Dear Dumisani,
Thanks for your email.
We've opened the Prelalx submission tool
<https://pretalx.com/wiki-indaba-conference-2022/login/>, please submit
your proposal before 17:00 South African time today.
Best,
Bobby Shabangu
On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 at 10:46, Dumisani Ndubane <ndubaneds(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear colleagues
>
> I would like to request for condonation of late submission for the two
> talks I intend to give at Wiki Indaba and as follows:
>
> 1. African Affiliates - Growth and what else?
> 2. African Language WIkipedias - Trends
>
> These are the two traditional talks I have given in the past Wiki Indaba
> conferences. I would be able to submit a proposal at short notice.
>
> Kindest Regards,
> _______________________________________
> *Dumisani Ndubane* ( Pr. Techni - Elec - UNISA )
> (+27) 064 698 2381
>
Dear Douglas,
Thank you so much for connecting us with Anthony, this is an invaluable
connection indeed.
Dear Anthony, I'm pleased to e-meet you. We will definitely reach out to
you to discuss further on the potential sponsorship for this
year's Wikimania.
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
WISCom
On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 14:29, Douglas Ssebaggala <erunayo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear WisCom, and the WikiIndaba 2022 LOC Lead,
>
> Please meet Anthony Ibe from Africa Tech Radio (ATR)
>
> ATR was a media sponsor for WikiIndaba 2021 in Kampala, Uganda, and they
> did a tremendous effort to make last year's conference a success for the
> media needs of WikiIndaba in terms of media visibility on the continent,
> this was through podcasts, profile interviews, event awareness through
> their channels, among other areas.
>
> Anthony, please meet Bobby Shabangu from Wikimedia ZA who is one of the members
> of WisCom
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee#who-we-are>,
> and Derrick Ndahiro, the LOC lead from the Wikimedia Community Usergroup in
> Rwanda.
>
> @Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> @ndahiro derrick
> <ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com> and @Anthony Ibe <anthony(a)africatechradio.com> please
> pick up the discussion from here.
>
> Feel free to put me, Alice, or the usergroup in bcc or copy any of us in
> the subsequent communications if need be.
>
> Thanks.
>
> *Founding Member - **Wikimedia Community Usergroup in Uganda
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda>*
> *Ssebaggala Douglas |** Twitter**:* @douglaseru
> <https://twitter.com/douglaseru> |
> *Mob - Uganda: +256 772 422524*
>
>
>
A kind reminder for Wiscom meeting today.
Apologies for short notice to Rwandan colleagues. Link: Wiscom meeting
Sunday, 03 Jul · 14:00 – 15:00
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/htr-ihar-gcv
Proposed Agenda Items:
◦ WikiIndaba 2022 status update
◦ Call for bids to host Wiki Indaba 2023 update
◦ Call for community elections to fill in the 2 volunteer committee
positions, update.
◦ Budgetary needs of the committee.
◦ Review of WISCom practices (Documentation & file management)
◦ Other business.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 01:44
Subject: WISCom Volunteer Positions
To: Kateregga Geoffrey <kateregga1(a)gmail.com>, Georges Fodouop <
gfodouop(a)gmail.com>, Wikicology <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>, Raphael Berchie
<rberchie(a)gmail.com>, Sami Mlouhi <mlouhisami(a)gmail.com>, Veronica Thamaini
<vthamaini(a)wikimedia.org>, Dumisani Ndubane <ndubaneds(a)gmail.com>, Dumisani
Ndubane <dndubane(a)wikimedia.org>
Cc: ndahiro derrick <ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com>, Zayneb Takouti <
zaynebtakouti(a)gmail.com>, Boris Bahire Kabeja <boris.bahire(a)gmail.com>
Dear All,
In retrospect to our last meeting, kindly find the recruitment letter
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wh29kA8Hr9bj9j4Q3RXNG8LMawaU_tszLrT5XPx…>
for the two WISCom volunteer roles for your review and additional inputs.
I'm looking to make the announcement on Friday 24, June, so that at our
next meeting we finalise the selection process.
Best,
Bobby Shabangu
Dear Antoni,
Thank you for responding to our invitation to bid to host the 2022
WikiIndaba conference in Tanzania. We appreciate the time you took to put
the application together as well as giving well thought of responses to our
questionnaire.
I need to inform you that you were one of the best candidates in the
application process. However, due to small technicalities we unfortunately
had to award the bid to another well deserving country.
Kindly be informed that WISCom’s role also extends to providing
non-financial support to African communities in areas where they struggle.
In this regard, please feel free to reach out to us should you need to
discuss your application further, and the areas you may need support in
order to improve your chances of winning the bid next time.
Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu
Wiscom
This event has been cancelled.
