Hi all,
I'm busy catching up on my emails after an inactive period. Sorry for leaving you all in the lurch!
After reviewing this thread, I'd like to make a few comments:
==Google Challenge==
Although I was excited by the project at the start, I've realized that I just don't have contacts who have the combination of skills and time to be useful as judges or trainers. This seems to be a real obstacle to progress here.
If we get to a point where we want to push the issue some more, I can network a bit among my media and academic contacts for what they're worth and see if I can come up with some leads of people who'd be excited.
==Outreach==
We don't have a separate wiki: all our stuff is on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa
I'd be happy to add opinions and moral support to any outreach programs, and even (starting in late August) offering up weekends to help directly. Also, if we have a bit more of a scope for what we want to do with this kind of outreach, I'll do some networking to see if I can find some more people who'd like to get involved.
I'll be travelling for work to Nigeria and Swaziland, and to Israel for Wikimania in the next month, and then in September or October, Thailand (also for work), so I might be patchy in terms of communication until that's all sorted.
Feel free to SMS or call me on +27718539985 any time if my input can make difference to a project happening or not happening: sometimes I could actually muster a bit of extra energy, given a prod in the right direction, and action breeds action!
Best regards,
David Richfield