Hello everyone,
We will be doing another Cape Town Wiki meetup on the 7th December. We are
trying out a new location again so please note the venue change. OpenUp
<https://openup.org.za/> has very kindly let us use their downstairs space
at the Code Bridge in Newlands
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands,_Cape_Town> which is very near to
Claremont <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont,_Cape_Town> train
station and taxi rank. It also has ample free parking in front of the
building. Also located nearby is Cavendish Square. Code Bridge is located
in the bridge (hence the name) that allows Campground Street to cross both
the railway line and Letterstedt Road.
This is the same location as the Wikimedia ZA 5-year strategy workshop and
AGM happening on the 14th and 15th December respectively. I will send out
another email about that now.
The parking and building can only be access by the Helmlock Street /
Letterstedt Road entrance. Parking is free.
See the location on the map to the right.
In summary the details are:
Date: Saturday the 7 December
Time: free to arrive anytime between 10:00 - 14:00
Location: Code Bridge <https://codebridge.org.za/>, 1 Thicket St,
Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
As always the meetup is open for everyone to join. So if you or anyone you
know as an interest in learning more about free knowledge or just want to
talk about it then please join us.
For more information please see the event page on Wikipedia here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_22
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
This is just a reminder that Wikimedia South Africa's Annual General
Meeting will be held *tomorrow at 10:00* (SAST) to 13:00 with a one hour
lunch break and *resuming at 14:00* to elect a new board. It will be held
entirely online. You can RSVP for the event here.
<https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErdOmqqj0sHdOmv909RIBNe2KXEWcwo5Zk>
We have recently added a couple of new members to the mailing list so
apologies if you are only receiving this AGM notification now.
Please also check out the AGM agenda page (which will turn into the record
of the minutes after the AGM) on the WMZA website here:
http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2020-AGM
That page has a number of details and links on it relevant to the AGM so
please do check it out. This includes our 2019/20 report, our WMF grant
application for 2020/21, and a summary of our advocacy efforts. It also has
a link to our 2019 AGM minutes <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2019-AGM> which
we will review during the meeting.
<http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2020-AGM>
The chapter has given out a couple of 1 GB data bundles to help people
attend, thank you to those who have contacted me to get those.
Regards,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello chapter members,
I am forwarding this message onto you all to let you know that the
Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting a party to celebrate Wikipedia's 20th
birthday on the 15 January 2021. Details about the online birthday party
can be found in the forwarded email.
Best regards,
Douglas.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Nadee Gunasena <ngunasena(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 18:38
Subject: [MoveCom] You are invited to a global virtual celebration for
Wikipedia’s 20th birthday!
To: <movecom(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
As many of you know, Wikipedia is celebrating a big milestone next month
with the 20th birthday on January 15th, 2021. In honor of the birthday, we
will be hosting a virtual birthday party for the global communities on
January 15th from 4-5 pm UTC (check out your local time [1])! Please join
us on a Youtube livestream [2] where we will celebrate all of the
volunteers and community members who have built this movement over the last
20 years.
This celebration will include remarks from community members about how they
have seen the movement grow over the 20 years and their wishes for the
future, as well as from Jimmy Wales and Katherine Maher.
We’d also love to hear from all of you! This celebration is a chance for us
to come together and to recognize the people behind our projects that make
this all possible. We’ll be highlighting community milestones and
achievements over the past year. Tell us what you’ve been working on, and
big moments you’d like to call out from the past year! You can share
details on the Meta page for the 20th virtual birthday party [3] and we’ll
include those during the virtual event. We’ll also be sharing more details
soon about other ways to participate.
This virtual birthday party is just one of many activities that are being
planned around the movement for the 20th birthday. You can check out the
Wikipedia 20 birthday hub [4] to learn more about local and regional
events, birthday images, media activities and other resources for community
celebrations. If you have any questions, you can also reach the Wikimedia
Foundation’s 20th birthday committee at wikipedia20(a)wikimedia.org.
We are looking forward to celebrating with you! Thank you on behalf of the
Wikipedia 20 team,
Nadee Gunasena
Communications
Wikimedia Foundation
[1]
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikipedia+20+Cele…
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw&feature=youtu.be
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Global_event
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20
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Executive Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Dear all,
I believe registration is still open here. Any takers to represent the
South African community?
Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Hardarshan Benipal <support(a)openheritagefoundation.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 19:17
Subject: Save the date! Global Movement Strategy Advocacy + GLAM event 12
December 15:00 UTC
To: <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
Cc: <sedranas(a)gmail.com>
Dear Bobby ,
My name is Hardarshan and I am Community Outreach Coordinator for the Global
Movement Strategy Advocacy + GLAM prioritization meeting, which is an event
part of the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy prioritization events. My colleague
Anass Sedrati, coordinator for this event, and I would like to extend an
invitation to you and your colleagues to take part in the prioritization
discussion in the specific thematic meetup for advocacy and GLAM.
The event is set to happen on 12 December 2020 between 15.00 and 18.00 UTC
(check your local time with his converter
<https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/>). We would like to invite
representatives and members from your affiliate/organization to join the
prioritization discussion of the recommendations and strategy process for
movement strategy with GLAM stakeholders and movement allies interested in
or working on advocacy and GLAM.
The registration is open until 9 December 2020 at 12:00 UTC and interested
people can register through this form <https://forms.gle/32jNHzT1NEaM3EEs5>
[1]. Please make sure to go through the list of 45 initiatives [2] of the
Wikimedia 2030 strategy so that you are familiar with them by the event. Feel
free to share this freely among your fellow affiliate and community members.
Looking forward to welcoming you and your team members to the event!
Regards,
Hardarshan and Anass
P.S:
[1] https://forms.gle/32jNHzT1NEaM3EEs5
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…