As Oscar mentioned, meeting with like-minded organisations _and_ coming out with meaningful results is at the moment tricky because we are not yet a recognised and registered chapter. However, ChapCom has responded with quite a number of questions (on meta) and we're going to respond to them ASAP and hopefully get the approval soon. The organisations that we've approached in the past include TSLG Africa and the Kenya ICT Board. Sometime in the past, Stephen mentioned another organisation that we could partner with (I don't remember it's name).

For starters, we could do with an official letter from you (WMF), so that we can use it to approach these institutions and inform them of your proposed visit.

Abbas.

From: abartov@wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:47:54 -0700
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011

That's correct: the workshop is for WMKE members, focusing on one of the topics I proposed.  Apart from that, I would be happy to have a public speaking event where I would either deliver an Introduction to Wikipedia or (my preference) follow one of _you_ giving an Introduction to Wikipedia with a talk of my own focused on the global aspects of the Wikimedia movement.

I am taking your advice to skip Mombasa as it doesn't seem we have enough traction there at the moment to make the trip there worthwhile.  I am still keen to get more input from this group -- beyond a visit to the Google office, is there a meeting with some other third party that we can arrange where I could be of service to WMKE?

Thanks,

   A.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I wanted to reply/comment on this on http://wikimedia.or.ke/Visit_of_Asaf_Bartov_from_the_Wikimedia_Foundation, but before I do so, I'd like to get some clarifications:

Under the workshop title, Alex included a number of institutions. Are these workshops going to be held in all these institutions? AFAIK, the workshop is meant primarily for us (members of WMKE). I think that the venue title fits more appropriately under "public speaking" where Asaf will visit some institutions and give talks to the broader audience. 

Secondly, please sign after commenting to avoid confusion. (This is slightly off-topic, but someone also commented on the bylaws discussion page without signing and I'm not sure whether it comes from ChapCom or a WMKE member.)

Abbas.

> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:18:17 +0300
> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org

> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>
> Hi Asaf,
> Let me make my personal suggestions and input regarding your visit to Kenya:
> > 1. public speaking opportunities
> The ihub (www.co.ke) is a good open space for such a talk.Its the open
> space for techies and developers.Problem is such a talk would have to
> be scheduled between 1800hrs and upwards since you will be around on
> working days. Ting had a talk there too while he was around and its
> the main venue where we hold our meet-ups.
>
> > 2. meetings I could have to open door for and help WMKE
> As at the moment,we are caught(my opinion) in a tough corner due to
> the legal aspects.Most organizations and even Government
> Bodies(ICT,TSLG,MoE) are keen to explore ties.We had a talk with
> Google EA while Ting was around and they were very interested in
> helpiing us get off the ground.They even told us to present "numbers
> and figures" and they would be glad and ready to support us.Problem is
> we are not a legal entity and as such we decided to push to sort with
> Chap-Com and then register as a legal entity.I believe once we are
> one,such a meetup would be most appropriate.(I hope we will be one at
> the Wikimania though...:-) )
>
> However I would suggest we visit Google Offices in Nairobi.This should
> show our interest and the Foundation Commitment and appreciation in
> extending ties between WMKE and Google EA.
> Since we would be still organizing the Wikipedia Takes Nairobi,a
> meeting with the ICT board could also foster our existing ties.From
> what Alex informed me,we are still in search for a sponsor for the
> same and we haven't yet found one.Perhaps this meeting could help
> proove how "serious" the foundation is attaching to the WTN and maybe
> a sponsor would come out..:-)
>
> We also visited KU (www.ku.ac.ke) with Ting and we had a greta and
> fruitful discussions with the Top Management of the Universities about
> future areas of collaboration in advancing our aims.We were supposed
> to get back to them and deliver an Outreach sort of talk to there
> students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects.I would suggest we pay
> a visit to them too.This would be tow-fold:
>
> We would re-pay the "debt" we owe them and we would also explore and
> discuss on what and how WMKE and KU can collaborate to advance their
> agendas and the common objective of "making knowledge universally
> available"
>
> > 3. preferred topic of workshop for WMKE members
> I would personally Vouch for :Motivating Volunteers: how to attract,
> care for, feed, and keep volunteers; how to handle crises
> We have had our own fair share of crisis about volunteer management
> and this talk to all the WMKE would really come in handy...:-)
>
>
>
>
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