[Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011

Alex Wafula xelawafs at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 23 06:52:48 UTC 2011 

I just noticed the 14th - 18th dates though last time I spoke with Asaf, he mentioned that he'll be available for 4 days; maybe he can clarify this.

-Alex

On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 9:50 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:

>
>Stephen,
>I don't know which letter you are using, but I've attached the appropriate one, just incase.
>Oscar,
>Yes, we are full. But of ideas, not confirmations. As far as I know, we only have Strath & Google confirmed. I second your idea about our meetup. I was at iHub today and Tosh told me that iHub will be really busy during mid-August.
>Alex,
>Asaf will be here for 5 days: from 14th to 18th.
>Stephen,
>Alex raised a good point regarding Egerton costing us a full day, which will be kinda difficult to squeeze. I think we hould put it on hold until end of next week and if we wouldn't have gotten any confirmations from local universities; then we can take that into consideration.
>//abbas.
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:36:00 +0300
>> From: oslimoke at gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake at lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>> 
>> Alex,
>> Nice thought,I think we are full.Plus we need a session with Asaf as
>> WMKE members remember?
>> We could slot that as an informal get together and chat with Asaf on a
>> relaxed set up..preferably an evening...just a wild suggestion:-)
>> Otherwise nice job guys,cheers for the good work
>> 
>> On 7/22/11, Alex Wafula <xelawafs at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > So just keeping track so far. Asaf will be in Kenya for 4 days one of which
>> > he'll be in Mombasa so when planning for Nairobi and Nakuru, we should take
>> > into account that we have 3 days.
>> >
>> > So far, we are looking: Strathmore, UoN, Nairobits, Egerton, Daystar, USIU,
>> > government institutions and Google.
>> >
>> > Egerton may take an entire day so if all these institution will confirm,
>> > then I think we are full...!
>> >
>> > Alex.
>> >
>> > On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 9:04 AM PDT stephen wanjau wrote:
>> >
>> >>I will talk to the Egerton contact and I will keep you posted on the
>> >>progress.
>> >>
>> >>Cheers
>> >>Stephen W. Wanjau
>> >>
>> >>On Jul 22, 2011 7:01 PM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Ok, I have the two letters that you forwarded, unless there are others.
>> >>>
>> >>> I will go ahead to contact the guy at Egerton.
>> >>>
>> >>> As for USIU and Daystar, I do not have any contacts that we could use but
>> >>if
>> >>> somebody is available, paying these campuses a pre-visit to have meeting
>> >>> permits and appointments from the respective dean of students sounds
>> >>> better.
>> >>>
>> >>> It's to our advantage that the two campuses ,USIU and Daystar are all
>> >>> located within NBO.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Stephen W. Wanjau
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 22, 2011 6:51 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" <abbasjnr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Stephen,
>> >>>> I think you should go ahead and contact Egerton. Since most Universities
>> >>> will either be closed or doing exams, we don't have a choice but follow
>> >>> up
>> >>> on the few that are willing to host us. Do you need the letter, or do you
>> >>> have it already? And do you have any USIU contacts? Or Daystar?
>> >>>> ThanksAbbas.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:48 +0300
>> >>>> From: wanjaustev at gmail.com
>> >>>> To: wikimediake at lists.wikimedia.org
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hello guys,
>> >>>> Incase time and resources allow,There is a contact at Egerton
>> >>>> University,
>> >>> ( Alex, remember the guys who organized the Mozilla talk?).I had a chat
>> >>with
>> >>> their Computer Students club chairman and he was willing we give them a
>> >>talk
>> >>> regarding Wikimedia.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Infact he told me the talk can be conducted at the town campus in Nakuru
>> >>> town. If that's ok please let me know so that I can furnish him with the
>> >>> relevant material (letters,posters e.t.c.) and more information.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cheers
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Stephen W. Wanjau
>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2011 6:02 PM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> Hey Abbas,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've already got intouch with someone from UoN and I'm waiting for an
>> >>> official confirmation from them.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've also forwarded the letter from Wikimedia to help things move on
>> >>> faster.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Cheers,
>> >>>>> Alex.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 7:36 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>Thanks Oscar for notifying us.
>> >>>>>>Does anyone have contacts at USIU? We could approach them as well.
>> >>>>>>Also, Alex, have you contacted UoN? I have a contact there that might
>> >>>>>> be
>> >>> able to contact UoN's Dean.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>BTW, I have an official introduction letter from Wikimedia, so in case
