Hello,
On the back of today's Hangout with Jack Rabah from the Global Reach team,
we discussed the following.
Meeting summary:
Link: Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Direction:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
- AODC events in Ghana - Wikidata (2 sessions) and 1 Wikipedia
session.
- Working with open street maps to find ways to incorporate
Wikipedia.
- Cross collaboration with open movement can be easily
converted, ex - Uganda.
- Visa - a big issue in Africa to be represented in conferences.
(111)
- People in Africa are not as privileged as other places - to
volunteer our time to contribute to Wikipedia.
- We lack internet facilities (especially for students).
- Our problems are different than those from outside from
Africa. You cannot look at us like you would look at someone from the UK.
- What we need in Africa is adequate representation. More
opportunities like Wikimania to be held in Africa.
- Grants - even when it is explained. The problems in Africa,
the countries are all different.
- Push the agenda of Africa within the movement. Our
responsibility to be active
- Speak with one voice.
- Too many agenda. Lack of communications within Africa. Passing
on info to others.
- We need a team to work on Wikimania.
- African mailing list - people are afraid to talk.
In effect, we are encouraged to share our stories as African Wikipedians
both positively and negatively. We should embrace the goodness of telling
our stories to the rest of the world.
Regards,
Justice.
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Hi Lionel,
I am happy to help with your visa application, i will send you a private
mail to proceed on that.
Cheers,
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Lionel Scheepmans <lionel(a)scheepmans.be>
wrote:
> Hello dear colleagues wikipedian,
>
> I'm planing to visit Ghana from the 1st to the 21th of September for my
> socio-anthropological phd thesis.
> <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/The_digital_revolution_experienced_by_the_g…>
>
> During this time, I would like meet some wikimedia user group members for
> participating on activities and daily live. I would like also have contact
> with people involved on Open Street Map project.
>
> So, I send you this email trying to receive some help for my venue and my
> thesis research.
>
> In the other hand, from Belgium, I need a visa and for this visa, the
> Ghana embassy ask me for names and addresses of references in Ghana.
>
> Could I use names and addresses of some of you as references for my visa
> application ?
>
> Best,
>
> Lionel Scheepmans <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lionel_Scheepmans>
> --
> *Lionel Scheepmans*
> 42 rue du Calvaire
> 5650 Walcourt
> Tel. : +3271960883 <+32%2071%2096%2008%2083>
> GSM : +32 486 060 016
> Info. : http://lionel.scheepmans.be
>
> P.-S. En raison de ma dysorthographie
> <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysorthographie>, ce courriel pourrait
> contenir un certain nombre de fautes d'orthographe. Par avance, je vous
> prie de m'en excuser et vous remercie, par la même occasion, de ne pas
> juger mes propos sur base de ce handicap socialement discriminant.
> ------------------------------
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Hello,
If you are interested in a conversation around the strategy sessions for
African Wikimedians please take note accordingly. This is for you.
Cheers
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jack Rabah" <jrabah(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Jul 31, 2017 3:38 PM
Subject: [African Wikimedians] Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC,
20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos]
To: "Mailing list for African Wikimedians" <
african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Dear all,
>
> I hope you are well. I’m reaching out because, as we finish the last
> cycle of the Movement Strategy process, I wanted to ask how you feel about
> having a check-in meeting this Sunday, August 6th (similar to our previous
> Global Reach Office Hours) for us to get together and talk.
>
> I know this is a busy time for us all, but I want to make sure your voice
> continues to be heard, represented, and to for you to know you have an
> open line of communication through me into the strategy team if you want
> it. Please let me know if you are OK with having a meeting this *Sunday,
> August 6th at **17:30 UTC (20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos).*
>
>
> As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any
> questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jack
>
>
>
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