Perhaps making the trainings a video series available on YouTube or elsewhere so that newbies who miss the initial training can simply look it up and get the training at any time.
From: Sandister Tei <sandistertei@gmail.com>
To: Planning Wikimedia Ghana Chapter <wikimedia-gh@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Congratulations to us all
Right. Anyone else?On 19 Sep 2013 15:46, "Mohammed M Jaward" <jaward.maltiti@gmail.com> wrote:I second Rapheal, @Sandistet Wish u a great stay and learning experience.
Regards,
Jaward
Raphael Berchie <rberchie@gmail.com> wrote:
>I thinks that is good idea we need to be trained first.That it we be
>easier and quicker two help newbies who come on board subsequently
>wish you a joyous stay in Cardiff
>
>On 9/19/13, Sandister Tei <sandistertei@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I arrived in Cardiff yesterday. Settling.
>>
>> Asaf sent the email below to the mailing list in response to the question I
>> asked about our next move. The newbies, Asaf is the one that takes care of
>> efforts in the global south/developing countries.
>>
>> He said
>>
>> "... I would warmly recommend course #1, i.e. focus on developing this
>> group of eight's own wikiskills and editing experience. It is the only way
>> to legitimately and responsibly represent Wikimedia in outreach efforts,
>> partnerships, and to the media."
>>
>>
>> So far, no one has said anything so I will also add my vote to option one
>> as Asaf has.
>>
>> He also added
>>
>> " I would personally be happy to help this group in any way, including by
>> arranging for training or resources. Do you think you could get together
>> (virtually or physically) and compare notes and on-wiki experience to
>> determine what kinds of wiki skills or editing tasks you would like to
>> tackle?"
>>
>> In response, 2013/2014 year should be our "Teaching Year". We should accept
>> to be trained further. We need some editors reaching 1000s of edits, and we
>> need to fulfil our job of taking care of Ghana articles. We will keep
>> publicizing the group at events we attend. New members are welcome. But for
>> now, I also vote that it is time we as trainers get trained.
>>
>> What do you say?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sandister Tei
>>
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>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Sandister, for this update, and all your efforts, and best wishes
>>> for this exciting new chapter in your personal path! :)
>>>
>>> To your question (I note no others responded, on-list at least...), I'll
>>> offer my opinion: I would warmly recommend course #1, i.e. focus on
>>> developing this group of eight's own wikiskills and editing experience.
>>> It
>>> is the only way to legitimately and responsibly represent Wikimedia in
>>> outreach efforts, partnerships, and to the media.
>>>
>>> I would personally be happy to help this group in any way, including by
>>> arranging for training or resources. Do you think you could get together
>>> (virtually or physically) and compare notes and on-wiki experience to
>>> determine what kinds of wiki skills or editing tasks you would like to
>>> tackle?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Asaf
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Sandister Tei
>>> <sandistertei@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will be going to Cardiff University on 17/18 Sept. I quite excited to
>>>> hear that an EduWiki
>>>> Conference<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013>will be
>>>> there as well. As usual, I will let you know what happened there if
>>>> I am able to attend.
>>>>
>>>> Now that the grant report is up we can focus on other things but I want
>>>> to say congrats to us all. Pl. Wikimedia Ghana had just two active
>>>> editors
>>>> = Rex & Me. Now after the outreach where we met 100s we've supported
>>>> ourselves to 8 active editors now.
>>>>
>>>> Jaward, Enock, Claude, Nii, Rex, Me, Felix, Barima. Aren't we great? And
>>>> majority of us are BarCampers so we need to buy Ato some alewa. We all
>>>> know
>>>> Wikipedia is hard work. So I am happy for the 8 of us.
>>>>
>>>> I am also glad to say that some people are editing in the background but
>>>> haven't been part of us. Some people have also shown interest but don't
>>>> know where to start.
>>>>
>>>> So I want to ask now, and we should vote on this. What do we do next?
>>>>
>>>> 1. Should the 8 of us focus on developing ourselves and building our
>>>> editing skills and editing count? At least for some time before we go on
>>>> outreach again?
>>>>
>>>> OR
>>>>
>>>> 2. Should we go on outreach again right away?
>>>>
>>>> OR
>>>>
>>>> 3. Suggest another plan bec
>>>>
>>>> I am taking a break from the mailing list till the 9th of September to
>>>> focus on my school preps. But please the weekly edit declaration still
>>>> stands. I don't want to chase anyone. Rex and I are welcoming all ideas
>>>> as
>>>> to what we should embark on next. Please put your ideas in a proposal
>>>> form.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sandister Tei
>>>>
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