[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Schools Pilot

BRANTON OBWARI bruceobwari at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 05:42:09 UTC 2011


this is to say a big thank you for our team leaders for Kakamega, Mombasa
and Nyeri ,and the entire teams , you actually did as proud and we hope your
efforts will embark positively to the local community , thumbs up!

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:28 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev at gmail.com> wrote:

> .I must start by personally congratulating Abbas,Oscar and Oliver on doing
> such a great job on developing and managing this project plan for Wikimedia
> Kenya.The extra time you have been putting on this has really paid off and I
> believe that you presented an ambitious and attainable set of goals for the
> team.well done and congratulations!The fruit of your labor is sweet and I
> must say you deserve it.
>
> Along with this message is my applause and gratitude for the wonderful job
> that the Wikimedians have done today and the days beforehand.Of all things
> you Wikimedians have done,I particularly salute this one.
>
> Doing all this extra work while continuing in your full time position was
> extremely ambitious and took a lot of effort and dedication on your part.
>
> I am sure it was worth it all,knowing that our achievement will make such a
> positive difference in people's lives.
> Well done.
>
> I may now proudly say"najivunia kuwa Wikimedian"
> Once again thank you.
>
> On Apr 4, 2011 8:23 PM, "David Mugo" <raidarmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > Every good thing starts from somewhere and its not easy work. We have
> made a
> > critical step towards changing lives in our country and that is what
> human
> > life should be about. Each day that you wake up, make sure you have set
> > yourself to be a part of a move that affects the world positively. Am
> proud
> > to be a member of this and I will continuously give my best to it.
> >
> > David.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:16 PM, lilian nyarera <lireshi at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> HI ALL!
> >> Wow! Personally having completed our pilot one month ago, would
> >> want to CONGRATULATE everyone for their dedication and team spirit which
> led
> >> to the success of this project. Good leadership comes from a combination
> of
> >> many things,ability to learn from past mistakes, ability to organize a
> >> strong team and much more which our leaders Abbas,Oscar and Steve have
> shown
> >> and KUDOS for that.
> >> Even those who are not leaders but go the extra mile to ensure better
> >> coordination we SALUTE you! Cheers, LILIAN.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:30 PDT SAMSON MAOSA wrote:
> >>
> >> >Indeed, so far we have come, from just a mere suggestions that was made
> by
> >> >the google team (Christine Moon, Angie Cantelmi, Dennis Gikunda) and
> the
> >> >Wikimedia team that somewhere in Purshottam Place, that later was put
> >> under
> >> >keen consideration by a team led by Abbas, and now it is almost a dream
> >> come
> >> >true that Wikimedia Kenya is fast growing and will hopefully be a
> chapter
> >> >soon. Congrats to all the members, and let us not stop or give up here.
> >> >After South Africa, I believe we are next and that should be enough to
> >> >encourage us increase our efforts at what we are doing.
> >> >
> >> >FYI,
> >> >
> >> >> BTW -- this might be slightly off-topic, but I'd thought that I'd let
> >> you
> >> >> know that I was informed that we arguably have the *most
> multi-national
> >> >> chapter mailing list* in the Wikimedia community!!!
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >That makes me very proud of Wikimedia Kenya!!! I was even trying to
> >> design
> >> >country-flag templates in Wikimedia Kenya <http://www.wikimedia.or.ke>
> >> and
> >> >that is when I realized that I had to do more than what I expected!!! I
> >> mean
> >> >Kenya, Tanzania, India, Israel, Switzerland, Germany... Congrats to us.
> >> >
> >> >I was so thrilled in Berlin when I was asked to share the secret of
> >> >> how we run our yet to be Chapter. To my amazement,all the Wikimedia
> >> >> Community admired our style and we got a mention to be exemplified by
> >> >> other chapters!:P,
> >> >> it was a great moment..
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >We are a World-Class chapter-to-be ;)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> I would also like to send my condolences to those who couldn't make
> it
> >> like
> >> >> Samson Maosa. I extend my condolences to the Nyeri team whose laptops
> >> were
> >> >> virus-infected.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks Abbas for your condolences.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >>
> >>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >> >Samson Arosi Maosa,
> >> >Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,
> >> >Bsc. Electronics and Computer Engineering
> >> >+254750-nine-one-seven-three-zero-five
> >> >*"In this world, everything has been done but suppose we try doing it
> in a
> >> >different (better) way?"*
> >> >Make someone know what you already know. Join us now at Wikimedia
> >> >Kenya<http://www.wikimedia.or.ke>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -------------
> > David Mugo,
> > ICT & E-Commerce Consultant,
> > http://majibu.com
> > Twitter: @raidarmax
>
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