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Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event
by Shupai Mchuchu 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Hello Everyone I hope this email finds you well. A founding member of @wikimediaigbo and also a Wikipedian in Residence at Moleskine Foundation working on the WikiAfrica Education project Tochi Precious, Tochi Precious pioneered the last AfroCuration on 4th and 5th September in Mozambique where he worked with the WMF Language Team to get the Makhuwa language Wikipedia into the incubator. They had over 70 participants and have created over 120 articles since then. He wants to run his next program in S.A, with Constitution Hill and Harambee on the 26th and 27th of October. I am writing this email to find out if there are any volunteers who would like to partake and volunteer with their time on this project. This project will train new editors to edit our language Wikipedia, and also mentor them to become part of our user group and also knowledge contributors in our language on Wiki. Please feel free to let me know your user names so I can put them forward for the event. 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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Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event
by unathi ndiki 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Thank you so much My WhatsApp number is 0825418794 On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, 14:36 Tochi Precious, <tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Unathi > Thanks a lot for your interest in volunteering for the project. > > The event will take place on the 26th and 27th of October in partnership > with Constitution Hill and Harambee. > > I would be creating a WhatsApp group shortly where we'll share the way > forward and I'll be sharing the link for you to join. > > Thanks again > Tochi Precious > Co-founder: Igbo Wikimedians User Group > Wikipedian in Residence: Moleskine Foundation > Founder: Smarter Language Hub > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 10:14 AM unathi ndiki <undiki52(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good morning >> >> My name is Unathi Ndiki, I am very interested to participate in the event. >> Kind regards >> Unathi Ndiki >> >> On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, 10:48 sisinkabinde, <sisinkabinde(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> GooddayMy name is Sisi Nkabinde I am very interested to be a volunteer >>> for the projectPlease let me know what the next step is.RegardsSisi >>> Nkabinde Sent from Samsung tablet. >>> -------- Original message --------From: Shupai Mchuchu < >>> shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za> Date: 2021/09/30 08:26 (GMT+02:00) To: >>> wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com Subject: >>> [Wikimedia ZA] Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event >>> Hello EveryoneI hope this email finds you well. A founding member of >>> @wikimediaigbo andalso a Wikipedian in Residence at Moleskine Foundation >>> working on theWikiAfrica Education project Tochi Precious,Tochi Precious >>> pioneered the last AfroCuration on 4th and 5th September inMozambique where >>> he worked with the WMF Language Team to get the Makhuwalanguage Wikipedia >>> into the incubator. They had over 70 participants andhave created over 120 >>> articles since then.He wants to run his next program in S.A, with >>> Constitution Hill andHarambee on the 26th and 27th of October.I am writing >>> this email to find out if there are any volunteers who wouldlike to partake >>> and volunteer with their time on this project. This projectwill train new >>> editors to edit our language Wikipedia, and also mentor themto become part >>> of our user group and also knowledge contributors in ourlanguage on >>> Wiki.Please feel free to let me know your user names so I can put them >>> forwardfor the event.Kind regardsShupai MchuchuChapter >>> AdministratorWikimedia South Africa NPC.6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South >>> AfricaOffice +27 (021) 565 0143Reg. No. >>> 2012/038827/08_______________________________________________WikimediaZA >>> mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.orgTo unsubscribe send an >>> email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.orgTo unsubscribe, send an >>> email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s >> >>

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Final reminder: Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting
by Douglas Scott 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Hello everyone, This is a final reminder of the Wikimedia South Africa AGM that will be taking place tomorrow. You can find out more details about the event (including links to the annual report and AGM agenda) on the event page here <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/2021-AGM>. See details below about start times and how to join: *Date*: 25 September 2021*Time*: 10:00 to 13:00 + 1 hour lunch intermission -> 14:00 return for board elections*Location*: On your computer via Zoom, please register to join <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87065558984?pwd=LzVUckI5Sm91U08vMDB5Uk5QYkdTQT09> The event will start at 10am with an introduction to the Wikimedia Foundation's new CEO, Maryana Iskander, who will likely be attending for that first hour. This will give her an opportunity to learn from us about the Wikipedia community and project before she starts in her new role and it will give us an opportunity to get to know her better. The WMF will then give a 30 min presentation to use on their outreach strategy for Africa which they hope we can play a significant role in. After that at around 11:30am we will start with normal AGM items. There will be an intermission for lunch at 13:00 and we will resume the AGM at 14:00 to finish up with board elections and appointments (and any other unfinished business). Hope to see you all there. Regards, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event
