chair. In the meantime, I know that you have been in close coordination with Jack and other Foundation colleagues through the office hours and other collaborations. Internally within the Foundation, the themes of the L2K have been present in our conversations around strategy, program, and community planning. I am so grateful for your voice, and the representation of Africa in the community, and your continued work on behalf of our movement. Yours, Katherine [1] Original in Spanish: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberocoop/Carta_de_ Buenos_Aires; English version: https://meta.wikimedi a.org/wiki/Iberocoop/Buenos_Aires_Letter -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wiki Indaba 17 Participants" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wiki-indaba-17-participants+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to wiki-indaba-17-participants@ googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/wiki-indaba-17-participants/CACy-dAo7VwicOsBYgNp% 2B6kZaU8VxhGE3HSTRyT8hKaSQ7qanzg%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wiki-indaba-17-participants/CACy-dAo7Vwic…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Justice Okai-Allotey Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 |Social Media Lead - Wikimedia Ghana User Group <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaGhanaUG/>| |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-n…> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | |Website: wyzzlewany.wordpress.com|

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WMGUG at AODC conference
by masssly＠ymail.com 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Hi everyone, As many are already aware, the Africa Open Data conference is around the corner. I’m happy to mention that Adele Vrana from the Foundation will be in attendance, and will be speaking on the panel as well. I’m thinking the usergroup should arrange to sit down and have a chat with Adele perhaps on the last day of the conference. I don’t have an agenda in mind but I’m sure others can chip in with interesting ideas. Welcome in advance Adele :-) -[[User:Masssly]]

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Fwd: {GDG Ghana} INVITATION TO ATTEND AFRICA OPEN DATA CONFERENCE 2017 AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER.
by Ato Ulzen-Appiah 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wisdom Donkor <wisdom_dk(a)hotmail.com> Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 4:26 PM Subject: {GDG Ghana} INVITATION TO ATTEND AFRICA OPEN DATA CONFERENCE 2017 AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER. To: G-gtug <ghana-gtug(a)googlegroups.com> Dear All, I am please to bring to your attention the 2nd Africa Open Data Conference 2017 (Scheduled) to be hosted by Ghana and Supported by the Africa Open Data Collaboratives and partners across the world. The conference will take place in Ghana at the Accra International Conference Centre from July 17 – 21st 2017. The core theme for this year’s conference is: “*Open Data for Sustainable Development in Africa”* supported by Seven (7) sub-themes: Heath, Education, Agriculture and Nutrition, Energy, Gender, SDG’s and Extractive Industry. The 2nd Africa Open Data Conference aims to strengthen the use of open data for innovation, job creation and grow in Africa. In partnership with civil society and private sector, Governments are modernising their own processes, improving service delivery, and increasing transparency and citizen satisfaction. A world class roster of speakers and open data experts committed to furthering the transfer of knowledge across African countries and globally will be speaking at the conference. We invite you to share in the knowledge and network with industry, business and in governance professionals on open data from around the globe. The conference offers you the opportunity for face-face discussions and to introduce wide area of issues related open data policy globally and roadmaps to reaching the SGD’S by 2030. Additionally, you will be able to help drive the bottom up consensus model in developing open data policy in Africa. For registration and information please visit the following website: www.africaopendata.net or call 0208128851. Thank you, WISDOM DONKOR Email: wisdom_dk(a)hotmail.com wisdom.donkor(a)data.gov.gh Skype: wisdom_dk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GDG Ghana" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ghana-gtug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ____________________________ *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here <http://www.ghanathink.org/content/ghanathink-foundation-profile>.

