Hello everyone, here are some activities this year by the Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
*(Please whichever you are interested in joining, or if you want to suggest something, send an email to team@wmgh.org team@wmgh.org)*
*Wikipedia Education Program https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_Wikipedia_Education_Program* * (WEP) – All Year*
Justice Allotey will be leading the program at the Gimpa L aw School.
Sandister Tei will also be running the program at the French School.
A student of GIJ wrote to us https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-gh/2016-June/003011.html last year in June. We are still following up on that to see if this year he can do so.
*Wikipedia Library * * – All Year*
The WEP at Gimpa is for law students. We know writing about law is going to go way beyond the light news articles we use commonly as reference.
We plan on incorporating the Library hence we are making arrangements on how best the two can work together.
Whoever wants to join our library intervention can also get in touch.
*Wikipedia 16* * * *get–together – February*
Please visit this page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group/Wikipedia_Day_2017_-_Meeting_and_Celebration and secure your cho.
*Art+Feminism* * * *– March*
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT TO ORGANISE IN YOUR REGIONS OR CITY
List your intention under the events outside Accra section https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2017_Art%2BFeminism#Events_outside_Accra .
*#WikiHuddle** series – All Year (Monthly)*
We had our first Huddle event around Asaf Bartov for wikidata.
There’s a member of Wikimedia Ar in town who I want us to huddle around. You c an s uggest what you want him to teach us.
Anyone interested in helping the events person organize the huddle events can reach out.
Please we need to always be three months ahead inter m s of grants to support the events so express your interest early .
*Barcamp Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2017_Events_%26_Projects#February_.E2.80.93_Barcamps – February*
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT TO ORGANISE IN YOUR REGIONS OR CITY
There will be one in Kumasi, Tamale and Accra.
*Wikipedia+Politics Project *
Soon the grant period for the election project will end. However we all know the articles on politics in Ghana still need help. Are you interested in politics? Hop on. Add your name in the section. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2017_Events_%26_Projects#February_.E2.80.93_Wikipedia.2BPolitics_Project
*Wiki Loves Monuments & Wiki Loves Earth*
These have been staples over the years. We look forward to getting involved.
*Membership/leadership/volunte**e**ring etc* On leadership please apply into mailing list if you want to take up a position for the group to vote you in for the 2017 activities year. Here are the list of positions https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-gh/2016-July/003033.html. Please read well.
Whatever new thing you like to volunteer for, please also make it known.
On membership please put your names here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_Members. Also indicate the region that you are in so we can see to including you in our activities and catering for the distance needs .
*This year people will be getting membership cards. It is not necessarily for personal identification but to enable you get goodies and freebies via some sweet partnerships we are trying to build.*
*Akan Wikipedia and other projects*
Akan and other local language Wikipedia is one of the things the user group offered to achieve when we first applied for chaptership in 2012 . There are many more we promised as well by the time we upgraded in 2014 https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group&oldid=15662446 . We didn’t have the numbers and the experience to pull them all off. Now we do.
*Meetings*
People are proposing meetings here and there. Let's find time to make them happen. For more on our activities please visit here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_/_2017_Events_%26_Projects from time to time.
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Regards, -- Sandister Tei Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian Community (Gh)
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