I don't know how to process all these, but in the midst of my sorrow let me say congrats and thanks to everyone who created time and effort towards the event. i believe the event increased awareness of the Wikimedia Foundation and its activities amongst the attendants. I would strongly suggest that we conduct an online follow-up to the attendants to gather feedback about the event. We should encourage those who attended to create accounts with Wikimedia Kenya so that they get involved to its activities more. Once again, I deeply regret missing the event, but the circumstances were unavoidable.
On 1/14/11, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
And that's not all,the mention of the Launch and our project just landed me a job...:-),Thanks guys.
BTW,Abbas,I'd like to undertake the pre-visit before February before i start my Internship.Kindly advice.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Abbas Mahmoud abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
And the cake was delicious:-)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:49:54 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: oliver_stegen@sil.org; wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Program
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Ann Njeri njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
yep, it was awesome, a great start to a bright future
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.orgwrote:
I support every word of Sameer’s summary. Thanks for everything and to all!
Oliver (aka Baba Tabita)
*From:* wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Sameer Muiruri *Sent:* 13 January 2011 20:32
*To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Program
i hereby thank all my team members of holding the first ever Wikipedia anniversary to be held in Africa. Despite some mishaps here and there, the event turned out to be a success. It was a brilliant opportunity for us to answer the very many questions that were in the attendants' minds regarding Wikipedia. We were glad to host the keynote guest, Mr. Ting Chen as well as Jon Harald Soby from Wikimedia Norway. The dinner was great, the Wikimedia merchandise was awesome and the discussions were terrific.
I surely hope that this will be the start of many more Wiki events in Africa as this forum has proven to be an interactive and informative session.
Thanks once again to the Wikimedia Kenya team who organised this event and to the Foundation that supported us.
I'm sure that this is just a tip of the iceberg, and a more detailed report of this whole week's happenings will be posted soon.
Cheers,
Sameer
*From:* Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com *To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. < wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> *Sent:* Thu, January 13, 2011 12:14:38 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Program
Sounds great! Have a wonderful event, and I wish I could be there. :)
Asaf
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Abbas Mahmoud abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm really sorry to send you guys today's program at such short notice:
Wikipedia 10: Nairobi program:
2.30pm -- Registration
3.00pm -- Opening Remarks (Paul Ochieng)
3.15pm -- Wikipedia in class & HP project (Dr. Joe Sevilla)
3.45pm -- Wikipedia: The People's Encyclopedia (Grace Kariuki)
4.15pm -- Keynote Speech (Ting Chen)
5.15pm -- Wikipedia Schools Project (David Mugo)
5.45pm -- Vote of thanks
6.00pm -- Dinner
The Master of Ceremony will be Oliver Stegen.
Feel free to contact me:
Abbas Mahmood
Tel: +254722215101
Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com
Skype: abbasjnr
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