Greetings, A couple of weeks ago, I launched a survey in order to get some feedback of what you guys were thinking of this chapter, the challenges, etc. Judging by the heated debate that arose on the mailing list when this survey was launched, participation was - not surprisingly - underwhelming and unimpressive. I will however release the results of the few that participated, since after all, they are a significant minority. Many thanks to all those who took their time to answer this survey.If you have any queries with regards to the results, I am ready to answer them.SincerelyAbbas.== The Results ==When you first joined WMKE, how did you find the environment?Hospitable: 63%Average: 13% Below average: 13%Other: 1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced". What are your expectations of WMKE?RegistrationSensitization programsOffline productsDo great stuffPromote e-learningPatnerships with government + like-minded org's.Organized leadershipPromoting education in the most appropriate form (in local languages + easily accessible medium) Are they different from what actually happens at WMKE?Yes: 13%No: 63%Other: 13%Do you find WMKE a one-man's show?Yes: 13%No: 88%Is everyone given an equal opportunity to be heard at WMKE?Yes: 88%No: 13%Do you consider WMKE to be a top-down, authoritative group, or can anyone collaborate and/or do anything at grass-root level?63% said that anyone is free to contribute/collaborate.25% said it is authoritative/top-down12% had other opinions. Some said that "it is up to how much someone is willing to contribute" while another correspondent had mixed feelings and said that "some projects require financing and therefore require approval from the top authorities". Another respondent said: " WM-KE definitely gives a lot of room for individual initiative. However, as with any organisation relying heavily on technology, access to collaboration is restricted to those with access to that technology. There isn't a lot that can be done about that. And of course, also mainly those voice their viewpoints whose personality type allows them to speak up. Again, that's a general problem for organisations how to elicit the support and contributions from those who are shy, have been hurt in the past or have other inhibitions."Do you think members should be given orientation?Yes: 100%No: 0%If yes, by whom?25% said that anyone in the chapter should do the orientation.75% said that the person who introduced the newbie should do the debrief.How do you find the communications of meetings/minutes/progress reports?38% said they were effective. 13% said they were timely. 50% said "can do better". 13% said it was poor.Are face-to-face meetups better than online discussions?Yes: 88%No: 13%If yes, how frequently should they be arranged?13% said weekly87% said monthly.Some said both weekly and monthly so that those who missed one can easily catch up another.Was everyone given a chance to give their input in the bylaws discussion?75% said yes25% said noDid you attend the Wiki10 Anniversary63% yes38% noHow was the choice of the venue?On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent), all respondents selected 4.Quality of the presentations?On the same scale, 38% of respondents rated the presentations 3, while 25% of respondents gave a rating of 4.the turnover?13% of the respondents gave rated 3, while 50% rated the turnover as 4.the food?50% of respondents rated the food with a 4, while 13% rated it with a high-score of 5.the registration desk?13% of respondents rated it 2; 38% rated it 4; while 13% rated it 5.Remarks to the organising team:keep up the spirit & dedicationWas Ting Chen's visit to Kenya good for the future of WMKE?All respondents said yes.Do you think we should invite Wikimedia Staff/Board to future events?All respondents said yes.Are such events crucial in us achieving Wikimedia's mission?All respondents said yes.Did you participate in the Wikipedia for Schools project?75% said yes25% said noHow did you find the pilot?excellent idea, well executedsuccessfulcool, interactive & educativeimpacted, i felt there was much more we can do. It was really sad when we installed the software and knew that those guys would not really use them. Some schools had very few computers and too many students.The pilot were effective since we got feedbacks that would be used for future improvements of more projects.if you undertook the pilot, how was the accommodation?25% of respondents rated it 5;25% rated it 4;13% rated it 3. (The scale of 5 being excellent and 1 being poor)if you undertook the pilot, how was food & communications allowance?on a scale of 1 being meagre and 5 being more than enough:13% of respondents rated it with 2;25% rated it 3;25% rated it 4.if you undertook the pilot, how was your team leader?on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being unsatisfactory and 5 being exemplary:13% of respondents gave a rating of 4 while 50% gave an impressive 5 rating.if you undertook the pilot, how was your team as a whole?All respondents responded "efficient".if you undertook the pilot, what was the general impact/reception as a whole when you went to the schools?on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being below average and 5 being high impact:38% of respondents gave a rating of 4 while 25% gave a rating of 5.if you undertook the pilot, did you find it necessary for a pre-visit to be taken?All respondents said yes.Did you find the budget vs spending reasonable?all respondents said yes with the exception of one respondent who doesn't remember what the budget was.Did you find the 10th Anniversary budget vs spending reasonable?All respondents said yes.If there is something that you want changed at WMKE, what is it?get registeredtake discussions seriouslymanage the mailing list: too many (junk) emailsset goals and objectiveshave a structureinclusion of more Kenyan languagesmore transparency - inclusion of financial statements on the websiteinclusion of more experienced members.