Sorry I hadn't finished.
As I was saying I feel that we've been focusing on the company invites we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think.
Abbas, the activities you've outlined for Mr. Ting to participate in are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya.
Cheers! Alex!
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 10:30 AM PST Alexander Wafula wrote:
Hi Abbas,
In my previous post, I was actually inquring about inviting potential Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party.
Mr. Ting's visit to Kenya as you said will generate lots of publicity hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 4:07 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
- During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com Skype: Abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
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Your totally right, Alex. I've been focussing so much on corporates because these people require invites sent way in advance. I had stated that we'll also invite students + teachers as well in an earlier email. I believe that after Mr. Ting gives talks @ Uni's, students could also be informed about the anniversary. The problem with randomly inviting a crowd of students poses a threat of gatecrushing -- which brings me to the question: how many guests are we aiming at?
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:49:07 -0800 From: xelawafs@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates
Sorry I hadn't finished.
As I was saying I feel that we've been focusing on the company invites we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think.
Abbas, the activities you've outlined for Mr. Ting to participate in are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya.
Cheers! Alex!
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 10:30 AM PST Alexander Wafula wrote:
Hi Abbas,
In my previous post, I was actually inquring about inviting potential Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party.
Mr. Ting's visit to Kenya as you said will generate lots of publicity hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 4:07 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
- During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com Skype: Abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."
Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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Alex,that's a good suggestion you got.We have quite a number of Wikipedia contributors,some frequent others not.The numbers may overwhelm us and as such we may need a criteria to select the invites.So far we are not sure of the budget and the grant.should we wait for the grant before we decide on the number of attendees or should the budget dictate the number of attendees?quite tricky there.. Or maybe we just involve the Volunteers in the Pilot scheme and then expand it gradually?
.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Sorry I hadn't finished.
As I was saying I feel that we've been focusing on the company invites we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think.
Abbas, the activities you've outlined for Mr. Ting to participate in are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya.
Cheers! Alex!
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 10:30 AM PST Alexander Wafula wrote:
Hi Abbas,
In my previous post, I was actually inquring about inviting potential Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party.
Mr. Ting's visit to Kenya as you said will generate lots of publicity hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 4:07 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
- During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com Skype: Abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."
Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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Oscar, I support the notion of budgeting for a known number of attendees. I also recommend the use of invitations. What do you think of each of us, say getting 5 invitation cards to distribute to our classmates/Wikipedians/friends etc?
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:06:27 +0300 From: oslimoke@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates
Alex,that's a good suggestion you got.We have quite a number of Wikipedia contributors,some frequent others not.The numbers may overwhelm us and as such we may need a criteria to select the invites.So far we are not sure of the budget and the grant.should we wait for the grant before we decide on the number of attendees or should the budget dictate the number of attendees?quite tricky there.. Or maybe we just involve the Volunteers in the Pilot scheme and then expand it gradually?
.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Alexander Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Sorry I hadn't finished.
As I was saying I feel that we've been focusing on the company invites we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think.
Abbas, the activities you've outlined for Mr. Ting to participate in are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya.
Cheers! Alex!
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 10:30 AM PST Alexander Wafula wrote:
Hi Abbas,
In my previous post, I was actually inquring about inviting potential Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party.
Mr. Ting's visit to Kenya as you said will generate lots of publicity hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 4:07 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
- During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com Skype: Abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."
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Your totally right, Alex. I've been focussing so much on corporates because these people require invites sent way in advance. I had stated that we'll also invite students + teachers as well in an earlier email. I believe that after Mr. Ting gives talks @ Uni's, students could also be informed about the anniversary. The problem with randomly inviting a crowd of students poses a threat of gatecrushing -- which brings me to the question: how many guests are we aiming at?
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:49:07 -0800 From: xelawafs@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Latest Updates
Sorry I hadn't finished.
As I was saying I feel that we've been focusing on the company invites we had set out to the extent of being overwhelmed by the number of guys who might wish to attend the anniversary party. Just my thoughts, what do you guys think.
Abbas, the activities you've outlined for Mr. Ting to participate in are great. Plus I think he could be key towards forging a lasting partnership with the Ministry and various NGOs so we should definately organize for such meetups during his stay in Kenya.
Cheers! Alex!
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 10:30 AM PST Alexander Wafula wrote:
Hi Abbas,
In my previous post, I was actually inquring about inviting potential Wikimedia contributors to the anniversary party.
Mr. Ting's visit to Kenya as you said will generate lots of publicity hence we should expect alot of guys from various campuses and institutions to want to attend the anniversary party. I feel like we have been focusing on the
On Sun Nov 14th, 2010 4:07 AM PST Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
- During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook: abbasjnr@hotmail.com Skype: Abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."
Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
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