WikimediaKE July 2012

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
by Abbas Mahmood 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that I am part of a working group involved in the digitization of the Kenya News Agency archives. The KNA was established in 1943, and is a photographic library that was used in the past decades by journalists to document various pre-colonial events such as the MauMau struggle. They have lots of content that are a national treasure, yet most of their photos are stored in metallic cabinets at Jogoo House, due to budgetary constraints. The KNA would therefore like to digitize its content so as to increase access and has started up a small working group to figure out the best way(s) to go about this. I'll update you guys with more info about the digitization after we have our first meeting. Regards,Abbas.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum
by Abbas Mahmood 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi all, We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools…. Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History & Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies & CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks? Thanks to Steve & Dennis on adding some articles. --Abbas.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Camera Shipped
by Victor Grigas 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi Wikimedia Kenya, The camera is shipped! I'd like to see the chapter document itself - that is to say that you guys all built your chapter from the ground up and if you can document what you are doing yourself that would be awesome. I leave it up to you guys to document what you feel inclined to document! GEAR: I am sending a backpack to David Mugo in Chicago with a Canon XA-10 Camera, attached wide-angle lens, a Rode NTG-3 Microphone, a light, 2 power adapters, power cable, 3 batteries, remote control, cd/dvd install discs, consent waivers, camera rental agreements, storyteller questions and a guide to using the camera. 2 things that might be useful for you to use/find that I *haven't included*are: headphones and a tripod. One thing to note: when the camera is zoomed out ALL THE WAY you can sometimes see the microphone in the upper right corner of the image, so I typically will zoom in *slightly*, so you don't see the microphone. The camera operates as a camcorder, and can be configured with any number of settings. I recommend keeping the settings as they are, but feel free to use it as you feel so inclined. The XA-10 has a touch screen display. The camera records onto built-in memory first, and then 2 SD cards. There is the capacity of hours and hours of footage on the camera. When you transfer the footage be sure that you have some hard drives with many 10's of GB of space to copy the data to. STORYTELLING: When I conduct an interview for storytelling, I'll set the camera on a tripod, and find a quiet place with some good lighting (so we can see the persons face) and frame the person on camera in a closeup shot. I'll keep the camera plugged into a wall, unless there is no outlet. I typically talk to people for 30 minutes to an hour, and ask people about first who they are, where they come from, and then ask about how they discovered Wikipedia and why they are involved. LAW: I just spoke with our legal department: Basically *anyone who uses the camera has to sign the rental agreement*(attached in this email) that i have also printed and included with the camera, and *anyone who is interviewed has to sign the legal release* (also attached in this email) and also printed and included with the camera. Also the camera has to be returned 6 weeks from the 25th of July. WMF USA will pay for return shipping - I don't think it would be fair to send a 'gift' that makes people pay for it. Let me know if I haven't thought of anything and I look forward to seeing what you guys produce! Victor -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikiversity Facebook App
by Kipruto Bett 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hello all, I and a group of my friends - soon to be wikipedians - are making a facebook app to spread awareness of and increase the usage of Wikiversity. The idea dawned on us that most of our online activities revolve around google search and facebook. Wikipedia is used when google search results spits out a wikipedia article relevant to a search term. The app is still rudimentary and does not have much features. Among some features we are trying to come up with are: - sharing of links to wikiversity articles - enabling comments among friends on the relevant articles - linking articles to google groups and google+ On the last point, our campus, JKUAT Juja, has implemented Google Apps for Education and therefore students have google+ profiles and have started to incorporate google groups to coordinate class work activities. I invite wikipedia kenya to look at the app on facebook and share on some features you believe the app can include. http://apps.facebook.com/283008825140649/?fb_source=timeline Best regards, Kipruto Bett -- The story of the hunt will glorify the hunter till the lion learns to speak

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[Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT: Appointment of an Interim Audit Committee
by David Mugo 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Guys, I hope you are good, I am writing this in great concern of what is happening with the chapter and finances. We are a very young chapter and we need not be where we are at this point. When we elected the board, we agreed to have an audit committee that will be there to keep check on the board's decisions in all matters including finances. The fact that WMKE is ran by the board means we need an external organ to ensure accountability and responsibility. I would hereby propose that we suggest/nominate 4 members who can handle this until we have the next meeting to either confirm the members or conduct a process to appoint these members. I would like to leave this open but also insist that it is really urgent as we decide on the current situation, its solution and action to be taken by the chapter regarding the matter. Please suggest names or volunteer and we can all come up with a final process to create membership of this committee. -- ------------- David Mugo, Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology, CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya http://mugo.me Twitter: @raidarmax