== Notes ==1. In the questions pertaining Wikipedia 10 Anniversary and Wikipedia for Schools project, you may have noticed that the percentage of respondents doesn't add up to 100%. This is because not all of the respondents were there when the above projects took place, and they therefore skipped these questions. So when I say that "All the respondents said yes" it doesn't mean that all the people who participated in the survey said yes, but rather it means that the few that answered that question all said yes.2. I have put some of the responses in bullet-form. Whenever you come across bullet points, these were the variety of answers I got to the question asked.== The End ==
Hallo!
Great work Abbas. This is quite some impressive form of information and I hope it we will manage to make some useful decisions. It would be more useful if we could get some recommendations on what should be changed or improved, as per the results, for the betterment of WMKE. Once again congrats and keep up the good work. Be blessed. Sincerely, *Chris A. Riwa* Freelance Survey Researcher and Consultant Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 e-mail:
- chriwaustin@gmail.com - otieno_chris@yahoo.com
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Team, I am receiving these updates while in Cambodia, Asia on some research visits to our East Asian partners and i am a relatively new member of WMKE. I apologise if my response here below seems too lengthy (against the KISS rule) but its my critical analysis of the survey findings.
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
- new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further... - general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top' approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature. - WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should be maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community. - Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
*Conclusion*: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?. Some emails sent by members are a bit 'offensive' and maybe ones gets a feeling of the so called 'inexperience'. In addition to sensitizing especially the members on the goals and objectives of WMKE and how it relates to the larger WIKIMEDIA family.
Thanks and kind regards to you all,
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com wrote:
Hallo!
Great work Abbas. This is quite some impressive form of information and I hope it we will manage to make some useful decisions. It would be more useful if we could get some recommendations on what should be changed or improved, as per the results, for the betterment of WMKE. Once again congrats and keep up the good work. Be blessed. Sincerely, *Chris A. Riwa* Freelance Survey Researcher and Consultant Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 e-mail:
- chriwaustin@gmail.com
- otieno_chris@yahoo.com
Facebook: facebook.com/chriwaustin
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John, please find my comments below. regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300 From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future. My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas: new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further... "exciting yet inexperienced" were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth.
general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top' approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature.Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.
WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should be maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community.This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.
Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses. This is why the survey was launched in the first place :) Conclusion:A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE? Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.
Thanks Abbas. I appreciate your responses. I hope all of us can manage to attend the meeting as and when its planned.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
John,
please find my comments below.
regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300 From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
*My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
- new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which
needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further...
"exciting yet inexperienced" *were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth. *
- general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top'
approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature.
*Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.*
- WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should be
maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community.
*This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.*
- Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives
us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
*This is why the survey was launched in the first place :)*
*Conclusion*: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?
*Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.*
Oh, I forgot to answer on of your questions: it was approximately 20% of all members that undertook the survey.
