Hello Blessing
After I mentioned this meeting on the list only you and Nhlanhla indicated that you are
interested. To this I responded and asked whether we can meet on the Thursday before the
initial planned meeting with the NHC on the
Friday:
.
Unfortunately I did not get any responses to this. Keep in mind, the list software work in
such a manner that if a recipient is subscribed to the list, this person is removed from
being copied using "carbon copying", as this person will then receive the
message twice.
These meetings are not for specific people, anyone can attended. That is one of the
principles of Wikimedia, to include everyone on what is happening. That is why we normally
prefer to use public mailing lists. I hope this answered your questions. I very happy to
hear that your organisation is supporting us in full and we should definitely make a plan
to meet sometime and discuss potential strategies to get more South Africans involved in
our projects!
Kind regards
Lourie
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From: Blessing Chataira <blessing(a)itoca.org>
To: 'Douglas Scott' <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list)
Hello Douglas and Lourie
May you clarify some things for me. I know I travel and am involved in my own work.
However, I am enthusiastic about WMZA and WLM and have been available for anything that
needs to be done. I receive most of the communication and I had availed myself for the
Gauteng meeting and even indicated this to our Wikimedia contacts that we work with in my
organization. I communicated that I was available, now I am a bit left wondering after
getting the report that the meeting was done. May you clarify if meetings are for specific
people, so that it is easier to follow and plan. I understand that Wiki is a voluntary
organization and for WMZA to grow there needs to be more volunteers. May you clarify? We
are in full support for helping WMZA grow.
Kind Regards
Blessing
Programme Officer
ITOCA | Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa
Block 12, Lords Office Estate, 276 West Avenue
P.O Box 11632, Die Hoewes, 0163, Centurion
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 6634062
Fax: +27 12 6634052
Skype: chataira
Twitter: blessinfo
Email:blessing@itoca.org
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From:wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Scott
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:49 PM
To: Lourie Pieterse
Cc: WikimediaZA; WikimediaZA Board
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list)
Hi Lourie,
The report looks good, just one question, how many airline tickets were bought in the
end? Just one or two? Could the number(s) be reflected in the expenses table?
Good going on the meeting everyone and sorry I was not able to make it. And thank you
Lourie, Isla, Dumi and everyone else for all the hard work you are putting into this.
P.S.
On a general side note for everyone on our mailing list, and I would like to get
everyone's input on this and I don't mean to targe anyone in this, but I am not so
sure that the public mailing list for Wikimedia ZA is the best place to be airing
misunderstandings between members. Perhaps a more direct exchange between the concernd
parties to sort these sorts of things out might be more efficient and a public airing be
more of a last ditch attempt? After all a dispute on a public mailing list can become
distracting from our core goals for everyone else on the list.
Cheers,
Douglas.
On 29 July 2012 15:21, Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello everyone
I managed to complete the report for the Gauteng
meeting:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report.
The actual receipts of the expenses was only send to the board list, as it contains
personal information about myself. In the report you can see the details regarding the
specific expenses and also the remaining balance for this grant. We asked the WMF whether
we can transfer this amount for use in Wiki Loves Monuments. As soon as my questions
are answered by Charlene regarding the bank account I will transfer the remaining balance,
because currently it seems to me that we might have problems accessing the money should it
be transferred to this account. Feel free to ask me if there are any questions regarding
this report.
Kind regards
Lourie
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