Grant to Digitize Endangered Architectural Documents in Accra - Wikimedia-GH

Justice Okai-Allotey

27 Aug 27 Aug

12:29 p.m.

New subject: Grant to Digitize Endangered Architectural Documents in Accra

Hi Rexford, This is great news only that the only problem would be which licensing regime would be used. Moreover buildings that are not 50+ years old would be affected by FOP issues. But this is something we could talk about, if you know her kindly initiate a conversation so we can talk to her about how we could help. Best, Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:25 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, Manful (https://twitter.com/Kuukuwa_) wins grant to digitise endangered architectural documents in Accra [1] I'm not sure what the eventual license of the digitized documents will be in. Just putting this news through here, perhaps the user group could connect with Manful to learn more of the license, and see if can siphon some (if not all) of the digitization content onto Wikimedia Commons. [1] https://www.africanstatearchitecture.co.uk/post/manful-wins-grant-to-digiti… Rex _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Justice Okai-Allotey

12:46 p.m.

New subject: Grant to Digitize Endangered Architectural Documents in Accra

Hi Rexford, I would try and initiate a conversation with her using Twitter and would see how that goes. I guess we can make some headway with that process. Regards, Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:42 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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"It seeks to digitise extremely at risk and vulnerable architectural and

planning records in Accra, Ghana..." So maybe not likely an FOP but the planning records might still be under copyright. In any case, we'll have to find out exactly what the resulting license will be. Unfortunately, I don't know her personally, but hoping someone in the community might know her personally, and reach out to find out more. Fingers crossed. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:31 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rexford, This is great news only that the only problem would be which licensing regime would be used. Moreover buildings that are not 50+ years old would be affected by FOP issues. But this is something we could talk about, if you know her kindly initiate a conversation so we can talk to her about how we could help. Best, Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:25 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, Manful (https://twitter.com/Kuukuwa_) wins grant to digitise endangered architectural documents in Accra [1] I'm not sure what the eventual license of the digitized documents will be in. Just putting this news through here, perhaps the user group could connect with Manful to learn more of the license, and see if can siphon some (if not all) of the digitization content onto Wikimedia Commons. [1] https://www.africanstatearchitecture.co.uk/post/manful-wins-grant-to-digiti… Rex _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Justice Okai-Allotey

1:17 p.m.

New subject: Grant to Digitize Endangered Architectural Documents in Accra

Hi Ato, I think Rexford and I would be interested in engaging with her on this so if you can put us in touch with her we would appreciate it. Thanks Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 13:11 Ato Ulzen-Appiah <abocco(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I know Kuukuwa personally. I can share her email with whoever wants to engage her on this. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:47 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rexford, I would try and initiate a conversation with her using Twitter and would see how that goes. I guess we can make some headway with that process. Regards, Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:42 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:

"It seeks to digitise extremely at risk and vulnerable architectural

and planning records in Accra, Ghana..." So maybe not likely an FOP but the planning records might still be under copyright. In any case, we'll have to find out exactly what the resulting license will be. Unfortunately, I don't know her personally, but hoping someone in the community might know her personally, and reach out to find out more. Fingers crossed. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:31 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rexford, This is great news only that the only problem would be which licensing regime would be used. Moreover buildings that are not 50+ years old would be affected by FOP issues. But this is something we could talk about, if you know her kindly initiate a conversation so we can talk to her about how we could help. Best, Justice. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:25 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Manful (https://twitter.com/Kuukuwa_) wins grant to digitise > endangered architectural documents in Accra [1] > > I'm not sure what the eventual license of the digitized documents will > be in. Just putting this news through here, perhaps the user group could > connect with Manful to learn more of the license, and see if can siphon > some (if not all) of the digitization content onto Wikimedia Commons. > > [1] > https://www.africanstatearchitecture.co.uk/post/manful-wins-grant-to-digiti… > > Rex > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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