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 everyone,
With Wikipedia's 20th birthday almost here (taking place this Friday, 15
January) here is a list of three events that have been organised to mark
the event. See the links for more information on each event.
- Digital South Africa birthday bash
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/South_Africa>
hosted by Wikimedia South Africa (Zoom): *15 January from 13:00 - 14:00*
- Global digital birthday celebration
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw&authuser=0> hosted by the
Wikimedia Foundation (Youtube): *15 January from 18:00-19:00*
- Birthday announcement and presentation
<https://www.magriet.co/ctpc-douglas-scott> to the Cape Town Press Club
(Youtube):
* 19 January from 12:00-14:00 *
Please also keep your eyes peeled for articles in the media about the event
over the coming days. For example I hear that there will be something in
tomorrow's edition of the Financial Mail
<https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/>. ;-)
Regards,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Hello everyone,
As many of you no doubt know this week Wikipedia will be celebrating its
20th birthday! Yay. As part of this event Wikimedia South Africa will be
presenting on Wikipedia in South Africa to the Cape Town Press Club. Please
feel free to join us for this presentation/Q&A event with the press next
week Tuesday at noon. Details in the email below.
Regards,
Douglas.
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From: Cape Town Press Club <capetownpressclub(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 08:23
Subject: CT PRESS CLUB/WIKIPEDIA : Douglas Scott on Free knowledge and the
growth of Wikipedia over the past 20 years: LIVE STREAM 12.00 TUES 19
JANUARY 2021
To: Cape Town Press Club <capetownpressclub(a)gmail.com>
View this email in your browser
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[image: A photograph that might or might not be of Discott.]
*DOUGLAS SCOTT*
*This January, Wikipedia turned 20 years old. It has been an extraordinary
achievement with daily page views running in the billions. Millions of
people use it, but also millions of people volunteer their time to edit and
update it.One of these people is Douglas Scott, who has been an editor on
English language Wikipedia since 2006. Douglas has been a Wikipedia
community leader since 2012. He is currently a board member of Wikimedia
South Africa and was the chapter's president from 2015 to 2020. Wikimedia
South Africa is the non-profit membership organisation for Wikipedia
editors in the country. He will be talking about the challenges Wikipedia
and other internet based free knowledge projects face within South Africa
in the next 20 years. He will be speaking on behalf of Wikimedia South
Africa."*
*In 2018, Douglas Scott was the organising chairperson for Wikimania that
year, the official annual international Wikipedia conference, and was
deeply involved in both bringing the event to South Africa for the first
time and in organising the event.Scott will address the Cape Town Press
Club on the status of free knowledge in South Africa and the growth of
Wikipedia over the past 20 years. He will take questions.Where : The
comfort of your own homeWhen : Tuesday 19th January 2021Time :
12.00h SA TimeCost : Free*
*Accessing the live-streamed event is as easy as opening a webpage. You
will also be able to ask questions via our online chat function. But it
is essential that you register by clicking on this LINK
<https://www.magriet.co/ctpc-douglas-scott>or contact Lalage on
capetownpressclub(a)gmail.com <capetownpressclub(a)gmail.com> or 0828200190 *
*Once registered, we will email you a confirmation and the access link
shortly before the event.Presented by the Cape Town Press Club in
conjunction with WIKIPEDIA *
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
Dear all,
As we are approaching Wikipedia’s 20th birthday, Wikimedia South Africa
would like to invite you to join us in celebrating 20 years of humans
around the world who make Wikipedia possible.
The event is taking place virtually on *15 January* at *13:00 - 14: 00*.
Click here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/South_Africa?fbclid=IwA…>
learn
more about our event.
Looking forward to your presence.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91927400671?pwd=d01UQmgyRDJEaUlEME9udlVSV3Q0UT09
Meeting ID: 919 2740 0671 Passcode: 860401
Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu
FYI.
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 at 11:30
Subject: [African Wikimedians] Wikipedia in African Libraries Course:
Cohort 1 registration opens
To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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Following a successful pilot testing phase, AfLIA wishes to announce that
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assist their user communities to use Wikipedia, tell their stories by
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between Wikipedia communities in Africa with libraries.
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We are interested in reaching many others from your country, who may
equally be interested in benefiting from this important initiative. We
encourage you to circulate news about the Call among your colleagues,
friends, supervisors, instructors, students etc. in the library and
information sector.
For enquiries, feel free to send us a mail at afliacomm(a)aflia.net
Best regards,
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