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[Wikimedia Kenya] WTN Venue
by Alex Wafula 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

I decided to put up different threads for WTN since the mails seem to be too long, well at-least for me. So Venue for awards ceremony, I'm also not for Strath, I haven't been to the Bomb blast site park so I cant comment there, Oscar, can you find out more about getting the park for this...? Any more suggestions are welcome.... Alex.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] KUPUUZWA
by ronald kemoi 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

The idea of using email address with WMKE Identity is a good one Steve. On Oct 3, 2011 12:30 PM, "Chris Riwa" <chriwaustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi, that is a great observation you made there and I would strongly recommend we treat this matter with great caution not to burn any bridges. The e-mail address thing is is also brilliant so as to show the/ identify us with WMKE. I support the idea of us doing our projects "alone" as suggested but lets maintain the rapport we have for future collaboration purposes. Regards -- *Chris A. Riwa* Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850 *e-mail: - *chriwaustin(a)gmail.com* - *otieno_chris(a)yahoo.com* - *chriwaustin(a)facebook.com* Facebook: *facebook.com/chriwaustin* _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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[Wikimedia Kenya] WTN prices
by Alex Wafula 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Moving on to awards for winners of the photo competition.... Nice suggestion by Jon to go with data bundles from safaricom though I think the best would be modems wich come with a week's unlimited browsing. Phones sound great and this being a photo competition, I'd also suggest we put up prizes that photographers can relate to ps: not cameras, photo gadgets seem more unique Numner of teams to award: 15 participants in the following criteria or something similar: Number of pics submitted, quality, uniqueness: * winner * 1st - 11th runners up People's choice award - a pic that got most votes from the public: * winner * 1st runner up * 2nd runner up Judges's choice award - a pic that got most votes from the judges: * winner * 1st runner up * 2nd runner up Alex

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[Wikimedia Kenya] KUPUUZWA
by stephen wanjau 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hamjambo, Kwa miezi michache iliyopita, tumekuwa na ugumu wa majadiliano/mawasiliano kati yetu na washirika wenye malengo sawa na yetu kama vile google, ICT board. Tumekuwa tukiwatumia barua pepe ili tushirikiane katika miradi mbalimbali ya kimaendeleo ilhali wanatuchukua kana kwamba tuna mchezo. Sijui ni kwa sababu sisi ni wanafunzi, vijana ama kwa sababu zingine ambazo wao wenyewe wanazilelewa vyema zaidi. * Ningeonelea kwamba, panapo wezekana tufanye miradi yetu bila ya hata kuwajulisha ila tu waone ama waskie miradi hii katika magazeti na kusikiza maredio.. * Kuwahusisha imedhihirisha kwamba wamekuwa mizigo badala ya usaidizi kama tulivyo taraji. * Mbona Google wanarudisha majibu ya barua pepe mara tu mwakilishi wa wakfa wa Wikimedia anapowatumia barua pepe kama vile Asaf?? Ilhali hawafanyi hivyo wakati mwanachama wa WMKE anapojaribu kuwasiliana nao. Kutoka sasa naonelea tufanye miradi yetu kivyetu na bila shaka tutafaulu kama tulivyo fanya katika kumbukumbu ya Wikipedia 10 na mradi wa Wikipedia for Schools Kwa hayo mafupi naonelea tufungue anwani za barua pepe zinazoishia na wikimedia.or.ke tujaribu kuona vile washirika hawa watatuchukulia. Mimi wenu, Wathika Wanjau iwanjau.blogpost.com @uwanja www.facebook.com/swanjau

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Upcoming ZAWA project
by Abbas Mahmood 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Hi all, [posting an FYI] Over the past couple of months, Steve and I have been in discussion with ZAWA (an NGO that carries out development projects in Zanzibar) in carrying out an offline Wikipedia project in Zanzibar, possibly in mid-October. They were really excited about the project and wanted to carry the project out in Zanzibar. So, the project to be carried out will be similar to what we did here in Kenya: a pre-visit will be done by a ZAWA official, and Steve and I shall mentor and show the local volunteer team (that was recruited by ZAWA) on how to undertake the project. All expenses, planning, logistical support will be the sole responsibility of ZAWA. That being said, this project is not a Wikimedia Foundation or Wikimedia Kenya initiative. We had initially inquired whether there'd be room for more volunteers from Kenya who might be willing to join us but ZAWA declined due to:1. Limited resources; and2. We are not going there as the primary carriers of the project but as mentors. Therefore, we are playing a secondary role whose increment does not warrant an additional expense. Sincerely, Abbas Mahmood, Learners' Voice 2011 Member: World Innovation Summit for Education http://www.wise-qatar.org

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Upcoming ZAWA project
by Alex Wafula 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Sounds great; this is in line with what Asaf had earlier suggested ie wmke and the Foundation in general taking care of improving Wikipedia for Schools (ie making sure it works, fixing bugs and improving the content) and leaving the distribution to institutions such as ZAWA. However I think this false squarely on wmke's and Kiwix's interest and feedback from challenges and successes of the distribution should be of help. Alex On Sat Oct 1st, 2011 8:28 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote: > >Hi all, >[posting an FYI] >Over the past couple of months, Steve and I have been in discussion with ZAWA (an NGO that carries out development projects in Zanzibar) in carrying out an offline Wikipedia project in Zanzibar, possibly in mid-October. They were really excited about the project and wanted to carry the project out in Zanzibar. So, the project to be carried out will be similar to what we did here in Kenya: a pre-visit will be done by a ZAWA official, and Steve and I shall mentor and show the local volunteer team (that was recruited by ZAWA) on how to undertake the project. All expenses, planning, logistical support will be the sole responsibility of ZAWA. That being said, this project is not a Wikimedia Foundation or Wikimedia Kenya initiative. >We had initially inquired whether there'd be room for more volunteers from Kenya who might be willing to join us but ZAWA declined due to:1. Limited resources; and2. We are not going there as the primary carriers of the project but as mentors. Therefore, we are playing a secondary role whose increment does not warrant an additional expense. >Sincerely, >Abbas Mahmood, >Learners' Voice 2011 Member: World Innovation Summit for Education >http://www.wise-qatar.org

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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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