by Bobby Shabangu 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Dear Tochi, Thanks for reaching out, we already know about this project from a presentation made by Papa some couple of months back. Shupai our administrator will let you know there are more volunteers from the Chapter and community who would like to take part here. @Shupai Mchuchu <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za> kindly note these dates and send me a reminder 2 days before it takes place. Also kindly send this to our community and board to find out if there aren't any volunteers who would want to take part and volunteer with their time in this project. I'll certainly be there. Best regards, Bobby Shabangu On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 16:59, Tochi Precious <tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Bobby, my name is [[User: Tochiprecious]]. I'm one of the founding > members of @wikimediaigbo and also a Wikipedian in Residence at Moleskine > Foundation working on the WikiAfrica Education project. > > I pioneered the last AfroCuration on 4th and 5th September in Mozambique > where I worked with the WMF Language Team to get the Makhuwa language > Wikipedia into the incubator. We had over 70 participants and have created > over 120 articles since then. > > My next program is in S.A, with Constitution Hill and Harambee on 26th and > 27th of October and I would like to ask for your assistance as a User Group > to help train new editors to edit your language Wikipedia, and also mentor > them to become part of your user group and also knowledge contributors in > your language on Wiki. > > Also, I would like to find out the languages that the S.A User Group edits > Wiki in. > > I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon. > > Thanks a lot > Tochi >

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Invitation to Participate in the Enforcement Draft Guidelines Review Meeting on Friday!
by Sam Oyeyele 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Hello everyone, The UCoC drafting committee recently released the Enforcement Draft Guidelines (EDG) on meta, which is based on your suggestions on how the Universal Code of Conduct should be enforced. We are trying to get feedback on this draft, so the The Movement Strategy team is facilitating conversations with communities around the movement. The East African and Southern African EDGR Conversation is scheduled to happen on Friday, 24th September 2021 at 5:00pm UTC. Your presence in this meeting is very crucial to the future of the Wikimedia movement. Please endeavour to have a look at the draft guidelines before this meeting, and check out the open questions at the bottom, so as to know the kind of feedback that we are looking to have: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft… Here’s the link to the call: https://meet.google.com/ybv-ftiq-cct Please let me know if you have any questions. Kindly, Sam. -- Sam Oyeyele Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Re: WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7
by Michael Graaf 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

May I just add, please, that we many times requested to work out an MOU with Moleskine, and kept having procrastinations. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:15 AM <wikimediaza-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaza.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. Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event > (Rossouw van Rooyen) > 2. Invitation to Participate in the Enforcement Draft Guidelines Review > Meeting on Friday! > (Sam Oyeyele) > 3. Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration South Africa event > (Bobby Shabangu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:30:31 +0200 > From: Rossouw van Rooyen <rossouwvr(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration > South Africa event > To: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Cc: Shupai Mchuchu <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za>, Ngonidzashe Chipunza > <chipunza59(a)gmail.