WikimediaKE August 2011

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Meeting with The Eric Latiff
by Kosgei Isaac 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi Guys, Just had a discussion with my Friend Eric Latiff of Capital fm, with whom Asaf and I met last week- His message via SMS is "*I liked the meeting we had with Asaf, I think wikimedia is a very Good Project- Count me in"* he is therefore requesting a meeting with members more so Abbas, so that we can discuss how the media will be involved in our projects- Mind you he wants to Join WMF and will also be our link to all major media houses. Let me know your take on this Regards Isaac -- Isaac K. Kosgei. WebRep Overall rating

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
by Alex Wafula 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi all, The 12th annual Strathmore ICT Conference is on next week (2 - 3 September): http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=186 When Asaf was here, he got to speak to the organizers and we are welcome to give a talk at the conference. In line with this year's theme for the conference: 'ICT for Development: People, Policy and Practice ' Asaf's suggestion: " I would suggest using one of my talks as a basis, and expanding the section on offline work at the expense of general Wikipedia culture (NPOV, reliability, etc.). I.e. make this a presentation about Wikimedia Kenya's offline project rather than about Wikipedia." I can look into getting complementary tickets for the conference for a couple of guys who'll be Wikimedia's presence here. cheers, Alex

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
by stephen wanjau 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Alex, I shall be available to attend the conference personally and as a representative of WMKE and unofficially for the WMF.Not unless something crops up. However, I have a few Q's; Are we expected to make the presentation on the 2nd September or 3rd September? Did anyone get the slides that Asaf used during his presentations here in Kenya? I would like to couple them up with the Ones we used in Wikipedia For Schools. I need to change the dates, themes on the slides to go in line with the theme of the Conference - "ICT for development" among other details. Cheers Steve On Aug 24, 2011 9:15 PM, "Limoke Oscar" <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote: hey Alex i'd love to attend however i can not guarantee as my schedule is unpredictable and i wouldnt want to commit myself.however i think making a presentation about wmke offline project should give us some publicity.IMO,I think we need it. cheers On Aug 24, 2011 8:49 PM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The 12th annual ... _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia and Mozilla Kenya 'Road Trip'
by Alex Wafula 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi all, So I've blogged about this on Mozilla Kenya's site though it's temporarily down due to maintenance; spammers :( It should be back up by tomorrow. Anyways, as Steve mentioned, 10th September was suggested as a meetup date for local Mozilla and Wikimedia contributors. So if everyone's cool with this, I'll move to book Strathmore as our venue. Cheers, Alex On Sat Aug 20th, 2011 9:36 PM PDT stephen wanjau wrote: >Hi, > >I wake up and Email just to get things going.:) > >The time zone on my phone is in GMT so add 3 hrs and you shall discover it >was 6 am local time. > >Anne, will u be available for the meet up? > >Cheers, >Steve > >On Aug 21, 2011 7:29 AM, "Ann Njeri" <njeriannk(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> What were u doing at 3? It sounds like a good plan. >> >> On Aug 21, 2011 3:04 AM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Nice People, >>> >>> I attended a mozilla meet-up yesterday the 20th Aug 2011 in Nairobi and >we >>> discussed an issue that is very important to us. >>> >>> While Alex was at Wikimania 2011 at Haifa, Israel,he had talks with >> Mozilla >>> guys plus the Wikimedia counterparts and they were of the opinion >>> that we carry out a nationwide awareness campaign here in Kenya in most >> of, >>> if not all colleges and campuses. >>> >>> At our meeting we decided not to lay down major plans before we get into >>> consultation with you, WMKE.However, we unanimously agreed that the >> outreach >>> shall be >>> carried out in January,and considering the magnitude and scope of the >Road >>> trip Pre visits shall be conducted in October-pre visits still to be >>> confirmed. >>> >>> Therefore,after much consultations We decided to have a (WMKE N MOZILLA >>> KENYA) combined meet-up in Nairobi on the 10th >>> September 2011 to have an elaborate plan up and running. >>> >>> A site dedicated for this shall be set up as part of the planning and I >> will >>> definately forward the link to you guys. >>> >>> Mozilla is an Open Source movement and so do we at WMF. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Steve

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia and Mozilla Kenya 'Road Trip'
by Alex Wafula 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hey Oscar, I'll setup an rsvp page this evening and share the link. Alex. On Tue Aug 23rd, 2011 3:40 AM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote: >cool.just that we need elaborate plans and dedicated volunteers. >anywhere to rsvp for the meeting? > > >-- >Limoke Oscar, >mayenge.blogspot.com >Freelancer, >GeoInformatics and GIScience Student

