Hi guys, So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip;
The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which is 24th. (This Coming Saturday).
The long-established attendees so far are:
1. Stephen W. Wanjau. 2. Abbas Mahmoud.
Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list.
==our activities there==
•We shall involve the students in Editing both the Swahili and English Wikipedia. To start us off we shall write about the recent Zanzibar ferry tragedy which is at present pigeon-holed WP: RA under Swahili.
•We shall also elucidate to the students how to upload photos and other resources to the numerous Wikimedia projects and generally how they can get involved in Wikimedia Projects.
•How the campus can help Wikimedia Kenya to distribute copies of the offline Wikipedia, maybe as an extra-curricular activity.
(FEEL without obstruction to add onto this list of events that shall make the day a success)
==Transport and Food==
As decided in the course of our last meet up at Strathmore University, we established it wise that all the participants to Kabarak University shall cater for their own transport and food to and from Nakuru and a rough estimate of this figure was projected to around KES 2200 per head. These sums shall be reimbursed as soon as we get the start-up grant which is still being drafted before being presented to The Grants Board.
In case of any more information on this topic feel permitted to ask.
If it shall be your first time to Nakuru, you can catch me on +254 722 238 165.
==Departure==
Preferably, I would suggest we leave as a team from Nairobi probably in the afternoon of Friday.
Yours, Stephen.
This is really exciting and a great initiative; best of luck!
Also, if the students are particularly interested in Wikipedia and continued involvement in the project, you might want to consider encouraging them to form a "*student club"* to promote further organization and editing of Wikipedia on the campus! more information can be found on the Outreach wiki:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Student_Organizations
All the best - Jessie
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:37 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:
Hi guys, So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip;
The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which is 24th. (This Coming Saturday).
The long-established attendees so far are:
- Stephen W. Wanjau.
- Abbas Mahmoud.
Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list.
==our activities there==
•We shall involve the students in Editing both the Swahili and English Wikipedia. To start us off we shall write about the recent Zanzibar ferry tragedy which is at present pigeon-holed WP: RA under Swahili.
•We shall also elucidate to the students how to upload photos and other resources to the numerous Wikimedia projects and generally how they can get involved in Wikimedia Projects.
•How the campus can help Wikimedia Kenya to distribute copies of the offline Wikipedia, maybe as an extra-curricular activity.
(FEEL without obstruction to add onto this list of events that shall make the day a success)
==Transport and Food==
As decided in the course of our last meet up at Strathmore University, we established it wise that all the participants to Kabarak University shall cater for their own transport and food to and from Nakuru and a rough estimate of this figure was projected to around KES 2200 per head. These sums shall be reimbursed as soon as we get the start-up grant which is still being drafted before being presented to The Grants Board.
In case of any more information on this topic feel permitted to ask.
If it shall be your first time to Nakuru, you can catch me on +254 722 238 165.
==Departure==
Preferably, I would suggest we leave as a team from Nairobi probably in the afternoon of Friday.
Yours, Stephen.
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Thank you Jessie for your input. +1
Truly, Steve.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
This is really exciting and a great initiative; best of luck!
Also, if the students are particularly interested in Wikipedia and continued involvement in the project, you might want to consider encouraging them to form a "*student club"* to promote further organization and editing of Wikipedia on the campus! more information can be found on the Outreach wiki: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Student_Organizations
All the best - Jessie
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:37 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:
Hi guys, So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip;
The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which is 24th. (This Coming Saturday).
The long-established attendees so far are:
- Stephen W. Wanjau.
- Abbas Mahmoud.
Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list.
==our activities there==
•We shall involve the students in Editing both the Swahili and English Wikipedia. To start us off we shall write about the recent Zanzibar ferry tragedy which is at present pigeon-holed WP: RA under Swahili.
•We shall also elucidate to the students how to upload photos and other resources to the numerous Wikimedia projects and generally how they can get involved in Wikimedia Projects.
•How the campus can help Wikimedia Kenya to distribute copies of the offline Wikipedia, maybe as an extra-curricular activity.