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAJ-FzL-PJpNirrvubMneVykXrrENjZ_wpda1S4hDrnnB1hX14A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Not that I am under any illusion that my opinion matters, but I strongly > recommend everyone to have absolutely nothing to do with this > leech-organisation. > > > > > > > > > *Rossouw van RooyenFarm ManagerWildheim <https://www.wildheim.net/>Cell: > 081 874 1191Tel: 063 280 650* > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 10:21, Michael Graaf <graaf.michael(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > what I was saying was that instead of seeing this as an issue of > Afrikaans > > being discriminated against, it should be seen as careless > > communication/ignorance on the part of Moleskine. We would all gladly > > support them if they announced that their mission was to boost > marginalised > > languages (those with small wikis/few contributors). However,they > expressed > > it by saying they want to support indigenous languages, with an > assumption > > that these two categories overlap. > > > > However Afrikaans is an exception, since it isn't marginalised. They > failed > > to take that fact into consideration, and hence they raised false > > expectations. Then, adding insult to injury, they tried to explain by > > saying Afrikaans is not indigenous, rather than that it's not > marginalised. > > So we need to advise them to be more careful. > > > > On a personal note, let me remind board members that we have previously > > discussed the issue of "Afrikaaps" being the marginalised side of > > Afrikaans. After I shared a radio interview with you, I was mandated to > > contact the panelists, which I did, but without them taking up the offer > of > > a workshop. More recently UWC has published the first dictionary of > > Afrikaaps, so perhaps someone there might be interested in dialogue. > > > > Regards, > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 8:15 AM Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear Shupai, > > > > > > Kindly remind me what resolution did we take on the issue Deon is > > raising. > > > I remember him raising that he applied for the Wikimedian in Residence > > > position and he made a follow up why he was not selected as a candidate > > but > > > instead he was informed they don't recognize Afrikaans, @Deon correct > me > > if > > > I'm wrong here! > > > > > > I think I said I was going to write a letter to chastise them for such > > > kind of harsh response since Rossouw an Afrikaans speaker played a > > pivotal > > > role in this project. And I remember Michael speaking but my internet > > went > > > down I don't remember how we finally said we were gonna move forward > with > > > this issue? Kindly remind me so that I respond immediately. > > > > > > Best, > > > Bobby Shabangu > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 08:00, <deon.steyn(a)ntnis.co.za> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi guys > > >> > > >> The very same people that does not recognise Afrikaans as an > indigenous > > >> language... > > >> > > >> Deon > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > > >> Sent: Woensdag 22 September 2021 02:25 > > >> To: Tochi Precious <tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com>; WikimediaZA List > > >> <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Shupai Mchuchu < > > >> shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za>; > > >> Ngonidzashe Chipunza <chipunza59(a)gmail.com> > > >> Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration > > >> South > > >> Africa event > > >> > > >> Dear Tochi, > > >> > > >> Thanks for reaching out, we already know about this project from a > > >> presentation made by Papa some couple of months back. Shupai our > > >> administrator will let you know there are more volunteers from the > > Chapter > > >> and community who would like to take part here. > > >> > > >> @Shupai Mchuchu <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za> kindly note these dates > and > > >> send > > >> me a reminder 2 days before it takes place. Also kindly send this to > our > > >> community and board to find out if there aren't any volunteers who > would > > >> want to take part and volunteer with their time in this project. I'll > > >> certainly be there. > > >> > > >> Best regards, > > >> Bobby Shabangu > > >> > > >> On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 16:59, Tochi Precious < > tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com > > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hello Bobby, my name is [[User: Tochiprecious]]. I'm one of the > > >> > founding members of @wikimediaigbo and also a Wikipedian in > Residence > > >> > at Moleskine Foundation working on the WikiAfrica Education project. > > >> > > > >> > I pioneered the last AfroCuration on 4th and 5th September in > > >> > Mozambique where I worked with the WMF Language Team to get the > > >> > Makhuwa language Wikipedia into the incubator. We had over 70 > > >> > participants and have created over 120 articles since then. > > >> > > > >> > My next program is in S.A, with Constitution Hill and Harambee on > 26th > > >> > and 27th of October and I would like to ask for your assistance as a > > >> > User Group to help train new editors to edit your language > Wikipedia, > > >> > and also mentor them to become part of your user group and also > > >> > knowledge contributors in your language on Wiki. > > >> > > > >> > Also, I would like to find out the languages that the S.A User Group > > >> > edits Wiki in. > > >> > > > >> > I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks a lot > > >> > Tochi > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org To > > >> unsubscribe > > >> send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@ > > %(host_name)s > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@ > > %(host_name)s > > >> > > > > > > > -- > > Michael Graaf, M.Phil (UCT) > > > > Researcher, Editor & > > Community Informatics Practitioner > > > > Mob +27795487242 > > WhatsApp/ Signal/ Telegram +27647754342 > > ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739 > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:30:46 +0100 > From: Sam Oyeyele <soyeyele-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Invitation to Participate in the Enforcement > Draft Guidelines Review Meeting on Friday! > To: "wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <CAHqU+KB=m2nXm++D8NrryRRgEiHyfZr3PTW78Ko=Q_L= > 7Q3O9g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello everyone, > > The UCoC drafting committee recently released the Enforcement Draft > Guidelines (EDG) on meta, which is based on your suggestions on how the > Universal Code of Conduct should be enforced. > > We are trying to get feedback on this draft, so the The Movement Strategy > team is facilitating conversations with communities around the movement. > The East African and Southern African EDGR Conversation is scheduled to > happen on Friday, 24th September 2021 at 5:00pm UTC. > > Your presence in this meeting is very crucial to the future of the > Wikimedia movement. Please endeavour to have a look at the draft guidelines > before this meeting, and check out the open questions at the bottom, so as > to know the kind of feedback that we are looking to have: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft… > > Here’s the link to the call: > https://meet.google.com/ybv-ftiq-cct > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Kindly, > Sam. > -- > > > Sam Oyeyele > > Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:14:43 +0200 > From: Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration > South Africa event > To: Rossouw van Rooyen <rossouwvr(a)gmail.com> > Cc: WikimediaZA List <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Shupai Mchuchu > <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za>, Ngonidzashe Chipunza < > chipunza59(a)gmail.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAFC6OmdO+HQZ96YZDtEpYsEtb4PKFAh-shdGJ-VB0zQxE31VyA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Michael, > > Thanks for your invaluable response. There's certainly a great need to > reach out to the coloured community for Wikipedia awareness and edit > workshops, there's a dearth of Afrikaaps on Wiki. @Shupai, trust you are > noting UWC. > > Dear > > Rossouw, your comment is noted, I'll reach out to Moleskin to raise these > concerns. > > Best, > Bobby Shabangu > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 10:30, Rossouw van Rooyen <rossouwvr(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Not that I am under any illusion that my opinion matters, but I strongly > > recommend everyone to have absolutely nothing to do with this > > leech-organisation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Rossouw van RooyenFarm ManagerWildheim <https://www.wildheim.net/>Cell: > > 081 874 1191Tel: 063 280 650* > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 10:21, Michael Graaf <graaf.michael(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> what I was saying was that instead of seeing this as an issue of > Afrikaans > >> being discriminated against, it should be seen as careless > >> communication/ignorance on the part of Moleskine. We would all gladly > >> support them if they announced that their mission was to boost > >> marginalised > >> languages (those with small wikis/few contributors). However,they > >> expressed > >> it by saying they want to support indigenous languages, with an > assumption > >> that these two categories overlap. > >> > >> However Afrikaans is an exception, since it isn't marginalised. They > >> failed > >> to take that fact into consideration, and hence they raised false > >> expectations. Then, adding insult to injury, they tried to explain by > >> saying Afrikaans is not indigenous, rather than that it's not > >> marginalised. > >> So we need to advise them to be more careful. > >> > >> On a personal note, let me remind board members that we have previously > >> discussed the issue of "Afrikaaps" being the marginalised side of > >> Afrikaans. After I shared a radio interview with you, I was mandated to > >> contact the panelists, which I did, but without them taking up the offer > >> of > >> a workshop. More recently UWC has published the first dictionary of > >> Afrikaaps, so perhaps someone there might be interested in dialogue. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 8:15 AM Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Dear Shupai, > >> > > >> > Kindly remind me what resolution did we take on the issue Deon is > >> raising. > >> > I remember him raising that he applied for the Wikimedian in Residence > >> > position and he made a follow up why he was not selected as a > candidate > >> but > >> > instead he was informed they don't recognize Afrikaans, @Deon correct > >> me if > >> > I'm wrong here! > >> > > >> > I think I said I was going to write a letter to chastise them for such > >> > kind of harsh response since Rossouw an Afrikaans speaker played a > >> pivotal > >> > role in this project. And I remember Michael speaking but my internet > >> went > >> > down I don't remember how we finally said we were gonna move forward > >> with > >> > this issue? Kindly remind me so that I respond immediately. > >> > > >> > Best, > >> > Bobby Shabangu > >> > > >> > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 08:00, <deon.steyn(a)ntnis.co.za> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi guys > >> >> > >> >> The very same people that does not recognise Afrikaans as an > indigenous > >> >> language... > >> >> > >> >> Deon > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> > >> >> Sent: Woensdag 22 September 2021 02:25 > >> >> To: Tochi Precious <tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com>; WikimediaZA List > >> >> <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Shupai Mchuchu < > >> >> shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za>; > >> >> Ngonidzashe Chipunza <chipunza59(a)gmail.com> > >> >> Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Re: Kind request for support for AfroCuration > >> >> South > >> >> Africa event > >> >> > >> >> Dear Tochi, > >> >> > >> >> Thanks for reaching out, we already know about this project from a > >> >> presentation made by Papa some couple of months back. Shupai our > >> >> administrator will let you know there are more volunteers from the > >> Chapter > >> >> and community who would like to take part here. > >> >> > >> >> @Shupai Mchuchu <shupai(a)wikimedia.org.za> kindly note these dates > and > >> >> send > >> >> me a reminder 2 days before it takes place. Also kindly send this to > >> our > >> >> community and board to find out if there aren't any volunteers who > >> would > >> >> want to take part and volunteer with their time in this project. I'll > >> >> certainly be there. > >> >> > >> >> Best regards, > >> >> Bobby Shabangu > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 16:59, Tochi Precious < > >> tochiprecious2(a)gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Hello Bobby, my name is [[User: Tochiprecious]]. I'm one of the > >> >> > founding members of @wikimediaigbo and also a Wikipedian in > Residence > >> >> > at Moleskine Foundation working on the WikiAfrica Education > project. > >> >> > > >> >> > I pioneered the last AfroCuration on 4th and 5th September in > >> >> > Mozambique where I worked with the WMF Language Team to get the > >> >> > Makhuwa language Wikipedia into the incubator. We had over 70 > >> >> > participants and have created over 120 articles since then. > >> >> > > >> >> > My next program is in S.A, with Constitution Hill and Harambee on > >> 26th > >> >> > and 27th of October and I would like to ask for your assistance as > a > >> >> > User Group to help train new editors to edit your language > Wikipedia, > >> >> > and also mentor them to become part of your user group and also > >> >> > knowledge contributors in your language on Wiki. > >> >> > > >> >> > Also, I would like to find out the languages that the S.A User > Group > >> >> > edits Wiki in. > >> >> > > >> >> > I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks a lot > >> >> > Tochi > >> >> > > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org To > >> >> unsubscribe > >> >> send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> >> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@ > >> %(host_name)s > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> >> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@ > >> %(host_name)s > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Michael Graaf, M.Phil (UCT) > >> > >> Researcher, Editor & > >> Community Informatics Practitioner > >> > >> Mob +27795487242 > >> WhatsApp/ Signal/ Telegram +27647754342 > >> ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@ > %(host_name)s > >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list -- wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaza-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 129, Issue 7 > ******************************************* > -- 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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Invitation to Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting
by Bobby Shabangu 19 Sep '21

19 Sep '21

Good day friends, I trust this message finds you well and safe. I'm writing to invite you to the Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place this coming Saturday, *25 September 2021 beginning from 10 am (South African Standard Time)*. The chapter was established in 2012 by volunteers like you to support the South African Wikimedia community and its languages, outreach programms, and advocacy work as well as to organize ourselves to make it easy to receive funding. Every year, we apply and receive funding from the Wikimedia Foundation and other organisations, including donations made by other Wikimedians. As a chapter, we are only stewards of these funds, the rightful owners are you! Meaning we always strive to exercise transparency and accountability in the way we spend them. In this regard, we would like to share with you our chapter's activities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Activity_Report_2020-21>, celebrate milestones achieved over the Covid19 financial period, and hear from you on how best we can reach out and support volunteers in South Africa and neighboring countries. We would also like to take this opportunity to elect a new board, I need to stress that any active Wikimedian or reader of Wikipedia can nominate someone or themselves to sit on the WikimediaZA board. To participate in the meeting kindly register on the link here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C4070xLwekqe5C7-4Yg3qPOk7HmdeGBXieWQQC9Nv4…> . Meeting details below: Date: Saturday, 25 Saturday 2021 Start time: 10:00 AM SAST Intermission: 13.00 PM SAST End Time: 16:00 PM SAST Location: Online Meeting Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu WikimediaZA President.

