Hello everyone,
There is a bunch of stuff going on these days within the Wikimedia community in South Africa so I thought I would send out this brief summary and update.
*UNDP Wikipedian in Residence* The first is that the deadline to apply for the Wikipedian in Residence position with the United Nations Development Program in Pretoria, South Africa is almost here (*27 September*). You find out more about that position at the link here: https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=26027
*AfroCuration education edit-a-thon* The Moleskin Foundation with the support of Wikimedia ZA will be hosting an edit-a-thon to improve South African related articles on Wikipedia in Johannesburg. The event will take place on the* 5 October*. We are looking for Wikipedia editors in the area and around the country to join us the day and help improve content about South Africa and the SA Constitution in particular. More information bout that here: https://babw.formstack.com/forms/afrocuration_registration_form
If you are outside of Johannesburg but want to attend you can apply for a scholarship at the link here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-rGAB-tZAnvn0S4MavkizWsHG8bxfhIO4rpkT2dajvqEoqA/viewform .
*20th Cape Town meetup* Also on the *5 October *but this time in Cape Town the 20th Cape Town meetup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_20 will be happening. So if you want to hangout in a relaxed environment to chat about Wiki stuff then please join us.
*Wikipedia takes Design (Cape Town)* On the *26 October* Wikimedia ZA will be hosting a 'learn to edit Wikipedia' workshop for members of the design community in Cape Town. It will take place form 14:00 to 17:00 at the Montebelo Design Centre in Newlands. South African Wikipedia editors who are interested in helping out are more than welcome to join us. Learn more about that at the link here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_takes_Design_(Cape_Town).
*Wiki-Indaba 2019*
From the 8th to the 10th November this year's Wiki-Indaba
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019 will be happening in Abuja, Nigeria.
In other news. We are currently settling on the date of this year's AGM which will take place sometime in late November/early December. We will notify people at lease a month before the event date about it.
Regards,
Douglas.