hi everyone,indeed good work has been done and we all acknowledge that.however not to seem pesimistic,it looks like everyone is acknowledging and only 2 0r 3 people are actually doing the work.you all know what i mean and who am refeering to.
i read my emails every day and the last 1 week,alot has happened.but one thing that is clear is that there is no order.we need to be very organised if our wikipedia for schools project is going to be a success.
1)we already have funds for the pilot from the foundation.so the money that we will be given by the ministry and other sources is to extend to other regions not included in the pilot.
2)i saw oscars budget and indeed,i appreciate his efforts but the amount he allocated was too little.
a cab cannot be that cheap and it will be needed to transport you people and the projectors,etc
*we need to know what restaurant you will be sleeping in so that abbas can give you money.
3)we should first impliment our 1st project before undertaking another one,to even look appetible even to our sponsors.
4)what we should be talking about is how to buy the laptops and the projectors.oscar you reall saved us during the launch,you and alex should meet with abbas and buy the equipment soonest possible.
5).we are all busy during the weekdays but if this is causing a delay and consequently delaying the implimentation,we can distribute the cd's to kenyatta university first.we made a promise that we would go back this time to teach the how to use the software.this will take only 1
day.it will be a great step to the start of our project.
6)i dont think people should be allowed to choose where you want to go.we should divide ourselves into 2 groups.each group with a group leader.the leader will be in charge of drafting the budget and presenting it to
abbass.it should be as detailed as possile informing us of the restautrant you will be spending,how many you are in your team,Names of the schools you will be attending and the duration you will be in that province so that we can know when we start lagging behind.
7)This being said i echo David's words.wikipedia is a voluntarily-run organisation and so people should volunteer to take up this challenging and precious leadership roles.iN MY OPINION WE NEED
1)CONTACT MANAGER -alex ia a good example of what i mean here.
2)2 I.T MANAGERS,SO THAT EACH TEAM HAS 1 MANAGER TO CONECT THE PROJECTORS AND OTHER STAFF.
3) 2 LOGISTICS MANAGERS-TO MAKE SURE THAT RESTAURANTS ARE BOOKED ON TIME.HE/SHE WILL BE GETTING THE MONEY ON TIME FROM ABBAS.,AND IN CHARGE OF PROVIDING TRANSPORT FOR THE TEAM DURING.MAKING FOOD ARRANGMENTS FOR THE TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ON TIME.
please note this is just my opinion.
At the end of the day,our project is a brilliant one but it takes commitment ,dedication and the spirit of voluntarship for it to be sustainable.
Thats suburb!!!
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:25 PM, John Adams
<adams.opiyo@gmail.com> wrote:
Great!
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Alex Wafula
<xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
Seems the launch has had quite an impact on the general public.
I've had a couple of guys asking questions and giving comments and suggestions on Wikimedia and its projects. One suggestion concerning the schools project by Mathew, who represented Kenya Data Networks at the launch is that we collect info about the schools we visit from the students and post new Wikipedia articles on this in a bid to increase local content on Wikipedia. I think this is a great idea that we should take up, talk about killing two birds with one stone.
Let me know what you guys think.
Alex.
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