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Asaf's Visit: Mombasa Report
by lilian nyarera 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

ausome work Abbas and Asaf regards, Lilian. On Mon Aug 22nd, 2011 9:40 PM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote: > >Oops, i forgot one more point under Observation & Analysis: >We were on the same flight with the Google Kenya folks who were also going to Mombasa for some outreach acivities. Angela connected me with the Registrar of Mombasa Poly: which facilitated our meeting with him (the Registrar). Such connections have proven useful, and perhaps next time we could merge with Google in arranging such outreach activities -- since our footprint is generally the same. > >From: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com >To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:36:35 +0000 >Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Asaf's Visit: Mombasa Report > > > > > > > > >Hi folks, >Asaf and I went to Mombasa on Thursday 18/08/2011. He returned on the same day while I stayed for the weekend. >==Overview==In general, I would characterize the trip as both productive and useful. There are no major conclusions or big directional changes in this report: it's just a quick summary of what happened. >==Itinerary==Thursday, 9am -- Mombasa Polytechnic University CollegeAsaf and I visited Mombasa Poly. We managed to talk with the Registrar, Academic Affairs -- who was open-minded and showed some interest in the Campus Ambassador Program. Thereafter, Asaf delivered a talk with at the Library. Despite there being exams, we managed to garner an audience of 100+ (incl. students + lecturers). >Thursday 11am -- Kenya Institute of Management, Mombasa.Asaf also delivered a talk to the students in a packed room of around 100 or so students. >Thursday, 1pm - 4pm -- Camara, Mombasa Hub.We had a meeting with Shakeel, Camara Mombasa's CEO, with regard to how much effort and time Camara spends on Wikipedia. We also found out that Camara was using the SOS version of offline Wikipedia. We took a tour of the Mombasa Hub and were shown how computers were received, cleaned, and dispatched. Also, there were around 20-30 teachers at the Hub that we managed to talk to about Wikipedia; as well as give them a tutorial on some basics of Wikipedia. >==Observations & Analysis==(in no particular order)1. Despite the bad timing, there was a generally some interest in Wikipedia from students and lecturers.2. Arranging a multi-event visit from the Foundation is, IMO, a lot of work, volunteerwise. It requires rigorous planning and regular contact with the various institutions. 3. We did get a lecturer in Mombasa who "had changed her view regarding Wikipedia" after listening to Asaf's visit. Asaf also received a note from a student who was inspired by what we were doing, and wanted to join us.4. We had a larger audience in Mombasa than in Nairobi -- probably proving that it's easier to get an audience in institutions outside Nairobi, and the impact is therefore larger. > >_______________________________________________ >WikimediaKE mailing list >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Asaf's Visit: Mombasa Report
by Abbas Mahmood 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hi folks, Asaf and I went to Mombasa on Thursday 18/08/2011. He returned on the same day while I stayed for the weekend. ==Overview==In general, I would characterize the trip as both productive and useful. There are no major conclusions or big directional changes in this report: it's just a quick summary of what happened. ==Itinerary==Thursday, 9am -- Mombasa Polytechnic University CollegeAsaf and I visited Mombasa Poly. We managed to talk with the Registrar, Academic Affairs -- who was open-minded and showed some interest in the Campus Ambassador Program. Thereafter, Asaf delivered a talk with at the Library. Despite there being exams, we managed to garner an audience of 100+ (incl. students + lecturers). Thursday 11am -- Kenya Institute of Management, Mombasa.Asaf also delivered a talk to the students in a packed room of around 100 or so students. Thursday, 1pm - 4pm -- Camara, Mombasa Hub.We had a meeting with Shakeel, Camara Mombasa's CEO, with regard to how much effort and time Camara spends on Wikipedia. We also found out that Camara was using the SOS version of offline Wikipedia. We took a tour of the Mombasa Hub and were shown how computers were received, cleaned, and dispatched. Also, there were around 20-30 teachers at the Hub that we managed to talk to about Wikipedia; as well as give them a tutorial on some basics of Wikipedia. ==Observations & Analysis==(in no particular order)1. Despite the bad timing, there was a generally some interest in Wikipedia from students and lecturers.2. Arranging a multi-event visit from the Foundation is, IMO, a lot of work, volunteerwise. It requires rigorous planning and regular contact with the various institutions. 3. We did get a lecturer in Mombasa who "had changed her view regarding Wikipedia" after listening to Asaf's visit. Asaf also received a note from a student who was inspired by what we were doing, and wanted to join us.4. We had a larger audience in Mombasa than in Nairobi -- probably proving that it's easier to get an audience in institutions outside Nairobi, and the impact is therefore larger.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Help test Wikipedia mobile!
by Asaf Bartov 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello, everyone. You may remember I was mentioning in my talks last week that we need help getting our software changes for mobile users widely tested across devices and geographies. Here's fresh information on that, from the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/08/17/calling-mobile-testers-for-round-two/ Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia and Mozilla Kenya 'Road Trip'
by Alex Wafula 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia and Mozilla Kenya 'Road Trip'
by stephen wanjau 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi Nice People, I attended a mozilla meet-up yesterday the 20th Aug 2011 in Nairobi and we discussed an issue that is very important to us. While Alex was at Wikimania 2011 at Haifa, Israel,he had talks with Mozilla guys plus the Wikimedia counterparts and they were of the opinion that we carry out a nationwide awareness campaign here in Kenya in most of, if not all colleges and campuses. At our meeting we decided not to lay down major plans before we get into consultation with you, WMKE.However, we unanimously agreed that the outreach shall be carried out in January,and considering the magnitude and scope of the Road trip Pre visits shall be conducted in October-pre visits still to be confirmed. Therefore,after much consultations We decided to have a (WMKE N MOZILLA KENYA) combined meet-up in Nairobi on the 10th September 2011 to have an elaborate plan up and running. A site dedicated for this shall be set up as part of the planning and I will definately forward the link to you guys. Mozilla is an Open Source movement and so do we at WMF. Cheers, Steve

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