Hi WMKE friends and fellows,
We (= Steve, Oscar, Alex, Chris, Morine and yours truly) had a great photo walk today, starting from the New Tom Mboya Monument on Moi Avenue and then crossing Haile Selassie to the Nairobi Railway Museum (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi_Railway_Museum - and notice that the article doesn't have a picture yet, which should change soon!). From there, we went back to Koinange St and ended our walk at the Savannah Coffee Lounge on Loita St where Wikimedia Kenya had its first face-to-face meeting in July 2010 - so, many historical memories! :-)
I'm looking forward to seeing a number of photos uploaded onto Commons (Steve, are you going to go through those 400+ pictures, select the best of each building and post them in the Category:Nairobi?).
At Savannah, there was also some talk of stream-lining the information of this mailing list with the two WMKE websites on Meta and @co.ke - currently, some info isn't available *anywhere* - bother!
Finally, we also discussed the upcoming board elections and suggested that these take place on March 17th (anything else would be too late - we need to send some documents to WMF with signatures of board members, so there! - and the next two weekends are already booked with outreaches to Mombasa and Egerton). So, within the next 8 days, candidates to the 5 board positions (Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Project / Logistics Officer) need to write up their profiles. These should be sent to whoever will be in charge of the elections . another question which has to be solved soonest!
So, let's get cracking so that we don't lose our newly won chapterhood!
Yours for making the sum of all human knowledge available to every single fellow inhabitant of our planet,
Oliver (aka BT)
_____
From: stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaustev@gmail.com] Sent: 24 February 2012 20:34 To: info@oliverstegen.net Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk
Hello,
So far only six people have filled in their names at the etherpad.
We hope to meet at the Tom Mboya monument, along Tom Mboya Street adjacent to Kenya National Archives at 10:00am where we shall decide which route to take as per the goals here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_takes_Nairobi/Goals
Basic requirements:
* Camera (not compulsory!) * Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay. * Data cable/ card reader for transfer of photos. * Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of images. * Please empty the memory card.
Other activities:
* Encourage new people from outside the community to join. * This is a team event.
Do's:
* Bring plenty of water. * Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills! * Try and take a clear shot of the building. * Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph. * If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages. * If you want to leave early, make sure you transfer your pictures to team volunteer.
Do not:
* Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and also not to breach privacy * Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos. * Personal photos will not be considered for selection. * Do not waste time, respect the time limit. * Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be buildings/ statues/ landmarks of Nairobi. * Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
Just in case something is not clear, please feel free to ask.
regards,
Stephen.
<snip>
Hello,
Thank you Oliver for the comprehensive summary of what we accomplished yesterday.
FYI, we managed to cover only the CBD and so Upperhill, Westlands, Mombasa road
and some other sections didn't feel the love of wikis;)........
To add onto that, for those residing in Kenya you are all aware that the internet provider
Safaricom is having some technical issue with the internet connection. My connection has
been intermittent yet I have selected around 200 photos that I shall upload to commons once
this techy issue is resolved, plus I requested for an upload bot to make the process easier which is being
compiled somewhere I hope;)
Wikis truly expressed their love for Nairobi yesterday and that’s the beginning/continuation
of a long life relationship between wikis and Nairobi city.
During the walk we visited the Kenya Railways museums. Shock on us (Alex, Oscar and me) as
we had never gone there and neither knew of its location but thank God Oliver was on board and
he directed us there ;). While we were there we talked to the receptionists and the curators who were
on duty as they showed us around. At first they thought we were just the usual tourists but after we introduced
Wikipedia, we were welcomed to have a sit and talk about possible collaborations. I wish coffee is not served there ;)
Am glad that the curators knew of Wikipedia and the article about the museum where they work is a stub;(
That place is full of history and rich in culture. Aki.
- I sat and touched the seat which the queen sat on during her Royal Trip to East Africa. - A front seat on which Roosevelt sat in front of a train on his Safari in Africa is there - The Captains sideboard salvaged from the German cruiser KONIGSBERG which was scuttled by its crew in the Rufiji 1914-1918. - Claws from the man eaters of Tsavo are preserved there! - ……..plus so much more and more.