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WMGUG at AODC conference
by masssly＠ymail.com 08 Jul '17

08 Jul '17

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Fwd: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2017
by Justice Okai-Allotey 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

FYI Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Florence Devouard" <anthere(a)anthere.org> Date: Jul 7, 2017 8:23 AM Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wiki Loves Africa 2017 To: "Mailing list for African Wikimedians" < african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Dear all We would like to inform you that the Wiki Loves Africa 2017 grant request has been accepted ! Yeah ! La demande de subvention pour WLAf 2017 a été acceptée THE THEME *People at Work* *Competition scope:* The theme calls for photographs, videos and audio files that document all manner of occupations undertake across the continent - formal and informal, contemporary and ancient, business-oriented and creative. There will be a special prize that will be concentrated on visually capturing women working, and another that illustrates rare, fading or threatened traditional craft, style or way of working. LE THEME Les gens au travail (traduction à préciser) Il y aura un prix spécial pour l'illustration des femmes au travail. Et un spécial pour les métiers menacés d'extinction. WHEN The contest will run October-November There will be a dedicated drive after the event to better use and integrate pictures QUAND Le concours se déroulera en Octobre et Novembre Il y aura aussi un effort particulier après le concours pour mieux intégrer et réutiliser les photos ************* A few things to note though... 1. This year, per request from WMF, only 13 countries will be allowed to request funding to participate with local events. That list covers any country which has already participated to WLAf at least once. Moreover, amongst those 13 countries, some will be covered by the WLAf Project Grant in the same way than in 2014-2015-2016, whilst some will have to request a Rapid Grant to WMF. This is the list of countries who should ask a Rapid Grant if they want to join in * 1. Egypt 2. Tunisia 3. Cameroon 4. Nigeria 5. Ghana 6. Côte d’Ivoire 7. Algeria 8. South Africa * *Of course, we would support those asking for the rapid grant as needed. The main benefit is... that local budget can potentially increase given that max budget for a Rapid Grant is 2000 dollars. * *We will reach out to all groups individually anyway to discuss this. * This is the list of countries who should follow the same process than last year if they want to join in * 1. Ethiopia 2. Uganda 3. Tanzania 4. Malawi 5. Zimbabwe 2. The contest is moving towards incorporating more volunteer positions. So if you want to get involved in organizing the contest at the global level, please get in touch with us asap so that we can integrate you from the start in the whole organization and planning. Project will start with evaluation planning, in consultation with and supported by WMF, to improve documentation and reporting of impact. We will probably launch an easy going group list to better coordinate this and involve people. So please, if you want to be part of it... jump in (<evil look>we will contact some of you privately anyway. The african developer group is on target for example</evil look> * I hope this is clear. Contact me if not. * Contactez moi si ce qui est expliqué ci dessus n'est pas clair. * _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

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#KnowGapProject | Edit Suggestions | Volunteers needed
by Sandister Tei 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Hello all, *#KnowGapProject * The edit suggestions I send now will be done under the #KnowGapProject. There will be offline events dedicated to content like I mentioned. However, suggestions I send to our mailing list and Whatsapp group will be added to our collective #KnowGapProject efforts. For your work to be recognized under the project, please check how to tag your work here <http://How to participate>. *Edit Suggestions * Task: Nana Akufo-Addo administration controversies is missing information on BOST scandal. Take up task <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Akufo-Addo_administration_controversies> Resources/Links <http://citifmonline.com/tag/bost/> for references. *Volunteers needed* Are you interested in volunteering for the #KnowGapProject? Please let me know. Work starts with building the meta page among others. Let me know. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei

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Resuming monthly workshops
by Sandister Tei 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

The group will be resuming its monthly ( or even weekly) meetings soon. Hopefully, the others regions will be joining us in the activities. Last year, the workshops were dedicated to recruiting Wikipedia editors. This year we are dedicating it to content / knowledge gaps – issues which haven't been properly covered on the wikis. In the process, if we recruit new editors, that will be a plus. Every now and then I post edit suggestions in the mailing list and Whatsapp group. It is an extension of that but this time, we are having events to fix these articles. You can check out the little info I have put out. Also, help select our hashtag: #NoGapProject / #KnowGapProject / #TheKnowProject #TheGapProject has already been taken. I advise we avoid it. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei

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Post – WmCon meeting
by Sandister Tei 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Thank you to all who made it to the event. For the influencers who attended, kindly let me have your receipts. You can photograph it from a top angle and send it. If you didn't use all the funds, please make it a point to contact me so it can be returned to Wikimedia. Influencers should also draw up a plan for their first events and let me have it by Sunday. Check the project goals and project plan here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_G…>. You can send it to me in an email text. Everyone should also confirm if you have arrived safely. Please confirm again. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei

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