New subject: WMConn representative.

18 Jan 2018

Good morning again.

It's quite unfortunate that these contentions are being dealt with thusly
because I believe there has been a major comedy of errors.
The main issue is that we have members who are on the mailing list who are
not on the WhatsApp group and vice versa.
However, we have come to notice with time that the WhatsApp group has
proven more effective in disseminating information to a larger group.
Indeed, there are people who have claimed to be part of both but only saw
discussions on pertinent topics when they were shared via WhatsApp.
This is not to say that we have decided to sideline those in the mailing
list.
Moving forward, I believe there is already a conscious effort being made to
use both mediums equally and substantively. I am sure Justice can and will
attest to this.
Many apologies for how all these situations have been handled and please,
may all members be rest assured that these matters will be addressed in due
time, albeit sooner than later.
Kindly bear with us as we take steps to rectify it all.

Thanks to you all for understanding.
Thank you, Joy.

Best regards,
Georgina.

On 18 Jan 2018 09:15, "Joy Agyepong" &lt;joyagyepong(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Greetings Everyone and Happy New Year!

I find some statements here quite questionable. Please spare me sometime.

Mailing list being dormant is questionable! What made it so? And how do we
intend to improve that?

In previous times all communication channels such as (WhatsApp and Mailing
list) had all information disseminated  accordingly whether it was active
"or with no response from users". So what changed?

I was on travel with our team member Stella Agbley to represent our country
in the just ended WikiDivCon during the renewal of membership for 2018.

Unfortunately, I saw the application form late and it had been closed. So
as a follow up I reached out to Justice a week or two after and he said "
The one working on it will re-open". After no feedback for some months, I
asked again lastweek and I'm now told it will be announced on the Mailing
List.

So my question is when?  Since our focus is more on the "Active WhatsApp
Group" but not the mailing list.
Please can you enlighten me?

Finally, speaking of WikiData as I have just seen in Justice's post from
Sandister. Yes! we need to learn more and do more as it is of high interest
to me. What is our plan of action?

Congratulations Georgina!! Go spread the word,learn and impact( check on me
small wai..lol).
Sadat congratulations to you too.

Best Regards,
Joy

On 18 Jan 2018 07:16, "Justice Okai-Allotey" &lt;owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt;
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
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018>*

*WMCON 2018: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018>Wikimania
2018: https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
<https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>*

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" &lt;rberchie(a)gmail.com&gt; 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_20
18/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.

Regards
-- 
*Raphael Berchie*
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Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/>
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