Good morning, all.

I did apply but I actually did not know that the names have as yet been published. I'll reach out to the scholarship committee via email to find out. Their answer will guide our further proceedings, I believe. 

Many thanks. 

On 18 Jan 2018 07:16, "Justice Okai-Allotey" <owulakpakpo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Raphael,

Let me attempt to answer your questions with some of the facts I know regarding this. So with the selection process Sandister sent this message to the WhatsApp since most of our members are and active after we had worked on our eligibility requirements.

Happy New Year To Everyone

Before anything else, Wikipedia turns 17 on January 15, 2018. There are no special activities planned, it's just for your information.

This year the key theme will be local relevance – activities that are relevant to our Ghanaian context, and relevant to our user group and relevant to our contributors – with the underlying principle of working within capacity – the capacity we have.

It's going to be a fulfilling year.

Schedules

It is hard to give any schedules because our activities are planned around when grants are approved and when they arrive.

Due to late report writing and and lateness in returning unspent grant money back to the group on the part of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 team, we will have to wait to start anything this year.

When WMF gives the green light, I'll let you know. 

Activity guide

I am putting together a guide for our work this year which will include everything from pending events, WiR, upcoming travels, our annual and by laws meeting meeting etc to help us all stay on the same page.

Wikimedia also nudged us towards Wikidata and Wikipedia New Readers – we need to do more towards these.

Travels

Please take note of the deadlines: 

Indaba: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018


After this message was sent Sadat and Georgina  were the only once who expressed interest in wanting to represent the group. The selection was made based on their interest and the criteria that has been stipulated by the WMCON.

So actually it should be Sadat and Georgina representing us so I don't know why Georgina's name hasn't yet been put on there.

And with the mailing being our official communication, you can attest to the fact that, it's been dormant for a lot of months now and that the WhatsApp platform is much more active and reaches every member.

This are some of the things I know or privy to and not the official position of the group. I expect you to get an official group position soon on your concern.

Best,
Justice.



On Jan 18, 2018 2:46 AM, "Raphael Berchie" <rberchie@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone happy new year and a belated Wiki birthday to us all.
So I chanced on this https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_List and realized  Sadat is the one representing us at this year’s WMConn. Congrats to him I have no shred of doubt that he will fully represent us and I have no problem about his eligibility and competence.
 My problem however is mode of selection. Was it decided us a community or it was an individual’s decision because as far as I am concerned the mailing list is the official place for having such discussions and I have seen no such discussions here.

Again in previous years we have had consultatative talks and we have all known who was representing us so what changed this year?

Lastly as a Usergroup we were allocated two slots for participation. How come it is only one person.

I need some answers.

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