Title: Urgent- Wiscom meeting
==Agenda Items==UG Rwanda State of Readiness
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Dear all,
Thanks to colleagues who attended the meeting today. Below kindly find
minutes and tasks to be executed before our meeting next week.
*==Attendance ==*
- Bobby
- Raphael
- Georges
- Zayneb
*==Apologies ==*
- None
*==Agenda Items==Confirmation of Country Representation (Previous
Organizers of the Conference)*
- All previous host countries have confirmed their representatives
except Tunisia
- Zayneb joined on her own accord and to provide advice since she's
experienced organising WikiIndaba not representing Tunisia.
*Call for bids to host Wiki Indaba 2022*
Proposal
Task
Date/ day
Person responsible
· In order to have more diverse pool of participants, African
Wikimedians need to be encouraged to form affiliate groups ( Chapters,
Usergroups, Thematic groups) within their respective countries.
An email to be sent to Affcom to encourage African Wikimedians to form
affiliate groups.
Monday
Raphael
- We have a small pool of affiliates in the African continent to
adequately invite Affilliates per region.
- We need to invite all current African affiliates to bid to host
WikiIndaba conference.
Consolidation of all African user affiliates (Usergroups and thematic
groups) who have not hosted the conference before and their main contacts
persons.
Wednesday
Georges
- To shorten the vetting a questionnaire asking key questions about the
state of readiness to host the conference needs to be sent to all countries
who have express interest of hosting.
· Write questionnaire to be sent to sent countries who have express
interest to host the conference.
Friday
Bobby
*Call for community elections to fill in the 3 volunteer committee
positions
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWiki…>;
**Budgetary needs of the committee and **Review of WISCom practices
(Documentation & file management *to discussed in the next meeting
*Next meeting will take place on *
*26 March 2022 at the same time. *
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
Dear Chen,
I trust this email finds you well and safe.
I'm reaching out to you on behalf of the WikiIndaba Steering Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee> (WISCom)
regarding the next WikiIndaba Conference
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba> host country for this year -
2022.
We have just completed the bid selection process to choose the next host
for the conference and Wikimedia Usergroup Rwanda emerged as the winner.
Our process involved sending out invitations
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_StfCSJkPBOP8mw3ocUGGQWRHcgR4DRDRW2BT-3_uE…>
to all African affiliates to bid to host the conference. This was followed
by a selection criterion which looked at several factors including the
capacity to host the conference, regional rotation, if there were elections
this year in their country, status of finance and reporting as well as
their reason why they wanted to host.
Despite all of these measures, we still want to find out from you if they
are cleared or fit to receive funds from the Wikimedia Foundation?
I need to indicate that we've already informed them that they will be
hosting the conference. However, we still can reverse that decision should
you give us a response contrary to our findings, especially regarding their
reporting standing and grants since the official public announcement has
not been made and the other applicants have not been informed as yet.
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
WISCom
Cher Abakar,
Nous vous remercions d'avoir répondu à notre appel à candidature pour
accueillir la conférence WikiIndaba 2022 au Tchad. Nous apprécions le temps
que vous avez consacré à la préparation de votre candidature ainsi que vos
réponses réfléchies à notre questionnaire.
Je dois vous informer que vous étiez l'un des meilleurs candidats dans le
processus de candidature. Cependant, en raison de petits détails
techniques, en particulier le fait qu'il y a des élections en cours dans
votre pays cette année, nous avons malheureusement dû attribuer l'offre à
un autre pays bien méritant.
Sachez que le rôle du WISCom s'étend également à la fourniture d'un soutien
non financier aux communautés africaines dans les domaines où elles sont en
difficulté. À cet égard, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous souhaitez
discuter plus de votre candidature dans le futur et des domaines dans
lesquels vous pourriez avoir besoin d'aide afin d'améliorer vos chances de
remporter l'appel d'offres la prochaine fois.
Bien à vous,
Bobby Shabangu
Wiscom
Cher Donatien,
Merci d'avoir répondu à notre appel à candidature pour accueillir la
conférence WikiIndaba 2022 en Côte d'Ivoire. Nous apprécions le temps que
vous avez consacré à la préparation de votre candidature ainsi que vos
réponses réfléchies à notre questionnaire.
Je dois vous informer que vous étiez l'un des meilleurs candidats dans le
processus de candidature. Cependant, en raison de petits détails
techniques, nous avons malheureusement dû attribuer l'offre à un autre pays
méritant.
Sachez que le rôle de WISCom s'étend également à la fourniture d'un soutien
non financier aux communautés africaines dans les domaines où elles sont en
difficulté. À cet égard, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous souhaitez
discuter plus de votre candidature dans le futur et des domaines dans
lesquels vous pourriez avoir besoin d'aide pour améliorer vos chances de
remporter l'appel d'offres la prochaine fois.
Bien à vous,
Georges Fodouop
Wiscom