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1. Re: Bylaws final draft (Abbas Mahmood)
2. Four videos of Wikipedians (Abbas Mahmood)
3. Re: Four videos of Wikipedians (Alex Wafula)
4. Re: Bylaws final draft (Limoke Oscar)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:13:13 +0000
From: Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
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Sawa. Thursday, it is.
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:36:47 +0300
From: chriwaustin@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
Hi Abbas, This is some good work. Please give us a deadline: maybe Thursday noon, we scrutinize the document further before you submit it to chapcom. Have a great day.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
Be my guest!
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:21 +0300
From: wanjaustev@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
Abbas,
Let me go through them then I will give my opinion by tomorrow mid day. Please.
Regards
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
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On Jun 27, 2011 10:00 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oscar,
> I don't know why you aren't seeing the changes I've made -- maybe it's because I never attached the updated bylaws. Therefore, please find the revised version attached.
> Is there anything else you want changed, or shall I submit it to chapcom?
> --Abbas.
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:51:58 +0300
> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
>
>
>
> Thanks Abbas,
>
>> I am okay with the content of the bylaws.Just afew queries:
>
>> What of the Project Manager position and roles?
> Chris came up with a few suggestions and I wrote them up on page 11. Do you have any more you would like to add?
> I am on Page 11 and nothing about the Project Manager is mentioned? Plus I dont rember seeing Chris' or anyones suggesdtions other thanAlex and I about the Project manger's roles
>
>
>> And the clause that limits the spending powers of the Treasurer?or it
>> would be a silent one?
> Ofcourse not. It is under the chairperson's role on page 10. It states: "He/she shall review
> and approve expense vouchers. All payments on behalf of the Chapter shall be
> first approved by him before the payment is made by the Treasurer."
> Am at it,I however can oversee a situation where we will have an all powerful chairperson who calls all the shots.What I maent is ,what if the chair denys the expenditure yet it may be right?Shouldnt a 3rd person be involved say the secretary?or any board member?
>
>
>> Lastly,I thought we agreed to drop Chairperson to just Chair..:-)
> Oscar, I don't remember us agreeing on that. I just checked out what the word "Chair" means on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair. Do you still want us to re-title it?
>
> Thanks for the reference but I do think the contexts do point differently and yes my vote would be for the chair rather than Chairperson...but then I only have one vote.....
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 6/26/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>
>> > Hi,
>> > Please find attached the final draft of bylaws with the appropriate changes
>> > that you suggested. If it is OK with you guys, I will forward it to ChapCom.
>> > //abbas.
>
>>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:01:29 +0000
From: Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Four videos of Wikipedians
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Hi,I'm not sure whether I've ever shared these videos that were recorded at Wikimania 2010:Wikipedia: Username http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzUwXaAK2sWikipedia: Nice People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoszRJpvAP0Wikipedia: Edit Button http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25hWh1Pa44MWikipedia; Great Feeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1JN6m0FTIHope you enjoy them!//abbas.
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:28:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alex Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Four videos of Wikipedians
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Never :-(
First thing on my list today when I get good wifi.
Alex.
On Mon Jun 27th, 2011 11:01 PM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
>Hi,I'm not sure whether I've ever shared these videos that were recorded at Wikimania 2010:Wikipedia: Username http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzUwXaAK2sWikipedia: Nice People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoszRJpvAP0Wikipedia: Edit Button http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25hWh1Pa44MWikipedia; Great Feeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1JN6m0FTIHope you enjoy them!//abbas.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:19:00 +0300
From: Limoke Oscar <oslimoke@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
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Abbas,
Great work you have done.The bylaws now have my vote.You can now
submit them to ChapCom once the other guys have given there take on
the same.
Cheers and kudos for the awesome work.....
On 6/28/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sawa. Thursday, it is.
>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:36:47 +0300
> From: chriwaustin@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
>
> Hi Abbas, This is some good work. Please give us a deadline: maybe Thursday
> noon, we scrutinize the document further before you submit it to chapcom.
> Have a great day.
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Be my guest!
>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:21 +0300
> From: wanjaustev@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
>
> Abbas,
>
> Let me go through them then I will give my opinion by tomorrow mid day.
> Please.
>
> Regards
>
> stephen w. wanjau
>
> Phone: +254 771 557 857
>
> twitter:haha_wanjau
>
> B.Sc statistics and computer science.
>
> JKUAT
>
> On Jun 27, 2011 10:00 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oscar,
>> I don't know why you aren't seeing the changes I've made -- maybe it's
>> because I never attached the updated bylaws. Therefore, please find the
>> revised version attached.
>
>
>> Is there anything else you want changed, or shall I submit it to chapcom?
>> --Abbas.
>>
>> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:51:58 +0300
>> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
>
>
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Abbas,
>
>>
>>> I am okay with the content of the bylaws.Just afew queries:
>
>>
>>> What of the Project Manager position and roles?
>> Chris came up with a few suggestions and I wrote them up on page 11. Do
>> you have any more you would like to add?
>> I am on Page 11 and nothing about the Project Manager is mentioned? Plus I
>> dont rember seeing Chris' or anyones suggesdtions other thanAlex and I
>> about the Project manger's roles
>
>
>>
>>
>>> And the clause that limits the spending powers of the Treasurer?or it
>>> would be a silent one?
>> Ofcourse not. It is under the chairperson's role on page 10. It states:
>> "He/she shall review
>
>
>> and approve expense vouchers. All payments on behalf of the Chapter shall
>> be
>> first approved by him before the payment is made by the Treasurer."
>> Am at it,I however can oversee a situation where we will have an all
>> powerful chairperson who calls all the shots.What I maent is ,what if the
>> chair denys the expenditure yet it may be right?Shouldnt a 3rd person be
>> involved say the secretary?or any board member?
>
>
>>
>>
>>> Lastly,I thought we agreed to drop Chairperson to just Chair..:-)
>> Oscar, I don't remember us agreeing on that. I just checked out what the
>> word "Chair" means on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair. Do
>> you still want us to re-title it?
>
>
>>
>> Thanks for the reference but I do think the contexts do point differently
>> and yes my vote would be for the chair rather than Chairperson...but then
>> I only have one vote.....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 6/26/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> > Please find attached the final draft of bylaws with the appropriate
>>> > changes
>
>
>>> > that you suggested. If it is OK with you guys, I will forward it to
>>> > ChapCom.
>>> > //abbas.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Limoke Oscar,
>>> mayenge.blogspot.com
>
>
>>> Freelancer,
>>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>> WikimediaKE mailing list
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>
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