Hello Lourie
Ok, thank you for the clarification. I was mainly looking out for more details on the emails. The organization I am at and I are willing to engage in activities which promote more Wikipedians in South Africa and the rest of Africa. I am based in Gauteng and it is easier for me to volunteer in GP. I have been in communication with Dumi and might meet him soon for a WLM meeting.
Kind Regards
Blessing
From: Lourie Pieterse [mailto:louriepieterse@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 4:23 PM
To: Blessing Chataira
Cc: WikimediaZA
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list)
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: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaza/2012-July/000517.html. 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