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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Kabarak University ICT Open Day Program of Activities
by Alex Wafula 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Updates from Kabarak Alex. --- Forwaded Message --- Date: 9/20/2011 From: "Moses Thiga" <mthiga(a)kabarak.ac.ke> Subject: Kabarak University ICT Open Day Program of Activities Hello, Thank you so much for confirming your participation for our ICT open day to be held on Saturday 24th of September 2011. Below is an outline of the program for the day. We are yet to slot the actual presentations but will do so by Thursday. Program Morning Session 8:00 am - 9:00 am - Arrival and setting up 9:00 am - 9:30 am - Presentation 1 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Presentation 2 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Presentation 3 10:30 am - 11:00 am - Presentation 4 11:00 am - 11:30 am - Presentation 5 11:30 am - 12:00 noon - Presentation 6 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Exhibition & Lunch Afternoon session 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Presentation 7 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Presentation 8 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Presentation 9 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Presentation 10 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Presentation 11 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Presentation 12 5:00 pm - Closing We shall provide 2 medium sized tables adjacent to our auditorium for any marketing material that you may want to display. You are welcome to come with your tents if you find that more appropriate for you. In addition I have attached the poster that we are using for our marketing this far. It has those whose confirmations we had received at the point we produced it. Looking forward to your participation. Moses M. Thiga ICT Manager Kabarak University cell : 0720780468 dl : 0202035174 _______________________________________________ community-kenya mailing list community-kenya(a)lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-kenya

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fw: Fwd: Kabarak University ICT Open Day Program of Activities
by Alex Wafula 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Updates from Kabarak... Plus find attached promotional poster for the same. Alex. --- Forwaded Message --- Date: 9/20/2011 From: "Moses Thiga" <mthiga(a)kabarak.ac.ke> Subject: Kabarak University ICT Open Day Program of Activities Hello, Thank you so much for confirming your participation for our ICT open day to be held on Saturday 24th of September 2011. Below is an outline of the program for the day. We are yet to slot the actual presentations but will do so by Thursday. Program Morning Session 8:00 am - 9:00 am - Arrival and setting up 9:00 am - 9:30 am - Presentation 1 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Presentation 2 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Presentation 3 10:30 am - 11:00 am - Presentation 4 11:00 am - 11:30 am - Presentation 5 11:30 am - 12:00 noon - Presentation 6 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Exhibition & Lunch Afternoon session 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Presentation 7 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Presentation 8 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Presentation 9 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Presentation 10 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Presentation 11 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Presentation 12 5:00 pm - Closing We shall provide 2 medium sized tables adjacent to our auditorium for any marketing material that you may want to display. You are welcome to come with your tents if you find that more appropriate for you. In addition I have attached the poster that we are using for our marketing this far. It has those whose confirmations we had received at the point we produced it. Looking forward to your participation. Moses M. Thiga ICT Manager Kabarak University cell : 0720780468 dl : 0202035174

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
by stephen wanjau 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Hi guys, So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip; The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which is 24th. (This Coming Saturday). The long-established attendees so far are: 1. Stephen W. Wanjau. 2. Abbas Mahmoud. Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list. ==our activities there== •We shall involve the students in Editing both the Swahili and English Wikipedia. To start us off we shall write about the recent Zanzibar ferry tragedy which is at present pigeon-holed WP: RA under Swahili. •We shall also elucidate to the students how to upload photos and other resources to the numerous Wikimedia projects and generally how they can get involved in Wikimedia Projects. •How the campus can help Wikimedia Kenya to distribute copies of the offline Wikipedia, maybe as an extra-curricular activity. (FEEL without obstruction to add onto this list of events that shall make the day a success) ==Transport and Food== As decided in the course of our last meet up at Strathmore University, we established it wise that all the participants to Kabarak University shall cater for their own transport and food to and from Nakuru and a rough estimate of this figure was projected to around KES 2200 per head. These sums shall be reimbursed as soon as we get the start-up grant which is still being drafted before being presented to The Grants Board. In case of any more information on this topic feel permitted to ask. If it shall be your first time to Nakuru, you can catch me on +254 722 238 165. ==Departure== Preferably, I would suggest we leave as a team from Nairobi probably in the afternoon of Friday. Yours, Stephen.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
by Alex Wafula 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

+1 on having more attendies. We had a couple of guys who voluntered to attend last time we met: Atlanta, Okwero, Grace.... Steve, their names are on the etherpad we setup. Can't get it open on phone :( Alex. On Tue Sep 20th, 2011 1:11 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote: >On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:37 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip; >> >> The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the >> 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which >> is 24th. (This Coming Saturday). >> >> The long-established attendees so far are: >> >> 1. Stephen W. Wanjau. >> 2. Abbas Mahmoud. >> >> Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their >> availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list. >> > >Thank you for the detailed status update, Stephen! > >I would like to encourage one or two additional folks to join this (you will >be reimbursed for travel[1]), _in particular_ those of you who have never >attended a public talk about Wikipedia before. In general, it is a good >idea for WMKE to always try to include new and less-experienced members in >all activities, in order to provide "safe" (i.e. passive) learning >opportunities to build confidence and to effectively share knowledge and >experience. > >Cheers, > > Asaf > >[1] If there's a problem paying the costs and waiting for the start-up grant >to get reimbursed, we can _advance_ you money right now (i.e. in a couple of >days). This wire transfer would of course be to one of you individually, as >you don't yet have a registered NGO and bank account. Let me know if this >is the case. (though it's certainly simpler to include it in one big >transfer when the startup grant is ready.) > >-- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Fundraising(Translations)
by Limoke Oscar 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Hey Guys, Lets contribute to the above by collaboratively translating.Lets make the translations a wmke project to proove that we too edit.Its simple guys just click on any of the links below: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_2011/Jimmy_Letter_0… http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_2011/FAQ/sw&action=… Its already in editing mode.Just sign in with your wp account ans start editing.Dont be intimidated with the funny symbols.Just skip them when reading and translating.make sure the sentences make the exact same meaning.plus ofcourse we will be working as a team so we will help each other.once u have translated in your small way,sign off your contributions by typing ~~~~ so that we can append your contributions and discuss. Lets do this guys... -- Limoke Oscar,

