This is a fantastic idea. Especially after Raphael and team's incredibly successful Kumusha Bus in Ghana this past weekend. I'm told there is a thriving open community in Ghana that's looking for more opportunities to connect and grow!
Kelsey Kelsey Wiens Creative Commons Public Lead Cape Town, South Africa Mobile: +27 (72) 438 5095 Skype: kelseylwiens About.me: http://about.me/kelseywiens Twitter: bella_velo On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:02 PM, < african-wikimedians-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > african-wikimedians-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in 2017 together with the > meeting ACASA Art Council of the African Studies Association > (Isla Haddow-Flood) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:59:27 +0200 > From: Isla Haddow-Flood <isl...@africacentre.net> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia gathering in Ghana in > 2017 together with the meeting ACASA Art Council of the African > Studies Association > Message-ID: <3eeebcf7-b365-482c-8914-97fe7ac56...@africacentre.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Kasper > > In June, Wikimedia ZA held Wiki Indaba. It was for wikipedians from Africa > and wikipedians working on Africa from outside, as well as those from the > aligned movement across Africa. We had delegates from all over Africa, > including Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia, and France. Afripedia was > invited, I know, because I made a special effort to make sure they knew > about it. I believe Florence also mentioned it to them. But there was some > change happening at Afripedia too. > > I think another Wiki Indaba will definitely happen, but for when and where > you will have to check with Douglas at Wikimedia ZA the original organizers > (and aiming for Ghana for 2017 is a great idea, hopefully having had others > in 2015-6). > > I really don't see any point in spitting the conference and having a > francophone one separate from the rest. It means we are going backwards, > but with Afripedia on board, perhaps the weighting of the conference can > become more balanced. You can find out more about the conference at > WikiIndaba.net ... And on meta: > http://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba > > Most of the people on this list were at the last one. > > Warmest > Isla > > Isla on the move. Excuse the brevity. > > > On 4 Dec 2014, at 00:38, Kasper Souren <kasper.sou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote: > >> In 2017 (August 9-13), the ACASA Art Council of the African Studies > Association is having its triennial meeting in Ghana. it is the first time > in Africa. http://www.acasaonline.org > > Great! > > > >> I wanted to launch the idea for an African gathering in another country > (as suggested by Wikimedia ZA) but with a light management work. > >> what do you think? > > > > During the Afripedia session this week the idea came up to organize > something like a "Francophone Wikimania" somewhere in Africa at some point > in the future. > > > > Kasper > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20141204/0aee296b/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 6, Issue 9 > ************************************************* >
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