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Unfortunate Change of Plan
by Victor Grigas 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hello Wikimedia Kenya, So a week ago at Wikimania, my team's goal was to interview as many Wikipedians as possible on video, and I can't believe it but we actually did it. We recorded around 100 on-camera interviews from editors from all over the world. Now we have to begin the post-production process. (It was good to meet a few of you in person too). I regret to say that since Wikimania, AGAIN my priorities have to shift from coming to Kenya -- to editing this video. There is a lot of footage to go through and only so much time to get it done correctly if it is going to play by the fundraiser. That said, I feel I owe the Kenyan chapter some kind of a favor for all your patience. What I have is a Canon XA-10 professional camcorder<http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/professional_cam…>that I won't be using while I'm editing the Wikimania interview footage. I could loan it to the chapter for some time and let you decide how best to use it. It's a very compact, high-quality camera that is very easy to learn to use. It records on high-speed SD cards and can record for hours and hours at a time. I would be happy to help with any questions you may have about operating it or editing / manipulating footage from it. Please let me know if the chapter could use a camera like this for some time, and I will ship it immediately. I'd like to thank you for all your patience with me, I don't want to promise anything I can't deliver on - but I can say that I want to talk to all of you and hope I can be of service soon. Also if there is anything else I can do while I'm editing footage, please let me know. Victor Grigas -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 24, Issue 35
by Victor Grigas 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi Everyone - I am assembling a camera bag and will ship tomorrow to David Mugo (since he is in Chicago until Monday). Since I have a background in location sound recording, I want the chapter to record the best audio possible along with the best video possible -- therefore I will be including a delicate microphone of my own, so please be careful with it! ( I know you will ). Tomorrow i'll be writing up a list of guidelines and things -- I will keep everyone posted! Victor On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:00 AM, <wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > Send WikimediaKE mailing list submissions to > wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediake-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaKE digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Unfortunate Change of Plan (Victor Grigas) > 2. Re: Unfortunate Change of Plan (David Mugo) > 3. Sahara TV Interview - Wikimedia Kenya (David Mugo) > 4. Re: Sahara TV Interview - Wikimedia Kenya (Ann Njeri) > 5. Re: Unfortunate Change of Plan (Kipruto Bett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:30:27 -0700 > From: Victor Grigas <vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org> > To: wikimediake <WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, David Mugo > <raidarmax(a)gmail.com>, hodi(a)wikimedia.or.ke, Alex Wafula > <xelawafs(a)gmail.com>, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com>, Abbas > Mahmoud <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Unfortunate Change of Plan > Message-ID: > < > CAO4_ZTGOD6jHCZ7y1R4G4PedTvYz4k7SSpCz0gyBwTqSU21HgQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Wikimedia Kenya, > > So a week ago at Wikimania, my team's goal was to interview as many > Wikipedians as possible on video, and I can't believe it but we actually > did it. We recorded around 100 on-camera interviews from editors from all > over the world. Now we have to begin the post-production process. (It was > good to meet a few of you in person too). > > I regret to say that since Wikimania, AGAIN my priorities have to shift > from coming to Kenya -- to editing this video. There is a lot of footage to > go through and only so much time to get it done correctly if it is going to > play by the fundraiser. > > That said, I feel I owe the Kenyan chapter some kind of a favor for all > your patience. What I have is a Canon XA-10 professional > camcorder< > http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/professional_cam… > >that > I won't be using while I'm editing the Wikimania interview footage. I > could loan it to the chapter for some time and let you decide how best to > use it. It's a very compact, high-quality camera that is very easy to learn > to use. It records on high-speed SD cards and can record for hours and > hours at a time. I would be happy to help with any questions you may have > about operating it or editing / manipulating footage from it. Please let me > know if the chapter could use a camera like this for some time, and I will > ship it immediately. > > I'd like to thank you for all your patience with me, I don't want to > promise anything I can't deliver on - but I can say that I want to talk to > all of you and hope I can be of service soon. Also if there is anything > else I can do while I'm editing footage, please let me know. > > Victor Grigas > > -- > > *Victor Grigas* > Storyteller > Wikimedia Foundation > vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Schools question
by Jessie Wild 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hello everyone! I hope this email finds you well. I haven't posted here for awhile, but I've been lurking on the mailing list, and I'm always happy to read about the exciting things going on :) I had a questions for you all. I have been in correspondence with an Ethiopian (who lives now in the United States) who wants to help get Wikipedia Offline into the hands of Ethiopians, who suffer from limited and restricted Internet access. I of course pointed him in the direction of online materials, but I would love to put him in direct contact with some of you who helped with the Schools Wikipedia project. He has some ideas and questions which I think your experiences would be most useful in answering. Let me know if that's ok, and if so, who I should/could direct him to specifically. Thanks! Jessie -- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation* * * Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Sahara TV Interview - Wikimedia Kenya
by David Mugo 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Guys, I had a privilege to get on a live interview on Sahara TV based in New York, below is the interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnL5oUCyQU -- ------------- David Mugo, Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology, CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya http://mugo.me Twitter: @raidarmax

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[Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials
by Limoke Oscar 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

HI Team, IN the absence of our Chair and in the interest of the Chapter following the recent financial saga with Wikimedia Spain financials where they lost over 2500USD Chapters funds, I would like to propose an urgent Chapters meeting to do a quick audit of our financials in an open way THE treasurer should get us our Statements of expenditures and accounts as we stand for half year in order to make plans for a new bank account and to plan for upcoming projects that need urgent member approvals. Please Treasure make plans to avail the same. I PROPOSE at UoN grounds this Saturday? ps: Please come along with our per diems Via my Xperia

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