WikimediaKE September 2011

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
by Alex Wafula 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

I wish you had mentioned this earlier since one needs a ticket to attend. I have tickets for 4 guys only. I'll try to get you one but no promises. Hopefuly our presentation will be on Saturday but this is not yet finalized. Alex. On Tue Aug 30th, 2011 2:04 AM PDT BRANTON OBWARI wrote: >yeah ,would really love to come ,when are you guys needed to present ,2nd or >3rd.... > > >On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hey Cliff, >> >> I put up a request for 4 tickets ie for Oscar, Ann, Grace and Steve who had >> said they'll be available to attend. >> >> Bruce, do you plan to come? >> >> Alex. >> >> On Tue Aug 30th, 2011 1:00 AM PDT cliff argwings wrote: >> >> >Hi Guys, >> > >> >Speaking of Tickets, how many do we have for wikimedia nerds? >> > >> >On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:37 AM, BRANTON OBWARI <bruceobwari(a)gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Steve , >> >> what drives you? ,you retire late n you always up before me ,i don't >> have >> >> descent connectivity here , collaborating on online is a challenge >> ,kesho is >> >> a public holiday was suggesting that we hook up n harmonize the content >> we >> >> already to be in line with the theme,then maybe Oscar ,Alex,inform us >> about >> >> the ticket arrangements, >> >> >> >> rgds. >> >> >> >> bruce. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:39 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I personally find our mission having a nature that makes it clear and >> it >> >>> explains itself. >> >>> >> >>> Notwithstanding, we need to come up with a way which we shall pass our >> >>> message home at the conference whose theme is "ICT for development". >> >>> >> >>> Therefore, I would like to seek assistance on the best way to do this >> as I >> >>> prepare the slides. >> >>> >> >>> Thank you. >> >>> Steve >> >>> >> >>> On Aug 27, 2011 7:24 AM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Hi nice people, >> >>> >> >>> Attached are some slides that I think can be an introduction of our >> >>> presentation at the ICT conference. >> >>> >> >>> Feel freely free to suggest on how we can make it the awesomest. >> >>> >> >>> Truly, >> >>> Steve wa Wikimedia. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Aug 26, 2011 9:15 AM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Having heard that,I think... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > On Aug 26, 2011 8:53 AM, "Grace Kariuki" <gkariuki99(a)gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > > i agree with... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:40 AM, BRANTON OBWARI < >> >>> bruceobwari(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ... >> >>> > > Hi g... >> >>> >> >>> > th... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>> > WikimediaKE mailing list >> >>> > WikimediaKE@list... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >> >>> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia Takes Nairobi
by Alex Wafula 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hi guys, I've got updates on this and ofcourse feedback will be awesome. I had a chat with Andrew from Perth, Australia and he had some great suggestions. I'll be a bit tied up during the day so I'll email you on this later on in the evening. Cheers, Alex

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Women & Wikimedia
by Sarah Stierch 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know about a survey that I am running for female contributors to any Wikimedia project. It is being ran by me as an independent volunteer, *not* on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dDR3a3JfaTd0a… If you are a female contributor and you are comfortable working in English, please participate, and if you know any female contributors, please share it with them. Thanks so much! Sarah Stierch [[User:SarahStierch]] -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia <http://www.glamwiki.org/> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Stats for WP Africa
by Heather Ford 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN_Africa/ReportCardAfrica.htm This was interesting. I'm wondering whether the spike in Swahili was because of the Google competition? Also interesting to see how the competition didn't result in more editors in the long term (something that I think has been mentioned before) Heather Ford Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver http://ushahidi.com | http://swiftly.org @hfordsa on Twitter http://hblog.org

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fundrasing 2011 report
by Kosgei Isaac 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi all here is a link to the WMF fundraising 2011 report. Let me know your comments about how I faired compared to Jimmy wales http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011 Regards Isaac +254727553981 *SkypeProfile: *Kipsizoo *My Linkedin Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kipsizoo>* *twitter Page <http://twitter.com/#%21/kipsizoo>* *My Blog <http://kipsizoo.blogspot.com/> "My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world" *- Faye Wattleton

