Hello, everyone.
I'd like to congratulate you on your mature and efficient selection process. (It took us a lot longer in Wikimedia Israel, for instance...)
To those who wanted to go but are not going this time, remember there will be other opportunities to meet and exchange views and experiences with your international peers, in this year and in coming years: Delphine already mentioned Wikimania at Haifa (early August), which is a _great_ opportunity to meet lots of Wikimedians from around the world, without the 2-per-chapter limit. There are also some smaller, more specific events planned, such as a developer conference.
Regarding preparation for the chapters conference:
1. Be sure to prepare a *very brief* status report. No more than *three minutes*, summing up your status -- the event at Strathmore, and the school outreach project should be your focus, and just make a very quick mention of the bylaws situation at the end. This report would be delivered before all the participants, and is *key* to get your international peers interested in the work you've been doing. Following this talk, some of these peers would no doubt want to discuss your work with you, offer help, make suggestions, etc.
2. Beside the brief status report, try to come up with a couple of "big questions" you are thinking about, especially things you would like to learn from the more experienced, established chapters. Use these prepared questions to initiate conversation with the other participants, and take notes. (If you can arrange to come with at least one mobile computer, it would help you take notes and follow up links to sites mentioned during the conference -- there's wi-fi throughout. If you won't have a laptop with you, let me know and I'll try to arrange one for you.)
Most importantly: *don't be shy*! Make the most of that weekend by engaging with as many different people around you. There are a couple of natural tendencies to overcome here: one is the tendency to stick with people you already know -- this applies both to each delegation's representatives sticking to each other, and to experienced Wikimedians sticking to people they have already met in previous conferences or Wikimanias. The other is to keep talking to one or two persons you've had a good conversation with, staying in the "comfort zone", rather than looking for new contacts. So don't be shy! :)
Keep up the great teamwork, everyone! I am inspired by your progress.
Asaf
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:54 AM, lilian nyarera lireshi@yahoo.com wrote:
Hey guys! Congratulations Abbas and Oscar. We have entrusted you guys with this responsibility to represent us because we believe in you. Do your best. Regards, lilian.
On Wed Feb 2nd, 2011 1:09 AM PST Sameer Muiruri wrote:
Am sure the Abbas and Oscar are going to represent us well,
congratulations
guys. i voted but my vote was not reflected.
Again congratulations to all who voted and to those who won.
Cheers, Sameer
From: Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 10:52:58 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] THE WIKIMEDIA CHAPTERS MEETING
REPRESENTATIVES
POLL RESULTS
Hey Guys, I want to thank you for your trust and believe in me.I wont surely
dissapoint
us.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:46 AM, SAMSON MAOSA coolsam726@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello everybody As you all know, the Wikimedia Chapters Meeting will be held between 25th
and
27th March as part of the Wikimedia Conference. Wikimedia Kenya was asked to send two representatives to the meeting. We designed a poll for the interested and selected 13 founding members to
vote for
them (The polls needed people who have been active in Wikimedia Kenya
for long
enough to know all the activities of the Chapter). The potential representatives that we were looking for must meet the
following
requirements: 1. Someone who has thorough acquaintance with the activities of
Wikimedia
Kenya, ranging from the formation to the current progress and
projects...to the
future plans of the chapter. We don't want someone who'll embarrass us
there. We
should also consider someone who's good at public speaking, b'coz the
selected
representatives will present a powerpoint of what we've done before other chapters and WMF staff. 2. Considering that the period between now and 27th March is very
short, I
would prefer someone who already has a travel passport or one who is sure
to
acquire it by then. 3. Though not very necessary, we should consider gender sensitivity
(1 female
and 1 male) 4. What has the nominee done for Wikimedia Kenya? 5. Consider the availability of the chosen persons. Let's not
choose someone
who will later start giving apologies that they are committed somewhere
and
can't make it to the conference. 6. How will Wikimedia Kenya benefit by selecting <name of nominee>
to represent
us at the chapters meeting.Five persons showed interest to represent
Wikimedia
Kenya in the meeting, namely;
1. Abbas Mahmoud 2. Alex Wafula 3. David Mugo 4. Grace Kariuki 5. Oscar LimokeWith 10 out of 13 voters, the polls are concludedand closed. I
hereby release the results officially Please find attached the PDF to show the detailed results of the polls.
The
polls can also accessed In the following link: THE OFFICIAL POLL RESULTS. It is therefore my pleasure to announce that the two representatives of Wikimedia Kenya in the 2011 Chapters' meeting are
1. Abbas Mahmoud 2. Oscar LimokeThank you all for your co-operation.--
Samson Arosi Maosa, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Bsc. Electronics and Computer Engineering +254750-nine-one-seven-three-zero-five "In this world, everything has been done but suppose we try doing it in a different (better) way?" Make someone know what you already know. Join us now at Wikimedia Kenya
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-- Limoke Oscar, Wikimedian in Kenya, Freelance Academic Writer and Translator, GeoInformatics and GIScience Student, Jomo Kenyatta University. Cell:+254 717 845 316
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