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Wikimedia ZA AGM reminder (reposting)
by Douglas Scott 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Hi, I am just reposting Shupai's email as I see that the mailing list reformatted and garbled the original one a bit. Please see below. ==== Hello Everyone This is a quick reminder of the upcoming Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting (AGM) taking place this coming Saturday, 25 September. Please see below for the event details as well as our AGM pack, this includes a link to our activity report for the year 2020/2021 as well as our first newsletter. We also have some exciting news. The Wikimedia Foundation has very recently appointed a new CEO <https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoin…>. The Wikimedia Foundation is the umbrella organisation that runs the servers that Wikipedia is based on, collects all of the donations to Wikipedia (and other Wikis), and supports the community of volunteer editors that make the Wikis happen. Such as Wikimedia South Africa. Maryana Iskander was appointed CEO on 14 September 2021 and, excitingly for us, she is based in South Africa. She has indicated to us her intention to join the first hour of the AGM so as to better get acquainted with the South African Wiki community. As such from 10:00 to 11:00 the AGM will focus on introductions and discussions about the Wiki communities in South Africa and globally. This will have the added benefit to the broader movement of introducing her to our movement’s unique culture. AGM details Date: 25 September 2021 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 with 1-hour lunch intermission and resumes at 14:00 return for board elections Location: On your computer via Zoom register to join <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87065558984?pwd=LzVUckI5Sm91U08vMDB5Uk5QYkdTQT09> AGM pack The activity report can be seen on meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Activity_Report_2020-21 In the activity report, you can see all the chapter's activities from July 2020 to June 2021. The activity report is broken up into two halves with the first half focused (Mid-term report) focused on the chapter’s activities from June 2020 to December 2020 and the second half (Final report) focused on our activities from January 2021 to June 2021. We also have our first newsletter which can be seen here: http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Newsletter_1 Unfortunately, the bookkeepers and accountants haven’t yet finished the financial report for the 2020/21 year but have assured us that they are working hard on getting that done before the AGM and we will send that out as soon as it is completed. In the meantime we have added a brief financial report on the previous year’s finances. Best regards and looking forward to seeing you all there. -- 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 Pack
by Shupai Mchuchu 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Hello Everyone This is a quick reminder of the upcoming Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting (AGM) taking place this coming Saturday, 25 September. Please see below for the event details as well as our AGM pack, this includes a link to our activity report for the year 2020/2021 as well as our first newsletter. We also have some exciting news. The Wikimedia Foundation has very recently appointed a new CEO <https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoin…>. The Wikimedia Foundation is the umbrella organisation that runs the servers that Wikipedia is based on, collects all of the donations to Wikipedia (and other Wikis), and supports the community of volunteer editors that make the Wikis happen. Such as Wikimedia South Africa. Maryana Iskander was appointed CEO on 14 September 2021 and, excitingly for us, she is based in South Africa. She has indicated to us her intention to join the first hour of the AGM so as to better get acquainted with the South African Wiki community. As such from 10:00 to 11:00 the AGM will focus on introductions and discussions about the Wiki communities in South Africa and globally. This will have the added benefit to the broader movement of introducing her to our movement’s unique culture. AGM details Date: 25 September 2021 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 with 1-hour lunch intermission and resumes at 14:00 return for board elections Location: On your computer via Zoom register to join <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87065558984?pwd=LzVUckI5Sm91U08vMDB5Uk5QYkdTQT09> AGM pack The activity report can be seen on meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Activity_Report_2020-21 In the activity report, you can see all the chapter's activities from July 2020 to June 2021. The activity report is broken up into two halves with the first half focused (Mid-term report) focused on the chapter’s activities from June 2020 to December 2020 and the second half (Final report) focused on our activities from January 2021 to June 2021. We also have our first newsletter which can be seen here: Unfortunately, the bookkeepers and accountants haven’t yet finished the financial report for the 2020/21 year but have assured us that they are working hard on getting that done before the AGM and we will send that out as soon as it is completed. In the meantime, we have added a brief financial report on the previous year’s finances. Best regards and looking forward to seeing you all there. 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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Wikimedia South Africa AGM Pack
by Shupai Mchuchu 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

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