Hi Isla,
Hi Lourie and Maarten
I would really like to attend this meeting, but the only times are afterhours, and I have a small child. Is it possible to do 4pm during the week of the 12th?
Please let me know as we were already quite far advanced in thinking about how to roll out Wiki Loves Monuments across Africa, and have some exciting news to share.
Warmest
Isla
WikiAfrica
Isla Haddow-Flood
Project Manager: Africa tel: +27 21 422 0468
skype: islahaddow twitter: @wikiafrica
www.africacentre.net/wikiafrica get started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica
From: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:39:51 +0000 (GMT)
To: MADe <MADe@wikipedia.be>
Cc: Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org>, "WikimediaZA@lists.wikimedia.org" <WikimediaZA@lists.wikimedia.org>, "kerryn@africancommons.org" <kerryn@africancommons.org>, Heather Ford <hfordsa@gmail.com>, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott@gmail.com>, Isla Haddow-Flood <islahf@africacentre.net>
Subject: Re: WikiLovesMonuments SA: first meeting
Thanks for sending out this message Maarten. I am actually currently busy going through all my Wikimedia emails and were about to send one out about our meeting. Thank you for contacting Lodewijk, we really appreciate it. I think that a lot of people will enjoy this competition and that there is definitely the possibility for success in the South African context. I checked on the Doodle event, lets see who else is available to meet with us.
Kind regards
Lourie
From: MADe <MADe@wikipedia.be>
To: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse@yahoo.com>; kerryn@africancommons.org; Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott@gmail.com>; Heather Ford <hfordsa@gmail.com>
Cc: Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org>; WikimediaZA@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 3:26 PM
Subject: WikiLovesMonuments SA: first meeting
Hey all,
After my chat with Lourie two weeks ago, I discussed a possible WikiLovesMonuments with Lodewijk. He was one of the guys that organised the first edition in the Netherlands, and he really helped me organising the edition last year in Belgium. The competition will go global this year: Europe, India, Chile, Canada, USA, Russia, Israel, Philippines, are sure they will participate this list (full list of particating countries <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Participating_countries> ). And he was looking forward to see South Africa join the competition!
More information on the competition is on Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012 You can find a proposed organisational timeline <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline> that will help us with organising the event.
Maybe we could meet to chat about the possibilities, and see if we can find enough persons that are interested? I had already a first chat with Lourie two weeks ago. I propose a meeting, again in Cape Town: see the DOODLE http://www.doodle.com/m2ih8nhm2grka4xv
Grtz,
Maarten