Hello everyone,
This is to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting
(AGM) for 2019 will be held on *Sunday the 15th December*. It will take
place in Cape Town but we will let you know closer to the date of the exact
location.
The AGM will be preceded by a strategy session on Saturday the 14th
December. The strategy session will seek to develop the chapters goals and
plan for the next 5 years (2020-25). We have decided to have it the day
before the AGM so the plan can be discussed and passed at the AGM the
following day.
Just like our last AGM we will be making arrangements to ensure that people
can join digitally as well as in person. We also aim to allow people to
join the strategy session digitally as well. Please let me know you wish
to join digitally.
Thanks and best regards,
Douglas Scott.
President
Wikimedia ZA
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Nothing formal like last year, but we will be editing and hacking for
Wikidata's upcoming birthday again. We'll therefore be co-opting
Codebridge Newlands Community Meetup on *Thursday 31 October 18:30*.
See https://www.meetup.com/Codebridge/events/bznrhryznbpc/
If you want to just chat, find help, make a few basic edits, or
showcase something you're passionate about, please join. Also more
info at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday
Cheers, Reuben
Hello everyone,
Please see below for an invitation to a Wikimedia ZA event in Cape Town on
the 2 November. We will be co-hosting an event with UCT's d-school of
design to encourage more members of the design community to contribute to
Wikipedia. If you are interested in joining us then it will take place
immediately after the 21 Cape Town meetup happening on the same day. I am
happy to take a few Wikimedians with me or you can meet me at Montebello
Design centre. Please let me know if you want to join us so I can RSVP.
If you are an experienced Wikipedia editor who wants to volunteer to help
out on the day then just let me know.
Thanks,
Douglas.
Montebello Design Centre
Walkabout on Saturday 2nd November at 11h00
No charge
Meet under the trees for a welcome drink
Tessa Graaff, managing director of Montebello Design Centre, will lead an
informative walkabout of the centre on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at
11:00. She will talk about Montebello’s fascinating history and vision “to
nurture dreams to grow creative solutions from Africa”.
Montebello is located in Newlands and is the result of a financial and
property bequest by Cecil Michaelis. The project is situated in the farm
buildings of the historic site of Montebello. These buildings and land have
a colourful history, being the birth place of Ohlssons Brewery and
Continental China. Today, Montebello is home to a broad spectrum of
designers, innovators, artists and crafters. An outreach project runs as
part of Montebello Design Centre's mission to promote craft and design.
Studios and workshops will be open to share stories of their creative and
innovative work covering all aspects of design.
Please send your RSVP to Lizzie – lizzie(a)montebello.co.za
<lizzie@montebello.co.za?subject=RSVP%3A%20Montebello%20Walkabout%202%20November%202019>
.
Tables for lunch afterwards may be booked at The Gardeners Cottage (the
original gatekeeper’s cottage) on 021 689 3158 or email
gardenerscottage(a)telkomsa.net
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D Drinks Wikipedia Workshop
Saturday 2nd November at 2 - 5pm
No charge - limited to 20 participants
Drinks and snacks will be served
Learn how to participate in the largest free knowledge project in the world
by joining the community that has built the seventh most visited website on
the internet. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia created by
volunteers and covering all areas of knowledge. Discover how you can
participate by contributing to this body of free knowledge for the
betterment of everyone in the world. Whether that is expanding information
on topics that you are passionate about or adding creative content that
will better inform thousands of people. All types of knowledge and all
types of people are welcome to join. This workshop will be done in a
relaxed atmosphere and in a conversational manner.
*Participants will learn:*
• How Wikipedia, the 7th most visited website on the internet and
largest repository of free knowledge in the world works;
• How to best contribute design knowledge to Wikipedia and why designers
are important to the free knowledge movement;
• Edit Wikipedia;
• Contribute to Wikimedia Commons (the largest repository of Creative
Commons multimedia content in the world); and
• Introduction to the Creative Commons copyright license.
There will also be a questions and answers segment on how Wikipedia works.
All participants must have internet access and must create a username
before the event.
To register for this workshop, please contact lizzie(a)montebello.co.za
<lizzie(a)montebello.co.za?subject=RSVP%20-%20D%20Drinks%20%202%20November%202019>
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Hello everyone,
I am just forwarding this job posting from the Wikimedia Foundation.
I also wanted to thank everyone that joined us for the AfroCuration event
in Johannesburg and the Wikipedia Meetup in Cape Town this weekend. Both
events went very well.
Regards,
Douglas.
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From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 22:27
Subject: [African Wikimedians] We are hiring for a GLAMWiki Program Manager!
To: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia India
Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Mailing list for
African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Discussion
list for the Wikidata project. <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Publicpolicy
Group for Wikimedia <publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
I hope you are doing well! And apologies for crossposting!
I am excited to share a new job posting for the GLAM team at the
Foundation! We are hiring a Senior Program Manager for the team:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1898773
We are looking for someone to strengthen our support of Global Outreach to
the GLAM sector! Please share the job description widely, and help us find
good candidates in all parts of the world: tts a remote job and we are a
remote team!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Ben Vershbow, Sandra
Fauconnier, Satdeep Gill or myself.
Cheer,
Alex
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Alex Stinson
Senior Program Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727