Hi Grace,

A thought here, all this seems premature. Under what basis will people vote. Kwc is the main indicator here and if a voter didn't participate, his / her choice might be misinformed.

Regards,
Alex.

On Tue Jun 21st, 2011 2:08 AM PDT Grace Kariuki wrote:

>hi everyone,
>
>indeed i get lilian's point of view.but on the other hand you cannot
>just say that someone should represent us just becoz he hasnt done it
>before.we vote based on commitment,dedication and other wikimedian
>traits and thats why oscars opinion of the 4 people voting for
>themselves is wierd.
>
>i think we all know what the challenge involved,maybe the new
>wikimedians.the person to be selected will be representing the kenya
>team and therefore i fully disagree with oscar.i think every kenyan
>wikimedian should have a vote.
>
>on this basis,i took time to create a link that will lead everyone to
>the doodle that will be used to vote.i and chris(the acting judges)
>will be closing the doodle on friday at 12:00pm.(kenyan time)
>
>Am sure we can do this without complicating the issue further.we have
>to prove that we are capable of tackling such small issues becoz
>greater things await as especially once we are given a charter.
>
>All the 4 participants are great people,make your judgments wisely all
>wikimedian votes will remain confidential and we(chris and i)will
>announce the results on friday at around 2pm.
>
>if there are no objections,all the best.incase there are objections,we
>will be glad to hear them out coz we are a team.
>
>
>On 6/20/11, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> From my understanding of this thread,the SA and Botswana Challenge
>> offer was directed to the KWC participants on thus Mailing list.I
>> think the 4 of us can easily agree on the person tp represent us based
>> on the challenges and hardships we went through during the KWC.It
>> doesn't make sense to have guys who dint and perhaps dont know what
>> KWC was all about voting/vetting or deciding who among us should go.
>>
>> Plus this is going to be a teaching/sharing event and thus not fun as
>> some of us have understood it.As such the vetting/voting thing should
>> be left to the 4participants to decide among themselves after-all why
>> would you vote for something you dont/dint know about it till this
>> thread???
>>
>> P/s:
>> 1;Sam,it would be very nice for you to share your thoughts,challenges
>> and any piece of advice you got about the KWC.I know you have lots
>> that would benefit the SA and Botwsana.
>> 2:the participants should all draft about there challenges and lessons
>> from the KWC and present theme to the representative so trhat they may
>> benefit the SA/Botswana Challenges
>>
>> I will be very much willing to share my personal frustrations and
>> challenges with whoever will be going to SA
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> On 6/20/11, lilian nyarera <lireshi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi good people!!
>>> Just a point of view. I think given the list of eligibles , Sam should
>>> represent us.Just an equal opportunity base. However, if he isn't
>>> interested, vetting should then be done. My consideration idea was, Abbas
>>> and Oscar represented us at Germany, Alex is going for the WikiMania thing
>>> so Sam should stand this chance ;if only he is interested!!
>>> cheers,
>>> Lilian.
>>>
>>> On Fri Jun 17th, 2011 4:51 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I think Asaf was clear in what he said:
>>>>>
>>>>> I* think it makes sense to have one trainer from the Wikipedian
>>>>> community
>>>>> in South Africa, for familiarity with (at least some of) the languages,
>>>>> and
>>>>> another trainer from among those of you who participated in the 2009
>>>>> Swahili
>>>>> challenge, for your insight on the Challenge itself and on the process.*
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> To my understanding of the above statement, Asaf says that he wants one
>>>>> person from SA and one from Kenya.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That's correct. I'm still waiting for a response from the Wikimedia South
>>>>Africa group. In the unlikely event we can't find a volunteer there,
>>>> we'll
>>>>need two from your group. I'll keep you all posted.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Asaf
>>>>--
>>>> Asaf Bartov
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
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