Dear Khmer Wikipedians,
I am Kounila Keo, one of the Wikipedian editors. Currently, Bong Vantharith
Oum, Khmer Wikipedia lead, will be speaking and doing Wikipedia stuff from
4pm to around 7pm at Tech Expo or Open House at Development Innovations'
launch event on March 18th.
I would like to invite you to a Tech Expo by Development Innovations, 3
year USAID funded project to grow a community of innovators who take ideas,
and with the use of technology, create solutions that make Cambodia a
better place. It starts from 12pm and finishes at 7pm.
Here is a forwarded email and PDF that you can use to invite people to join.
Don't forget to ask them to RSVP here:
Open House details >>
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-house-at-development-innovations-tickets-1…
Would you mind sharing this among your friends? I'd really appreciate it if
you do, and I believe that this will be of benefits to a lot of young
students/people who are interested in ICT!
I will help u spread this information by posting in YDP page. More people will be interested .
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sovichet tep <sovichet.tep(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi bong Kounila,
Thank for your information. But so sad that I won't be able to join because I have class on 18th.
Regards,
Sovichet
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Kounila Keo <kounilakeo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Khmer Wikipedians,
I am Kounila Keo, one of the Wikipedian editors. Currently, Bong Vantharith Oum, Khmer Wikipedia lead, will be speaking and doing Wikipedia stuff from 4pm to around 7pm at Tech Expo or Open House at Development Innovations' launch event on March 18th.
I would like to invite you to a Tech Expo by Development Innovations, 3 year USAID funded project to grow a community of innovators who take ideas, and with the use of technology, create solutions that make Cambodia a better place. It starts from 12pm and finishes at 7pm.
Here is a forwarded email and PDF that you can use to invite people to join.
Don't forget to ask them to RSVP here:
Open House details >> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-house-at-development-innovations-tickets-1…
Would you mind sharing this among your friends? I'd really appreciate it if you do, and I believe that this will be of benefits to a lot of young students/people who are interested in ICT!
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More details below:
Innovation on display - Tuesday 18th March!
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Come and experience technology in Cambodia!
Hi
On Tuesday 18th March 2014 we are officially opening our Lab. To celebrate we are running an "open house" where anyone can come to use our facilities, join free technology workshops and interact with more than 17 expo booths.
RSVP here so we know you are coming!
Come to our new office building anytime between 12 noon and 7pm to take part in any of the following activities:
Innovation expo with more than 17 presenters who will demonstrate innovative uses of technology.
See examples of how social innovators are using ICT to make a difference in education, health and human rights in Cambodia.
Learn to program a computer in one hour. We are running free workshops to teach anyone to "code" (program computers).
Learn about blogging with prominent local blogger Kounila Keo.
Contribute to Khmer Wikipedia and increase the amount of Khmer content on the internet.
Learn the basics of film making with Film Camp participants in a short 1 hour workshop.
Innovation expo and demonstrations
During our Open House (from 12 noon to 7pm on 18th March) we have more than 17 organizations exhibiting technology and innovations that are changing Cambodia.
Come to our office anytime between 12 - 7pm and speak to some or all of them! Samples, prizes, refreshments - it promises to be a great time!
Interact with cool new technology like the Kinect SDK, Leap Motion, 3D printing machines, robots and more!
RSVP here so we know you are coming!
Learn to code in just one hour.
Join our introductory or intermediate workshop on computer programming. It's very easy and open to anyone. Use our equipment to build a game or make your own an Android app!
There are 4 workshops: 12 noon(beginner), 1pm (intermediate), 4pm(beginner) and 5pm (intermediate).
Where is our office and new lab?
Our new office space and lab where we are having our Open House event is #296, St. 271, Sangkat Toul Tompong 2, Khan Chamkarmon. Phnom Penh. Click here to see our location on a map.
Parking is available on or near our street and officials will be around to help manage parking.
What is this "Lab" about?
The Lab is a large co-working space for people to work on social innovations using technology. Our Lab is available for anyone to use (for free) once they have signed up for a membership.
Come to our Open House event to sign up for a membership and learn more about what is on offer. You can use the lab for:
Alternative working or meeting space
Access to the latest computers, software, servers and mobile devices.
Information resources and self-paced learning materials on technology and design.
Inspiration and advice to help turn your idea into something real that makes Cambodia a better place to live.
Come and see what it's like! We look forward to seeing you there.
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I am:
- blogger @ sovichetlife.wordpress.com
- admin @ km.wikipedia.org
- moderator & validator @ km.wordpress.org
- organizer @ BarCamp Cambodia & MobileCamp Phnom Penh
- event assistant @ Open Institute
- Khmer Unicode Typeface Designer
- Software Translator
- Student @ RUPP, Computer Science (2013-2017)
Contact me: (855) 92 405 513 , sovichet.tep(a)gmail.com
Please spread to your community.
A.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:40 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fwd: URGENT call for geographical diversity
in Wikimedia @ GSoC
To: wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear tech ambassadors, please help spreading this call for Google Summer of
Code candidates in your projects. Thank you!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Quim Gil* <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014
Subject: URGENT call for geographical diversity in Wikimedia @ GSoC
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Please forward this email wisely. Yes, we need your help getting the word
out.
So far, all our GSoC candidates come from only two (neighbor) countries:
India and Sri Lanka. While we are very happy seeing how popular Wikimedia
is among technical students in the Indian subcontinent, we are concerned
about the lack of candidates from anywhere else.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014#Candidates
GSoC 2013 had accepted students from 69 countries [1], and we have
participants from eight.[2] We can discuss about the deep causes of this
situation but... Considering that we have less than 9 days before the GSoC
deadline for students (March 21 @ 19:00 UTC) we should focus on finding new
candidates.
There is still time to become a strong GSoC candidate for Wikimedia. Many
project ideas in our GSoC page (linked above) have mentors available and no
candidates yet. Go for them! Also, since our evaluation of candidates is
based on their proposals published in mediawiki.org, Google's deadline is
not a hard stop to keep improving your plans together with your mentors.
April 7 is when we need to decide how many slots we will request, meaning
how many teams (candidates and mentors with a common plan) we believe that
can complete GSoC 2014 successfully. That date is more than three weeks
from now.
Diversity is an important factor for Wikimedia. We are putting a lot of
effort promoting gender diversity in our outreach programs, and we are
seeing good progress. It would be surprising to realize that a global
project like Wikimedia has a serious problem with geographical diversity.
Your ideas and actions to fix this situation are welcome.
[1] https://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/ProgramStatistics
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013
PS: in comparison, FOSS OPW is doing a lot better, with five candidates
from four countries
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FOSS_Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_8#Cand…
coincidence?
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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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