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[Wikimedia Kenya] IGF
by stephen wanjau 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi Nice People, I am happy to report to you some few details that were talked about at a session that I was privileged to attend at the IGF (Internet Governance Forum). I am attending the conference as an expediter and where it suites I double up as a Wikimedian….: P On that notable note, there was a session that was about local content on the internet .One of the participants described the internet as a key player in making content available. To me I see it as Creation (writing articles uses internet), preservation (saving on WMF servers, uses internet), dissemination (ISPs) and utilization of data (internet users accessing the data). But it was noted that the internet is only relevant to the locals if we have home-grown content on the internet. Wikipedia was also mentioned more than a few times where it was being used to survey the article viewed per language and in what region. The grandfather of TCP/IP, Vint Cerf<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf>was in the house and he closed the meeting after saying that; “Purpose for measurement is not in numbers but is on the inside.” PS. Abbas in case I forgot anything from the session we attended please add. Regards, Stephen

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[Wikimedia Kenya] For those who did not make it to Kabarak!!
by Alex Wafula 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

The integration (between mozkenya and wmke) worked well; a bit beyond my expectations actually! So we planned this together being in constant chats with Steve over logistics and the event organizers over schedule and eventually drafted separate budgets. Steve and Vicky - Steve's version in Mozilla Kenya :) - came in handy with their knwoledge on Nakuru. I think something that was also spot on was the distinction between Wikimedia and Mozilla yet at the same time, the collaborative nature of the two. This really landed home with the students. We maintained different speakers and booth coordinators where Abbas and I spoke on behalf of wmke and mozkenya respectively - btw, Abbas was spot on with his presentation, exactly what was expected - while Steve and Vicky had the crowds at the booths eating of their hands :) and believe me, there were crowds! Another thing noted was that no confusion came up when a Mozillian answered a question on Wikimedia or vice versa and this worked especially well when you ended up refering interested individuals to the respective reps. It was actually a plus in indicating that we are two distinct organization who simply love hanging around each other. One thing that I feel needs improvement though is detecting interested individuals and engaging them further. I loved it when Hezy and Jeff (Mozillians) did spot a guy, not sure from where but was quite interested. Same case happened while we were at the Strathmore ICT conf. and Steve and Vicky again :) engaged a Kabarak official which led us to this event. I feel that we can do more here and the above are perfect examples. Our booths are massive crowd pullers; even other booths visit us :) we should put up strategies around this to better engage people. Thats all for now! A very excited, Alex. On Mon Sep 26th, 2011 4:26 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote: >Thanks for the report, Steve! > >Sounds great! I'd love to hear a little more about the integration with the >Mozilla team, specifically -- what worked, what didn't(?), how to improve. > >Thanks, > > Asaf > >On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:23 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Soma hapa, >> >> http://bit.ly/pex0Zg >> >> cheers, >> steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> > > >-- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Hello from Egerton University
by Moffat M.Ngacha 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

It's great to join the wikimedia mailing list. Will be glad to participate in the group and wikimedia activities Cheers. Moffat Ngacha, EUCOSSA-Egerton University | www.eucossa.org | +254 (0) 726 560 655 | www.moffatmn.com | Twitter: @moffatmn

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[Wikimedia Kenya] For those who did not make it to Kabarak!!
by stephen wanjau 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Soma hapa, http://bit.ly/pex0Zg cheers, steve

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[Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE/Start-up Grant (wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org)
by wanjaustev＠gmail.com 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

I've shared a document with you: WMKE/Start-up Grant https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atw_wcnu1PthdFhuMFNIeWprWmQ1WE… It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this document, just click the link above. Hi, I have started a google doc so that we populate it with the necessary additions and deletions in a quest to requset for a start-up grant from WMF. Add in comments under this thread. truly, steve

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