When I say all, I mean all the people subscribed to the mailing list, including active and passive members, WMF staff, people from other chapters and ChapCom members.
If you meant that how many of the ACTIVE local members undertook the survey, then I guess the percentage goes much higher to around 50%.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:40:10 +0300 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: abbasjnr@hotmail.com CC: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks Abbas. I appreciate your responses. I hope all of us can manage to attend the meeting as and when its planned.
Regards, On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
John, please find my comments below.
regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300
From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further...
"exciting yet inexperienced" were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth.
general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top' approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature. Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.
WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should be maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community. This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.
Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
This is why the survey was launched in the first place :)
Conclusion: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?
Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.
Assuming the 50% of local ACTIVE members, then the survey results are worth consideration though the target should have been >75%. Maybe it got people by surprise and possibly the reason for a large number refraining. I bet we need to make a resolution to collect feedbacks and opinions regularly through whichever means.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Oh, I forgot to answer on of your questions: it was approximately 20% of all members that undertook the survey.
When I say all, I mean all the people subscribed to the mailing list, including active and passive members, WMF staff, people from other chapters and ChapCom members.
If you meant that how many of the ACTIVE local members undertook the survey, then I guess the percentage goes much higher to around 50%.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:40:10 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: abbasjnr@hotmail.com CC: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks Abbas. I appreciate your responses. I hope all of us can manage to attend the meeting as and when its planned.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
John,
please find my comments below.
regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300 From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
*My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
- new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which
needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further...
"exciting yet inexperienced" *were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth. *
- general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top'
approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature.
*Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.*
- WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should be
maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community.
*This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.*
- Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives
us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
*This is why the survey was launched in the first place :)*
*Conclusion*: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?
*Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.*
-- John N. Kinyuru, Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 723 667 432 +254 750 667 432 Email: jkinyuru@gmail.com jkinyuru@agr.jkuat.ac.ke
i'm glad to finally view the results and things look good, quite encouraging since we can never be perfect.There is always room for improvement. In my opinion i do not think we should be too worried about those who did not participate, probably most of them do not participate as much in other forums conducted in this group.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM, John Kinyuru jkinyuru@googlemail.comwrote:
Assuming the 50% of local ACTIVE members, then the survey results are worth consideration though the target should have been >75%. Maybe it got people by surprise and possibly the reason for a large number refraining. I bet we need to make a resolution to collect feedbacks and opinions regularly through whichever means.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Oh, I forgot to answer on of your questions: it was approximately 20% of all members that undertook the survey.
When I say all, I mean all the people subscribed to the mailing list, including active and passive members, WMF staff, people from other chapters and ChapCom members.
If you meant that how many of the ACTIVE local members undertook the survey, then I guess the percentage goes much higher to around 50%.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:40:10 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: abbasjnr@hotmail.com CC: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks Abbas. I appreciate your responses. I hope all of us can manage to attend the meeting as and when its planned.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
John,
please find my comments below.
regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300 From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
*My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
- new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which
needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further...
"exciting yet inexperienced" *were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth. *
- general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top'
approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature.
*Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.*
- WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should
be maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise. (Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community.
*This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.*
- Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives
us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
*This is why the survey was launched in the first place :)*
*Conclusion*: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?
*Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.*
-- John N. Kinyuru, Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 723 667 432 +254 750 667 432 Email: jkinyuru@gmail.com jkinyuru@agr.jkuat.ac.ke
-- John N. Kinyuru, Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 723 667 432 +254 750 667 432 Email: jkinyuru@gmail.com jkinyuru@agr.jkuat.ac.ke
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Kudos Abbas, for conducting such a successful survey.