If anything we ran out of time. We talked over of possible collaborations with the museum and the answer was
a big YES but the bosses were not around now that it was on a weekend. They were contacted and notified of
our presence and intentions after which they gave their juniors the go ahead to give us their contacts and an
appointment on the coming week.
If I compare the mere size of this museum, then I think the Kenya National Museum is a whole new world and
this combined with other museums across the country?___________________________
I am currently finding out how GLAM fellowships works and how to engage such institutions. These places have
tons of information that should be on Wikimedia.
Another Wikipedian is talking with his folk at the Kenya National Archives about the same.
So if we engage these institutions on higher levels we might have hit the jackpot to bring this info. Online.
All in all it was a nice sunny day.
//Stephen.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Oliver Stegen info@oliverstegen.netwrote:
Hi WMKE friends and fellows,****
We (= Steve, Oscar, Alex, Chris, Morine and yours truly) had a great photo walk today, starting from the New Tom Mboya Monument on Moi Avenue and then crossing Haile Selassie to the Nairobi Railway Museum (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi_Railway_Museum - and notice that the article doesn’t have a picture yet, which should change soon!). From there, we went back to Koinange St and ended our walk at the Savannah Coffee Lounge on Loita St where Wikimedia ****Kenya**** had its first face-to-face meeting in July 2010 – so, many historical memories! J****
I’m looking forward to seeing a number of photos uploaded onto Commons (Steve, are you going to go through those 400+ pictures, select the best of each building and post them in the Category:Nairobi?).****
At Savannah, there was also some talk of stream-lining the information of this mailing list with the two WMKE websites on Meta and @co.ke – currently, some info isn’t available **anywhere** - bother!****
Finally, we also discussed the upcoming board elections and suggested that these take place on March 17th (anything else would be too late – we need to send some documents to WMF with signatures of board members, so there! – and the next two weekends are already booked with outreaches to **** Mombasa**** and Egerton). So, within the next 8 days, candidates to the 5 board positions (Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Project / Logistics Officer) need to write up their profiles. These should be sent to whoever will be in charge of the elections … another question which has to be solved soonest!****
So, let’s get cracking so that we don’t lose our newly won chapterhood!***
Yours for making the sum of all human knowledge available to every single fellow inhabitant of our planet,****
Oliver (aka BT)****
*From:* stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaustev@gmail.com] *Sent:* 24 February 2012 20:34 *To:* info@oliverstegen.net
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia ****Kenya****] Saturday Photo Walk
Hello,
So far only six people have filled in their names at the etherpad.
We hope to meet at the Tom Mboya monument, along ****Tom Mboya Street****adjacent to Kenya National Archives at 10:00am where we shall decide which route to take as per the goals here.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_takes_Nairobi/Goals
Basic requirements:* ****
- Camera (not compulsory!)****
- Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay.**
**
- Data cable/ card reader for transfer of photos.****
- Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of
images.****
- Please empty the memory card.****
*Other activities:*****
- Encourage new people from outside the community to join.****
- This is a team event. ****
*Do's:*****
- Bring plenty of water.****
- Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your
camera skills!****
- Try and take a clear shot of the building.****
- Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph.
- If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do
pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages.*
- If you want to leave early, make sure you transfer your pictures to
team volunteer.****
*Do not:*****
- Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and
also not to breach privacy****
- Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not
include personal photos.****
- Personal photos will not be considered for selection.****
- Do not waste time, respect the time limit.****
- Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be
buildings/ statues/ landmarks of ****Nairobi****.****
- Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.****
Just in case something is not clear, please feel free to ask.****
regards,****
Stephen.****
<snip>****
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Steve,
Thanks for the comprehensive report. And Am glad you put it so in detail that whoever missed should feel "kiwaru" :-)...Just too bad you did not mention the fact that I sat on that very seat that President Roosevelt and the Prince and the Queen sat on :-)
I am working on a followup email to the head of Internet Information that we were given and will loop all you guys in.
