About me + problem in SA - WikimediaZA

9 Dec 2011

Hi all,

I'm Maarten from Belgium. I am new and I want to present myself to the
mailing list.

At the end of this year, I will move to South Africa for my new job (a green
energy firm <http://electrawinds.be/index.asp?taal=en>), they have a small
team in Durban. During my stay (2 y), I will be happy to help the South
African Wikipedia team.

More about my Wiki work: I have been very active on the Dutch Wikipedia
(I'm now almost 6 years admin), and I helped organising a number of events
in Belgium. I was the main organiser of the Wiki Loves
Monuments<http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu/>(WLM) Belgium/Luxembourg
event, and with a small team we are struggling to
set up a Belgian chapter. This is very complicated due to the language
problems in Belgium. I would really be thrilled to convince the team to
organise the WLM competition in SA too. It's an ideal starter ('pilot
programme') for a chapter.

However, I have a problem. I will arrive in SA on December 27 (Durban/CT:
not yet determined), and lodging / car / ... will be arranged for. But due
to some unforseen changes, my colleagues won't be able to accompany me
until 6 January. Who can help me and wants to show me the region during
this period (incl. New year's eve)?

Grtz,
Maarten

+32 475 21 38 35
Skype: mdeneckere