(FEEL without obstruction to add onto this list of events that shall make the day a success)
==Transport and Food==
As decided in the course of our last meet up at Strathmore University, we established it wise that all the participants to Kabarak University shall cater for their own transport and food to and from Nakuru and a rough estimate of this figure was projected to around KES 2200 per head. These sums shall be reimbursed as soon as we get the start-up grant which is still being drafted before being presented to The Grants Board.
In case of any more information on this topic feel permitted to ask.
If it shall be your first time to Nakuru, you can catch me on +254 722 238 165.
==Departure==
Preferably, I would suggest we leave as a team from Nairobi probably in the afternoon of Friday.
Yours, Stephen.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
-- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:37:10 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University> ==our activities there==
•We shall involve the students in Editing both the Swahili and English Wikipedia. To start us off we shall write about the recent Zanzibar ferry tragedy which is at present pigeon-holed WP: RA under Swahili.
•We shall also elucidate to the students how to upload photos and other resources to the numerous Wikimedia projects and generally how they can get involved in Wikimedia Projects.
•How the campus can help Wikimedia Kenya to distribute copies of the offline Wikipedia, maybe as an extra-curricular activity.
(FEEL without obstruction to add onto this list of events that shall make the day a success)
Steve, I think that showing the students how to edit and contribute to Commons will be difficult since we'll need a decent internet connection to successfully do that. I'm not sure what is expected from us, but I thought that I was supposed to make a presentation on Wikipedia and show them some of the projects that they can join (such as Wiki takes Nairobi, students clubs and campus ambassadors).
Abbas Mahmood, Learners' Voice 2011 Member: World Innovation Summit for Education http://www.wise-qatar.org
Abbas,
Yes you shall give the talk and later we shall proceed to our booth where we can show them how to edit and the other projects as you clearly stated.
AFAIK, we ought to get a decent wifi connection considering the status of the university though this cannot be overlooked imma carry my modem with me just in case so that we are sure of at least one connection to the rest of the world.
Truly, Steve.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:37 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:
Hi guys, So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip;
The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the 23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which is 24th. (This Coming Saturday).
The long-established attendees so far are:
- Stephen W. Wanjau.
- Abbas Mahmoud.
Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list.
Thank you for the detailed status update, Stephen!
I would like to encourage one or two additional folks to join this (you will be reimbursed for travel[1]), _in particular_ those of you who have never attended a public talk about Wikipedia before. In general, it is a good idea for WMKE to always try to include new and less-experienced members in all activities, in order to provide "safe" (i.e. passive) learning opportunities to build confidence and to effectively share knowledge and experience.
Cheers,
Asaf
[1] If there's a problem paying the costs and waiting for the start-up grant to get reimbursed, we can _advance_ you money right now (i.e. in a couple of days). This wire transfer would of course be to one of you individually, as you don't yet have a registered NGO and bank account. Let me know if this is the case. (though it's certainly simpler to include it in one big transfer when the startup grant is ready.)
Wire transfers usually take around 5 working days to be processed, so it may be a little too late for that.
Abbas Mahmood, Learners' Voice 2011 Member: World Innovation Summit for Education http://www.wise-qatar.org
From: abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:11:01 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:37 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.com wrote:
Hi guys,
So to give a status update on the Kabarak trip;
The partakers shall be leaving for Nakuru from Nairobi on Friday the
23rd September 2011. The real occasion shall be the day after, which
is 24th. (This Coming Saturday).
The long-established attendees so far are:
1. Stephen W. Wanjau.
2. Abbas Mahmoud.
Any other interested attendees should feel free to indicate their
availability for this outreach mission on this mailing list. Thank you for the detailed status update, Stephen! I would like to encourage one or two additional folks to join this (you will be reimbursed for travel[1]), _in particular_ those of you who have never attended a public talk about Wikipedia before. In general, it is a good idea for WMKE to always try to include new and less-experienced members in all activities, in order to provide "safe" (i.e. passive) learning opportunities to build confidence and to effectively share knowledge and experience.
Cheers, Asaf [1] If there's a problem paying the costs and waiting for the start-up grant to get reimbursed, we can _advance_ you money right now (i.e. in a couple of days). This wire transfer would of course be to one of you individually, as you don't yet have a registered NGO and bank account. Let me know if this is the case. (though it's certainly simpler to include it in one big transfer when the startup grant is ready.)
wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org