Hi David,

I am planning to send a message to her today with some questions. It looks interesting and I feel it looks like it would be a fun thing to get involved with.

Thanks for the context. I don't think I have met her before.

Cheers,

Douglas.

On Friday, January 8, 2016, David Richfield davidrichfield@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

I'm not sure whether all of you know Sumana, but she did a lot for MediaWiki while she was at the Wikimedia Foundation, and she forwarded this to me.

Feel free to pester her with questions ;-]

-- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +49 176 72663368

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Subject: AlterConf in Cape Town seeking speakers Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:51:46 -0800 From: Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah@panix.com javascript:;> To: info@wikimedia.org.za javascript:;

Hi, Wikimedia South Africa! I am a Wikimedian who has spoken at an AlterConf in the United States and found it a rich, energizing, effective experience. AlterConf is a conference promoting diverse perspectives on technology and gaming, and on 27 August it aims to come to Cape Town:

http://www.alterconf.com/sessions/cape-town-south-africa

AlterConf is seeking speakers, freelancers, volunteers, and sponsors -- please contact the conference by June 16 at midnight PST. They are interested in finding and paying speakers to discuss any and all aspects of diversity in tech and/or gaming. "No experience required, we're happy to help you formulate ideas or to help put your talk together, and we pay all of our speakers!" There are also other paid freelancing opportunities available, as well as volunteer slots.

"AlterConf doesn't financially profit from our events. All money we bring in through sponsorships, donations, and ticket sales go to paying our speakers and covering costs with our vendors who are majority owned by marginalized people."

I bet AlterConf would benefit from a local Wikimedian perspective, so I wanted to share this opportunity with you. Please forward, and best wishes.

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Sumana Harihareswara http://brainwane.net

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