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Setswana Wikipedia Challenge
by Alex Wafula 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

I'm super cool with Limoke going, so +1 Alex. On Mon Sep 19th, 2011 10:26 AM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote: >Hey, >I would love to should Abbas and Alex permit.Since the timelines are pretty >tight,Will start I hope we agree ASAP on who would go to allow time to plan. >Thanks, >On Sep 19, 2011 7:26 PM, "Asaf Bartov" <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> Hello, everyone. >> >> A couple of months ago I mentioned Google Nairobi's initiative to run >> another Wikipedia Challenge in another African language. I asked for a >> volunteer to train the judges and the participants, but then the project >was >> put on the back burner for a while. >> >> So now it's back on, the dates are finalized, and the timeline is actually >> pretty tight. The language chosen is Setswana, spoken in Botswana, and the >> judges training will take place in Botho college on October 8th, with the >> participant training taking place one week later, Oct 15th. The >competition >> will run 45 days. >> >> I apologize for not being able to give you more of an advance notice, but >> things have been a challenge to set up and finalize, and I didn't want to >> keep changing dates on you. >> >> We need _one_ volunteer who: >> >> * had participated in the Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge >> * has a passport >> * can commit to flying to Botswana _twice_ to deliver one-day training >> sessions on those two dates (Google to provide tickets and accommodation) >> * is interested in teaching people some basics of Wikipedia editing (the >> interface, the syntax, talk pages, user pages) and core principles >(Neutral >> Point of View, references, avoiding plagiarism and copyright violations). >> >> For the participant training, I would like to *also* bring in one South >> African Wikipedian as trainer, but for the judges training on the 8th, >it'll >> be just one trainer. >> >> I can help with some training materials from the "campus ambassadors" >> training on the Outreach wiki, but the exact contents and order of the >> training is really up to you. >> >> Note that the Setswana Wikipedia is completely inactive, and so this >> Challenge is a good chance for it to breathe life into it. The up-side of >> that is that there won't be much community interference in what the >> participants do. ;) >> >> Please respond ASAP if you can make it. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Asaf >> -- >> Asaf Bartov >> Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Syllabus
by dennis munene 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

i can try and work on the syllabus for chemistry and homescence yours,dennis.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Setswana Wikipedia Challenge
by Asaf Bartov 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hello, everyone. A couple of months ago I mentioned Google Nairobi's initiative to run another Wikipedia Challenge in another African language. I asked for a volunteer to train the judges and the participants, but then the project was put on the back burner for a while. So now it's back on, the dates are finalized, and the timeline is actually pretty tight. The language chosen is Setswana, spoken in Botswana, and the judges training will take place in Botho college on October 8th, with the participant training taking place one week later, Oct 15th. The competition will run 45 days. I apologize for not being able to give you more of an advance notice, but things have been a challenge to set up and finalize, and I didn't want to keep changing dates on you. We need _one_ volunteer who: * had participated in the Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge * has a passport * can commit to flying to Botswana _twice_ to deliver one-day training sessions on those two dates (Google to provide tickets and accommodation) * is interested in teaching people some basics of Wikipedia editing (the interface, the syntax, talk pages, user pages) and core principles (Neutral Point of View, references, avoiding plagiarism and copyright violations). For the participant training, I would like to *also* bring in one South African Wikipedian as trainer, but for the judges training on the 8th, it'll be just one trainer. I can help with some training materials from the "campus ambassadors" training on the Outreach wiki, but the exact contents and order of the training is really up to you. Note that the Setswana Wikipedia is completely inactive, and so this Challenge is a good chance for it to breathe life into it. The up-side of that is that there won't be much community interference in what the participants do. ;) Please respond ASAP if you can make it. Thanks! Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Internal-l] Fwd: FW: IGF 2011 - workshop organized by UNESCO, OECD and ISOC
by Alex Wafula 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Limoke the face saver indeed :) So catching up on my mail this week...I've also been eyeing this conference for a while and no matter which angle I look at it, I just won't be able to make it! IGF is big and if you can attend it, don't miss it. I was to touch base with some guys from FOSSA (Free Open Source Software in Africa) who'll also be attending and I think it's great if wmke could share on ideas and experiences on our common grounds. Limoke, I'd be happy to share their contacts if you'll be going. Regards, Alex. On Sat Sep 17th, 2011 12:25 PM PDT Limoke Oscar wrote: >Abbas, >its ok if u got hooked.actually was somehow trying to save us wmke face coz >it seemed no one as keen to follow it up!;-), >Do how is Warsaw so far? >Cheers,

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Kutafsiri fundraiser ya 2011
by Eleri James 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

Wikimedia Foundation wataanza hivi karibuni kuomba michango ya pesa kwa ajili ya gharama za mwaka ujao. Wameweka maandishi yanayotumiwa katika kazi hiyo kule meta - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Core_messages/sw. Kama kuna mtu ambaye yuko tayari kuhariri 'Core messages' au kutafsiri 'Jimmy letter 001' nitashukuru. Kama unapata taabu isiyojibiwa haraka kule meta, jaribu kuuliza katika Wikipedia - http://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Jumuia#Kutafsiri_fundraiser_2011. Eleri James

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