> 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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> Limoke Oscar,
>
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> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
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