> From: info@oliverstegen.net
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:23:22 +0300
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014: Officialbid list
>
> +1
>
> Any meetings of our group on the horizon? Either RL or virtual/online?
>
> With continued hope and best wishes for Wikimedia in East Africa,
> BT
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Samuel Klein [mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 18 March 2013 20:57
> > To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014:
> > Officialbid list
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't think it's a shame, and shouldn't be a pain: organizing a bid is
> > a
> > > lot of work, but is almost purely on-wiki, and can be done by one or two
> > >
> > > Anyhow, we should all be happy for our Tanzanian colleagues for having
> > found
> > > the initiative and energy to do this. It's not a competition. :)
> >
> > Yes. You might even try working with them to organize a shared
> > regional event, if their bid for Wikimania itself doesn't work out.
> > They clearly have a lot of energy for bringing people and speakers
> > together around Wikimedia topics.
> >
> > > Like I said in my more formal letter, you must not look upon the
> > expiration
> > > of the provisional recognition as a blow or as a failure -- it was
> > merely a
> > > deadline expiring, for a formal process that doesn't actually matter as
> > much
> > > as it used to, because we now have these new affiliation models, which
> > would
> > > have been more suitable in the first place, had they existed at the
> > time.
> >
> > Yes. And once you have some projects underway, if they start to grow,
> > you may always reapply to become a Chapter.
> >
> > SJ
> >
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