[Wikimedia Kenya] Nyeri Pilot

Mon Mar 21 15:35:44 UTC 2011

Great work steve. May be try liasing with over ten skuls jus in case
some refuse. All the best though.

On 3/21/11, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> The Nyeri previsit has been a success now that this was just the first day.
> I have managed to visit four schools.
>
> One thing I have noted different with Nyeri,all these schools have internet
> connection unlike the incidents in the other regions,sorry to say,and even
> better they all have websites.
>
> The teachers involved have been receptive to the idea that the content that
> we are giving has been filtered for secondary curricular and that this would
> be used when the teachers would not be able to be around when students are
> around,on that note so far Three schools have said "yes we can" proceed.
>
> They are;
> Nyeri high School.
> St. Marys Secondary school
> Nyeri Baptist high.
>
> Mt. Kenya academy senior school said they would call back after making up
> their mind,which to me sounded like a NO.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:02 AM, SAMSON MAOSA <coolsam726 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I like the arrangement, thumbs up Steve, good luck in your pre-visit and
>> good luck to the team on the mission
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Chris Riwa <chriwaustin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> All the best steve. Looking forward to seeing this task undertaken.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:47 AM, stephen wanjau
>>> <wanjaustev at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On that regard then being the leader for the Nyeri team I vouch for the
>>>> following to undertake the pilot;
>>>> Grace,Anne,Chris and I.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys I am going to visit the first school this morning and I will
>>>> keep you updated on the progress.
>>>> cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Guys,
>>>>> We did overlook a number of things in the Master budge like we planned
>>>>> for 5days yet we spent 7 days!among other things.
>>>>> and we did not also budget for the pre-visit yet it cost a substantial
>>>>> amount.I Hope this serves as a good learning experience after all every
>>>>> day
>>>>> is a learning experience in life....
>>>>>
>>>>> Goodluck to the Nyeri guys
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Chris Riwa
>>>>> <chriwaustin at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a gret decision you guyz made. All in all, what's important is
>>>>>> that the the job gets done to its best. You guyz figure out who are
>>>>>> best to undertake the duty. Am ok with whatever the outcome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/20/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Hello guys,
>>>>>> > Let me first start by congratulating Stephen in his efforts to
>>>>>> finalize the
>>>>>> > 3rd and final phase of the Wikipedia for Schools project.
>>>>>> > Secondly, I would like to urge the Nyeri team to prioritize those
>>>>>> > who
>>>>>> > haven't participated in the prior regions (such as Grace and Ann). I
>>>>>> believe
>>>>>> > that these people should first be given an opportunity to go, before
>>>>>> giving
>>>>>> > room to others who went to Kakamega and Mombasa.
>>>>>> > Thirdly, I must say (and the Kakamega & Mombasa team leaders will
>>>>>> agree with
>>>>>> > me on this) that we overspent in Kakamega and Mombasa at the
>>>>>> unfortunate
>>>>>> > expense of Nyeri. This is due to a number of reasons including:-the
>>>>>> > unfavourable bank exchange rate,
>>>>>> > -Kakamega team increased cost of internal transport,-Kakamega
>>>>>> incresed cost
>>>>>> > of previsit,-Mombasa increased cost of accommodation.
>>>>>> > So, what do we do now? Oscar, Stephen and I are from having a
>>>>>> discussion
>>>>>> > regarding the above. Taking our experiences from Mombasa and
>>>>>> Kakamega, we
>>>>>> > all agreed that 6 people per school is a little too much. We have
>>>>>> therefore
>>>>>> > proposed a cut from 6 people to 4 people. What are your thoughts?
>>>>>> > PS -- Being the first time for us to budget, I do believe that it's
>>>>>> not a
>>>>>> > really bad thing for us to overspend.
>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
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> Bsc. Mathematics (*Statistics*) and Computer Science.
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