WikimediaZA March 2021

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South Africa Wiki Meetup 7: Saturday, 24 April 2021
by Shupai Mchuchu 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

Hello everyone, I just want to let everyone know of the upcoming online Wikipedia community meetup for the South African community that will be happening on Saturday the 24th of April 2021. Below are the details for joining the 7th online South African community meetup. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, the community, what's going on generally, or just want to hang out then you are welcome to join and participate. Event page on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South Africa/South Africa 7 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_7> Date and time: *Saturday, 24 April 2021 2021, 10:00 - 12:00* Link to join: https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/# Please note that it is a text chat-based event. All we ask is that everyone please note and respects Wikipedia's friendly space policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policies Kind regards, Shupai Mchuchu Chapter Administrator Wikimedia South Africa NPC. 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa Office +27 (021) 565 0143 Reg. No. 2012/038827/08

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Apologies for the forwarded old emails
by Douglas Scott 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Hello everyone, Apologies for sending out so many forwarded old emails to you all. I accidentally sent them to the mailing list instead of our new administrator who I am in the process of onboarding. The good news is that with the new chapter administrator onboard we will now be able to do more to support Wikipedia in South Africa and offer you, our chapter members, more support. Hope you all have a great weekend, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Wiki Meetup: Cape Town 22
by Douglas Scott 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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South Africa Wiki Meetup 6: 31 October 2020
by Douglas Scott 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Hello everyone, This is just to let everyone know that our next online Wiki meetup is set for the 31 October. You can see more details about it at the link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_6 Thank you Lefcentreright <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lefcentreright> for taking the initiative and setting this up. Regards, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Wikimedia South Africa AGM: tomorrow 10:00 SAST
by Douglas Scott 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

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. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Re: [Wikimedia ZA] WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 123, Issue 2
by Michael Graaf 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Dear all, I had already "met" Shupai in the course of a board meeting but seeing information here about her background gives me an idea, or rather re-awakens an old one. One of WIkimedia-ZA's outreach options considered over the years and occasionally implemented by individual members, is the use of Kiwix offline WIkipedias. Given that prison inmates are denied internet access, but do sometimes have access to computers for rehabilitation-related training, how about arranging installation in those computers of Kiwix in all SA official languages - and perhaps other content available from Kiwix in .ZIM file format, like Khan academy or TED videos? For extra points, how about WikiFundi which allows them to create content? Just flying a kite! On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 2:01 PM <wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaza-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Introducing WikimediaZA Executive Assistant (Bobby Shabangu) > 2. Re: Introducing WikimediaZA Executive Assistant > (Reuben Honigwachs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 23:23:27 +0200 > From: Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, WikimediaZA List > <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Shupai Schnabel Mchuchu <schnaz007(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Introducing WikimediaZA Executive Assistant > Message-ID: > < > CAFC6Omf_kJA2DMm_TRFZHwOP2cvx3Jz+3tt6t4CSLAtJyUGEBA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Good day all, > > Today I'm excited to announce that WikimediaZA has granted the position of > Executive Assistant to Shupai Muchuchu where among her role will be > stakeholder and community engagement. > > Shupai has a background in Dramatic Arts. She's done a lot of advocacy work > to raise awareness on issues of juvenile delinquency and > social rehabilitation through theatre workshops and dialogues in places > such as Pollsmoore and Goodwood correctional services. She's also worked > with a number of youth organisations supporting education in > disadvantaged communities. > > Kindly help me congratulate Shupai on her new role. We are looking forward > to working with her. > > Kind regards, > Bobby Shabangu > > WikimediaZA President. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:07:19 +0200 > From: Reuben Honigwachs <reuben+wikipedia(a)honigwachs.de> > To: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Shupai Schnabel > Mchuchu > <schnaz007(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Introducing WikimediaZA Executive > Assistant > Message-ID: > < > CAG6KATvti2-cgqpRuaw_XnczJy3rLATuhS0S4OQ_k94N+pPEtw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > A very welcome Shupai ☀ these are awesome news. > > To some great 2021! Reuben > > On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 23:24, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Good day all, > > > > Today I'm excited to announce that WikimediaZA has granted the position > of > > Executive Assistant to Shupai Muchuchu where among her role will be > > stakeholder and community engagement. > > > > Shupai has a background in Dramatic Arts. She's done a lot of advocacy > work > > to raise awareness on issues of juvenile delinquency and > > social rehabilitation through theatre workshops and dialogues in places > > such as Pollsmoore and Goodwood correctional services. She's also worked > > with a number of youth organisations supporting education in > > disadvantaged communities. > > > > Kindly help me congratulate Shupai on her new role. We are looking > forward > > to working with her. > > > > Kind regards, > > Bobby Shabangu > > > > WikimediaZA President. > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > WikimediaZA-unsubscribe(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > ------------------------------ > > End of WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 123, Issue 2 > ******************************************* > -- Michael Graaf, M.Phil (UCT) Researcher, Editor & Community Informatics Practitioner Mob +27795487242 WhatsApp/ Signal/ Telegram +27647754342 ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739

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Introducing WikimediaZA Executive Assistant
by Bobby Shabangu 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Good day all, Today I'm excited to announce that WikimediaZA has granted the position of Executive Assistant to Shupai Muchuchu where among her role will be stakeholder and community engagement. Shupai has a background in Dramatic Arts. She's done a lot of advocacy work to raise awareness on issues of juvenile delinquency and social rehabilitation through theatre workshops and dialogues in places such as Pollsmoore and Goodwood correctional services. She's also worked with a number of youth organisations supporting education in disadvantaged communities. Kindly help me congratulate Shupai on her new role. We are looking forward to working with her. Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu WikimediaZA President.

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Wikimedia UCoC discussions
by Bobby Shabangu 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

Dear All, On Tuesday the 9nth next week, at 21:00. We are having a discussion with Mervat Salman from the Wikimedia Foundation about the amendments of the Universal Code of Conduct. This will affect everyone sharply, so it's important we have a say on the matter. Kindly join us on these one hour discussions, and you are free to come and leave as you wish. Link below: meet.google.com/pdj-rbqd-kqe <https://meet.google.com/pdj-rbqd-kqe?hs=224> Best regards, Bobby Shabangu WikimediaZA President

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