Dear All,
I notice that I've made a mistake regarding the date of our next meeting.
It should be 15 May not 14 May. I'll change this and kindly ask that you
re-accept the invite.
Regarding the letters/emails - I've already put together the 3 emails meant
for UG Rwanda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18zdjilGZA4hH0-jdXzJOxoaoeeskuNcOnCKKwE1n85A/edit>,
The Rejection letters
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vRs3MOqF8fIysi4-XEk4sCAnzdKzTYGOdk_2T37CDo4/edit>
and public announcement
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HR9HyOylF8kWWCNPuNB8SNT6HktAz22uRLwQRJgo924/edit>
for your review and inputs.
Best,
Bobby Shabangu
On Sun, 1 May 2022 at 02:15, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
Thanks for taking your time and casting your votes.
The final score after consolidating all the votes - which can also be seen
here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zB9yUDIWnvhEgtLi8g6XiHt6MlIuIcKnztaW6FgxrW0/edit?resourcekey#gid=2141922799>
-
went like this:
- Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa - *43 Points *
- Tanzania, East Africa - *37 Points *
- Rwanda, East Africa - *47 Points *
This means that Rwanda has come on top. Please note blank areas were
deliberately left out by Raphael and Isaac.
The next step is to proceed and write 3 emails as follows:
1. a congratulatory email to Rwanda,
2. thank you letters to UG Tchad, UG Rwanda and UG Côte d'Ivoire for
participating and encouraging them to bid for next year
3. and an announcement to the African communities about the WikiIndaba
Conference host for 2022.
I'll begin with the email to Rwanda, @Georges and @Sami kindly assist.
Also any volunteers here are welcome - communications to be cleared by
Wiscom before it goes out?
Best,
Bobby Shabangu
On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 22:53, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Thanks to those who've already voted. This is an email to nudge the 3
> remaining colleagues to vote. Link to the voting form is HERE
>
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zB9yUDIWnvhEgtLi8g6XiHt6MlIuIcKnztaW6FgxrW0/edit?resourcekey#gid=2141922799>
> .
>
> Best,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 at 17:14, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Thank you so much for taking your time to attend the meeting today and
>> kindly find the minutes for our meeting here
>>
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AJlrUNLGl8Pl5NfRjV7StcVQsJZ0dlQE3SglKOOQt2k/edit>
>> .
>>
>> These minutes will be filed at a central point later after we've
>> discussed the agenda item in our minutes pertaining "Review of WISCom
>> practices (Documentation & file management)".
>>
>> The link to the voting form can be found here
>>
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zB9yUDIWnvhEgtLi8g6XiHt6MlIuIcKnztaW6FgxrW0/edit?resourcekey#gid=2141922799>.
>> @Isaac, you'll let me know if you need clarification on the voting
>> process.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bobby Shabangu
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 21:13, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Georges and all,
>>>
>>> Thanks Georges for the list. Would be great for colleagues to also
>>> assist by identifying whom to contact from the countries who previously did
>>> not host WikiIndaba conference.
>>>
>>> I would also like to remind everyone to join our meeting which will
>>> take place this Saturday at the same time as last week. Kindly see the
>>> meeting invite for details.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bobby Shabangu
>>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 21:03, Georges Fodouop <gfodouop(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> As requested, here is an overview of affiliates in Africa by region :
>>>>
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13SnR82CmiTY_816gjXzvK6E6aL9MD6-YmKx…
>>>> You can add to it if there are any omissions.
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Le sam. 19 mars 2022 à 22:16, Isaac Olatunde
<reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
>>>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bobby,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the minutes. And a big hugs to colleagues who attended
>>>>> the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, I didn't get a reminder even though I accepted
the
>>>>> invite (not a fault from you Bobby). I think I need to check the
settings
>>>>> of my calendar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Isaac
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2022, 20:41 Bobby Shabangu,
<bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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_Indaba_Steering_Committee%2FMembers&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw286Q7awe42eAYdP4EcyywM>;
>>>>>> **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
>>>>>>
>>>>>