Greetings, I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document: it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.I particularly need your input in:Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws, Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings?Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.The duties of the project manager. Looking forward to getting your feedback. Cheers,Abbas. ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to the Chapters Committee for approval.
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members. Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there. 3. The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board members only or a mix of both? --Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are enough for the quorum.
As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members. Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
I particularly need your input in:
Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws, Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there. The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to the Chapters Committee for approval. _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list
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Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members. Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there. 3. The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to the Chapters Committee for approval.
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hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA' I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers stephen w. wanjau Phone: +254 771 557 857 twitter:haha_wanjau B.Sc statistics and computer science. JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com
wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to
make
a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people
are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be
given
chances to be proxies, only members. Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com
wrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to
get
a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I
have
the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know.
If
you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule
a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there. 3. The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it
to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting * I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
* Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Steve,
What appeal are you talking about? What registration takes one year?
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
- I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
- Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
- I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
- Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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The appeal am talking about is under membership clause 4 where an applicant is given a chance to question in the next AGM why they were denied membership after applying for the same.
Regards,
On 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
- I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
- Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these
bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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This is a great step and am glad we have got this far.
David.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:22 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.com wrote:
The appeal am talking about is under membership clause 4 where an applicant is given a chance to question in the next AGM why they were denied membership after applying for the same.
Regards,
On 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
- I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
- Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of
Association
(Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended
any
meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or
board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier
to
make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not
be
given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay.
I
have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free
to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let
me
know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these
bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to
resubmit
it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Oh, OK. I haven't read the whole document myself, so I'll check it out later on. Do you think we should create a meta page where all the corrections and additions could be noted down; rather than me scrutinizing this thread for everyone's comments. --Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 07:22:17 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
The appeal am talking about is under membership clause 4 where an applicant is given a chance to question in the next AGM why they were denied membership after applying for the same.
Regards,
On 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hello wikimedians, My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered. One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is very 'Heavy'. BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership?? Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum. Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our members which ever is lower. ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
- I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
- Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks, Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Ann,
I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people who've subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
members only or a mix of both?
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
Hi, i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to make a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people are
enough for the quorum. As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be given chances to be proxies, only members.
Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the duties our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
entrusted among other duties.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Greetings,
I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document:
- it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a
meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.
- I particularly need your input in:
- Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these
bylaws,
Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings? 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
- The duties of the project manager.
Looking forward to getting your feedback.
Cheers, Abbas.
ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to
the Chapters Committee for approval.
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Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
Oscar, Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest. But briefly: I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us. So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project. In what ways is your club willing to assist us? --Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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we are willing to be part of the team to spread the wiki gospel and even customising the Wiki to local version if need be coz we have enough expertise at our disposal
--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS To: "Wikimedia Kenya" wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:25 AM
Oscar, Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest. But briefly: I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us. So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project. In what ways is your club willing to assist us? --Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark. In peace,Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:04:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
we are willing to be part of the team to spread the wiki gospel and even customising the Wiki to local version if need be coz we have enough expertise at our disposal
--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS To: "Wikimedia Kenya" wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:25 AM
Oscar, Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest. But briefly: I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us. So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project. In what ways is your club willing to assist us? --Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark.
Also, for the list of articles that are currently in the collections see:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools
good work ! from my view organic chemistry is covered impressively ,still doing some background check on electronic physics ,pnp ,npn junction semi conductors ,transistors ,thyristors n stuff , a number of articles on say some high profile historical personalities say pple Dedan Kimathi ,the Kapenguria six... i am combining a list of CRE topics my reff being KIE will share shortly . rgds.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark.
Also, for the list of articles that are currently in the collections see:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools
-- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation
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This is excellent! However, I'm sure the WPFS edition _does_ include the articles on the Second World War, United Nations, etc. -- perhaps it's a matter of naming, i.e. redirects etc.? If so, those articles should be excluded from the Kenyan Topics page.
Asaf
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark.
In peace, Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:04:11 -0700
From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
we are willing to be part of the team to spread the wiki gospel and even customising the Wiki to local version if need be coz we have enough expertise at our disposal
--- On *Wed, 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com* wrote:
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS To: "Wikimedia Kenya" wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:25 AM
Oscar,
Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest.
But briefly:
I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us.
So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project.
In what ways is your club willing to assist us?
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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Hi,
In my quest to populate the meta for WFS Kenyan edition I noted that it would be appear a bit more organised if we added a category column so that each added topic falls under a certain category.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers Steve
On 6/16/11, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
This is excellent! However, I'm sure the WPFS edition _does_ include the articles on the Second World War, United Nations, etc. -- perhaps it's a matter of naming, i.e. redirects etc.? If so, those articles should be excluded from the Kenyan Topics page.
Asaf
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark.
In peace, Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:04:11 -0700
From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
we are willing to be part of the team to spread the wiki gospel and even customising the Wiki to local version if need be coz we have enough expertise at our disposal
--- On *Wed, 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com* wrote:
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS To: "Wikimedia Kenya" wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:25 AM
Oscar,
Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest.
But briefly:
I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us.
So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project.
In what ways is your club willing to assist us?
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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Just a reminder that there's a 250 limit -- so when you're adding more articles, keep that in mind. Abbas.
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:38:21 +0300 From: wanjaustev@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hi,
In my quest to populate the meta for WFS Kenyan edition I noted that it would be appear a bit more organised if we added a category column so that each added topic falls under a certain category.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers Steve
On 6/16/11, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
This is excellent! However, I'm sure the WPFS edition _does_ include the articles on the Second World War, United Nations, etc. -- perhaps it's a matter of naming, i.e. redirects etc.? If so, those articles should be excluded from the Kenyan Topics page.
Asaf
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Well, for starters, here's the list that I managed to compile that contains some articles that are examinable in KCSE: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... You will notice that some subjects are still missing such as Agriculture, CRE, etc. In case you can get your hands on the Kenyan curriculum, please do add those topics. And, we are restricted to 250 articles -- so please constrain the articles to the 250 benchmark.
In peace, Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:04:11 -0700
From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
we are willing to be part of the team to spread the wiki gospel and even customising the Wiki to local version if need be coz we have enough expertise at our disposal
--- On *Wed, 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com* wrote:
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS To: "Wikimedia Kenya" wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:25 AM
Oscar,
Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest.
But briefly:
I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us.
So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project.
In what ways is your club willing to assist us?
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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Hi Guys, Now its glad to see you back on the list. Thanks so much Abbasjnr for the efforts you are putting to this worthy project. I am now in town and am ready to assist where I can
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:25, Abbas Mahmood <@hotmail.com> wrote:
Oscar,
Thanks for showing your interest in the Wikipedia for Schools project. I recently asked the team leaders to send me the reports so that I can compile a report of the whole project, so expect a financial report & an ordinary report by next week, latest.
But briefly:
I've attached a doc that describes what the WfS project is all about. We successfully implemented it in Mombasa, Nyeri & Kakamega and what we learnt is that we require a more localized version of the offline wikipedia, as opposed to the one we were using that was based on the British curriculum. I am currently liaising with the Foundation to create us a custom-made version that will suit us.
So if we get the funds and the above-mentioned offline wikipedia, we'll be able to resume with the project.
In what ways is your club willing to assist us?
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:11:11 -0700 From: oscar_okwero@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WIKIMEDIA FOR SCHOOLS
Hie guyz hope doing ok, we are great. Could you guyz update me on how far the wikipedia for schools has gone since our IT club is intrested in being partners in this noble project.
Regards Oscar Okwero SUTSA- Strathmore Univ.
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