A BIG thank you to all those who found time (Oliver, Alex, Steve, Chris and later Morine and Ednah) to this noble cause. Most interesting is the fact that we did NOT even have to pay for the permit from Kanjo and Police, Oliver was our permit and for that, thanks so much Oliver :-)
Best,
Thanks for the update.
Abbas.
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:13:52 +0300 From: oslimoke@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk
Steve,
Thanks for the comprehensive report. And Am glad you put it so in detail that whoever missed should feel "kiwaru" :-)...Just too bad you did not mention the fact that I sat on that very seat that President Roosevelt and the Prince and the Queen sat on :-)
I am working on a followup email to the head of Internet Information that we were given and will loop all you guys in.
A BIG thank you to all those who found time (Oliver, Alex, Steve, Chris and later Morine and Ednah) to this noble cause. Most interesting is the fact that we did NOT even have to pay for the permit from Kanjo and Police, Oliver was our permit and for that, thanks so much Oliver :-)
Best,
-- Limoke Oscar,
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Hi Oliver,
I'm not sure which documents you are referring to that need to be signed and returned to the WMF. However, I presume that it's the Chapters Agreement. If that's the case, then:
1) We (or to be precise, I) have not yet received any documentation from the Foundation that requires our signing.
2) According to the Board Resolution, we have a time period of one year to sign that Agreement.
--Abbas.
From: info@oliverstegen.net To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:31:32 +0300 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk
Hi WMKE friends and fellows,
We (= Steve, Oscar, Alex, Chris, Morine and yours truly) had a great photo walk today, starting from the New Tom Mboya Monument on Moi Avenue and then crossing Haile Selassie to the Nairobi Railway Museum (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi_Railway_Museum - and notice that the article doesn’t have a picture yet, which should change soon!). From there, we went back to Koinange St and ended our walk at the Savannah Coffee Lounge on Loita St where Wikimedia Kenya had its first face-to-face meeting in July 2010 – so, many historical memories! J
I’m looking forward to seeing a number of photos uploaded onto Commons (Steve, are you going to go through those 400+ pictures, select the best of each building and post them in the Category:Nairobi?).
At Savannah, there was also some talk of stream-lining the information of this mailing list with the two WMKE websites on Meta and @co.ke – currently, some info isn’t available *anywhere* - bother!
Finally, we also discussed the upcoming board elections and suggested that these take place on March 17th (anything else would be too late – we need to send some documents to WMF with signatures of board members, so there! – and the next two weekends are already booked with outreaches to Mombasa and Egerton). So, within the next 8 days, candidates to the 5 board positions (Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Project / Logistics Officer) need to write up their profiles. These should be sent to whoever will be in charge of the elections … another question which has to be solved soonest!
So, let’s get cracking so that we don’t lose our newly won chapterhood!
Yours for making the sum of all human knowledge available to every single fellow inhabitant of our planet,
Oliver (aka BT)
From: stephen wanjau [mailto:wanjaustev@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 February 2012 20:34
To: info@oliverstegen.net
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk
Hello,
So far only six people have filled in their names at the etherpad.
We hope to meet at the Tom Mboya monument, along Tom Mboya Street adjacent to Kenya National Archives at 10:00am where we shall decide which route to take as per the goals here.
Basic requirements:
Camera (not compulsory!) Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay. Data cable/ card reader for transfer of photos. Disable on-image timestamps or other data that appears over-top of images. Please empty the memory card.
Other activities:
Encourage new people from outside the community to join. This is a team event.
Do's:
Bring plenty of water. Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills! Try and take a clear shot of the building. Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph. If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages. If you want to leave early, make sure you transfer your pictures to team volunteer.
Do not:
Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and also not to breach privacy Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos. Personal photos will not be considered for selection. Do not waste time, respect the time limit. Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be buildings/ statues/ landmarks of Nairobi. Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
Just in case something is not clear, please feel free to ask.
regards,
Stephen.
<snip>
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