On 5/4/11, Ann Njeri njeriannk@gmail.com wrote:
i'm glad to finally view the results and things look good, quite encouraging since we can never be perfect.There is always room for improvement. In my opinion i do not think we should be too worried about those who did not participate, probably most of them do not participate as much in other forums conducted in this group.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM, John Kinyuru jkinyuru@googlemail.comwrote:
Assuming the 50% of local ACTIVE members, then the survey results are worth consideration though the target should have been >75%. Maybe it got people by surprise and possibly the reason for a large number refraining. I bet we need to make a resolution to collect feedbacks and opinions regularly through whichever means.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Oh, I forgot to answer on of your questions: it was approximately 20% of all members that undertook the survey.
When I say all, I mean all the people subscribed to the mailing list, including active and passive members, WMF staff, people from other chapters and ChapCom members.
If you meant that how many of the ACTIVE local members undertook the survey, then I guess the percentage goes much higher to around 50%.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:40:10 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: abbasjnr@hotmail.com CC: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks Abbas. I appreciate your responses. I hope all of us can manage to attend the meeting as and when its planned.
Regards,
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
John,
please find my comments below.
regards abbas.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:42:32 +0300 From: jkinyuru@googlemail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey Results
I commend Abbas for the impressive results albeit form a 'minority' (theres need to know what percentage of membership participated? Should we assume that the 'majority' who dint participate was due to a dissenting opinion?). All in all, this was actually needed for the improvement of the chapter and am sure those who refrained will see no reason to do so in future.
*My assumption is based on the response I got on the mailing list as a result of launching this survey: * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2011-April/thread.html#1241
From the results, the survey seems to have covered most of the expected areas:
- new membership - expectations and need for some orientation which
needs to be emphasized as the group grows. I would particularly take note of the response on question 1- (1 respondent said that the experience was "exciting yet inexperienced"). I wish that could be expounded further...
"exciting yet inexperienced" *were the exact words of one of the respondents. I don't want to put words into this respondent's mouth, but I think it's self-explanatory -- my understanding of that statement is that WMKE is a worthwhile endeavor, yet it is still immature, and therefore there is still a lot of room for growth. *
- general administration - majorities feeling theres a 'down- top'
approach to issues and 'not a one-mans show' is a good sign though a significant group were of a contrary opinion. This need to be
discussed further to enable the group to reduce the voices even further. Its the only way to run a group of this nature.
*Actually, in my understanding, the respondents did not state that it was a "down-top" group. Rather, majority said that people can contribute from grass-root level and there is a lot of room for individual initiative. But yes, we should explore other means of voicing the shy members.*
- WKE projects - There appears to be show of success and this should
be maintained. There appears to be a general satisfaction with the facilitation of the participating members i.e. financial wise.
(Maybe there should have been a question whether the budget was too much as well!!!). I believe there are other things that the group dint have direct control of e.g. accommodation, meals etc but the members seem to have exercised their discretion on that guided by their budgets and theres no much complaint. There a general willingness to connect further to the WIKIMEDIA family by the indication of future invitations to the international community.
*This was an explanatory question, and I therefore expected respondents to give some exlpanation (if there were of a differing opinion). I disagree with the fact that the group "didn't have direct control". FYI -- The budgeting of both the Anniversary & the Pilot was open and collaborative. It was shared the link on the mailing list so that every member could contribute in the budgeting process.*
- Improvements - To me this is the most important part since it gives
us a chance to be better. Each of the participants had a reason as to why they submitted their responses.
*This is why the survey was launched in the first place :)*
*Conclusion*: A face-face meeting should be set to discuss the findings of the survey and make concrete resolutions on leadership and administration structures among other key issues raised (the structures may not be so elaborate for now, but theres need to define who does what, makes decisions on behalf of the family). Control of communications need to be discussed as well e.g. who makes an official WMKE position in case of anything? Who is the face of WMKE?
*Hence the need for a structure. And yes, a meeting should (and will) be set up.*
-- John N. Kinyuru, Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 723 667 432 +254 750 667 432 Email: jkinyuru@gmail.com jkinyuru@agr.jkuat.ac.ke
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