>> >>> any one of you needs it to approach various institutions, please do
>> >>contact
>> >>> me and i will forward the letter to you beforehand.
>> >>>>>>Abbas.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:47:26 +0300
>> >>>>>>> From: oslimoke at gmail.com
>> >>>>>>> To: wikimediake at lists.wikimedia.org
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>> >>>>>>> I have just requested the Director of e-learning JKUAT to allow us a
>> >>>>>>> visit when Asaf is around.However we are starting our exams around
>> >>>>>>> 5th
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> August and it may be tricky to have audience with students.
>> >>>>>>> I would be finishing my exams on 15th and so I hope to join all of
>> >>>>>>> you
>> >>>>>>> guys thereafter.So if you see me quite,I am buried in my books"-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 7/19/11, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>> > Asaf,
>> >>>>>>> >> The iHub sounds great, and a post-1800 time for public speaking is
>> >>> not a
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> problem for me! Can WMKE set it up? If there's a fee to use the
>> >>> iHub,
>> >>>>>>> >> the
>> >>>>>>> >> Foundation will pay it.
>> >>>>>>> > The problem is not with the you,most WMKE may not do a post-1800
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> > meeting.The travel logistics in Nairobi may not allow most of us to
>> >>>>>>> > attend the meeting.I suggest we do a daytime meeting at some other
>> >>>>>>> > venue?The August memorial Park in the City Center?However they
>> >>charge
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> > a small fee.The iHub facility is free of charge for scheduled
>> >>> meetings
>> >>>>>>> > subject to availability and booking.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >> This sounds good to me. I have already contacted the Google
>> >>>>>>> >> Nairobi
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> office,
>> >>>>>>> >> and they would be happy for me to visit. I'd like some of you to
>> >>> join
>> >>>>>>> >> me.
>> >>>>>>> >> I know some of you have already had contact with the Google
>> >>>>>>> >> Nairobi
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> office,
>> >>>>>>> >> so perhaps we can use this opportunity to introduce some other
>> >>>>>>> >> WMKE
>> >>>>>>> >> members
>> >>>>>>> >> to the Google team? I think 3 or 4 WMKE members would be great to
>> >>> join
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> me
>> >>>>>>> >> in that meeting. Securing Google as a sponsor for WTN would
>> >>> definitely
>> >>>>>>> >> be
>> >>>>>>> >> one goal of that meeting. What else do you think we could ask from
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> Google?
>> >>>>>>> >> They wanted "numbers and figures", not your NGO registration
>> >>papers;
>> >>>>>>> >> this
>> >>>>>>> >> means that if we can come up with concrete plans (with a budget, a
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> realistic
>> >>>>>>> >> timeline, and a list of people committed to doing the work), we
>> >>>>>>> >> can
>> >>> move
>> >>>>>>> >> forward with securing support from Google (as well as the
>> >>> Foundation).
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Great.I contacted them and am still awaiting their response.Glad
>> >>>>>>> > you
>> >>>>>>> > caught their attention.I would be happy to join you.
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >>> We also visited KU (www.ku.ac.ke) with Ting and we had a greta
>> >>>>>>> >>> and
>> >>>>>>> >>> fruitful discussions with the Top Management of the Universities
>> >>> about
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >>> future areas of collaboration in advancing our aims.We were
>> >>> supposed
>> >>>>>>> >>> to get back to them and deliver an Outreach sort of talk to there
>> >>>>>>> >>> students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >> Excellent! Perhaps we can deliver a double talk as I proposed
>> >>> elsewhere
>> >>>>>>> >> --
>> >>>>>>> >> a general "introduction to Wikipedia" delivered by a WMKE member,
>> >>> and a
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >> talk
>> >>>>>>> >> on Wikimedia as a global movement (or on the Foundation and its
>> >>> strategy
>> >>>>>>> >> and
>> >>>>>>> >> plans?) by me. Is one of you willing to make this happen?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> > Our Contact at KU(Dr.Martin Njoroge) earlier on told me that our
>> >>> vsist
>> >>>>>>> > may not be possible as they KU Students will be away then.He wished
>> >>> it
>> >>>>>>> > were in September.I saw your request to the Director of e-learning
>> >>in
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> > a different thread and I hope we will be able to have a chat with
>> >>> him.
>> >>>>>>> > I would be finding the contacts of the Director of e-learning of
>> >>> JKUAT
>> >>>>>>> > and I hope you would not mind sedning a similar email to him.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Regards,
>> >>>>>>> > Limoke O.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>> Limoke Oscar,
>> >>>>>>> mayenge.blogspot.com
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> Freelancer,
>> >>>>>>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>> >>>>>>>
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