Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011

26 Jul 2011


      Hey,
iHub has agreed to let us hold a session with Asaf.
Abbas.
From: abartov@wikimedia.org
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:14:35 -0700
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
I land in Nairobi late on the night between the 14th and 15th, around 1:30am.  This means that the first meeting can take place on the morning of the 15th.
   A.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
I just noticed the 14th - 18th dates though last time I spoke with Asaf, he mentioned that he'll be available for 4 days; maybe he can clarify this.
-Alex
On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 9:50 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
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I don't know which letter you are using, but I've attached the appropriate one, just incase.
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Yes, we are full. But of ideas, not confirmations. As far as I know, we only have Strath & Google confirmed. I second your idea about our meetup. I was at iHub today and Tosh told me that iHub will be really busy during mid-August.
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Asaf will be here for 5 days: from 14th to 18th.
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Alex raised a good point regarding Egerton costing us a full day, which will be kinda difficult to squeeze. I think we hould put it on hold until end of next week and if we wouldn't have gotten any confirmations from local universities; then we can take that into consideration.
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//abbas.
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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:36:00 +0300
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From: oslimoke@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
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Alex,
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Nice thought,I think we are full.Plus we need a session with Asaf as
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We could slot that as an informal get together and chat with Asaf on a
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relaxed set up..preferably an evening...just a wild suggestion:-)
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Otherwise nice job guys,cheers for the good work
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On 7/22/11, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
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So just keeping track so far. Asaf will be in Kenya for 4 days one of which
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he'll be in Mombasa so when planning for Nairobi and Nakuru, we should take
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into account that we have 3 days.
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So far, we are looking: Strathmore, UoN, Nairobits, Egerton, Daystar, USIU,
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government institutions and Google.
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Egerton may take an entire day so if all these institution will confirm,
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then I think we are full...!
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Alex.
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On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 9:04 AM PDT stephen wanjau wrote:
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I will talk to the Egerton contact and I will keep you posted on the
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On Jul 22, 2011 7:01 PM, "stephen wanjau" wanjaustev@gmail.com wrote:
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Ok, I have the two letters that you forwarded, unless there are others.
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I will go ahead to contact the guy at Egerton.
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As for USIU and Daystar, I do not have any contacts that we could use but
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somebody is available, paying these campuses a pre-visit to have meeting
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permits and appointments from the respective dean of students sounds
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better.
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It's to our advantage that the two campuses ,USIU and Daystar are all
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located within NBO.
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Cheers
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On Jul 22, 2011 6:51 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
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Stephen,
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I think you should go ahead and contact Egerton. Since most Universities
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will either be closed or doing exams, we don't have a choice but follow
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on the few that are willing to host us. Do you need the letter, or do you
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have it already? And do you have any USIU contacts? Or Daystar?
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ThanksAbbas.
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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:48 +0300
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From: wanjaustev@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
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Hello guys,
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Incase time and resources allow,There is a contact at Egerton
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( Alex, remember the guys who organized the Mozilla talk?).I had a chat
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their Computer Students club chairman and he was willing we give them a
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Infact he told me the talk can be conducted at the town campus in Nakuru
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town. If that's ok please let me know so that I can furnish him with the
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relevant material (letters,posters e.t.c.) and more information.
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Cheers
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On Jul 22, 2011 6:02 PM, "Alex Wafula" xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
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> Hey Abbas,
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> I've already got intouch with someone from UoN and I'm waiting for an
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official confirmation from them.
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faster.
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> On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 7:36 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
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>>Thanks Oscar for notifying us.
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>>Does anyone have contacts at USIU? We could approach them as well.
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>>Also, Alex, have you contacted UoN? I have a contact there that might
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>>BTW, I have an official introduction letter from Wikimedia, so in case
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any one of you needs it to approach various institutions, please do
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me and i will forward the letter to you beforehand.
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>>Abbas.
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>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:47:26 +0300
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>>> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
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>>> Hi Guys,
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>>> I have just requested the Director of e-learning JKUAT to allow us a
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>>> visit when Asaf is around.However we are starting our exams around
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>>> I would be finishing my exams on 15th and so I hope to join all of
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>>> you
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>>> guys thereafter.So if you see me quite,I am buried in my books"-)
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>>> On 7/19/11, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
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>>> > Asaf,
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>>> >> The iHub sounds great, and a post-1800 time for public speaking is
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>>> >> problem for me! Can WMKE set it up? If there's a fee to use the
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