Thanks for sharing this Isla! and I will get in touch with Erina. Cheers,
On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Isla Haddow Flood <[email protected]> wrote: > Great Felix!! > > Kampala is an AWESOME place to visit! > > Perhaps also speak to Erina about her work on Kumusha Takes Wiki where she > collaborated directly with Open Street Maps. You can find out some of the > work here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kumusha_Takes_Wiki/en - but > speaking to her would be best. > > Warmest > Isla > > > On 08 Jul 2017, at 3:03 PM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Douglas, > > I am glad to hear there is a group working on the ground and I will be > attending the conference. > > I will be presenting on "Cross collaboration across open movements in > Africa" using Wikipedia and Open Street Maps as a case study, talking > especially on how both communities can benefit and make each others work > relevant. > > I will showcase how Wikipedia makes use of geodata (coordinates) in > articles of places and suggest new ways we can work together. > > Cheers, > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Isla Haddow Flood < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Douglas >> >> Thanks for letting us all know. This sounds very exciting!! >> >> Responding to what Asaf said … perhaps an explanation is required of what >> he meant. In the Wikimedia world you have to be endorsed by the AffCom >> committee (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee) to >> call yourself a Usergroup - the Cameroon group has just completed the >> process. >> >> When you are a group of enthusiastic volunteers working towards this >> recognition, groups like yours call themselves Planning Wikimedia Uganda >> Usergroup, or similar. This is the norm. So I guess that is why he is >> surprised at the words you used. >> >> Asaf, you can see the work that the Uganda Volunteer group has done on >> Wiki Loves Africa over the last 3 years if you look here: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa - >> The team that typically takes part can be seen here: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ >> Africa_2016/Local_events#Uganda >> >> Douglas can point you to the other outreach work they have done. >> >> warmest >> Isla >> >> >> On 07 Jul 2017, at 11:56 PM, Douglas Ssebaggala <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Wikimedians, >> >> Especially from Africa, apologies that this has come in, really really >> late, nevertheless, thought the list can know about the above OpenStreetMap >> Conference happening in the next few hours in Kampala. Details at >> >> http://sotmafrica.org >> >> It's a pity that we do not have a session about Wikipedia/Wikimedia >> Projects, however, Wikimedia Usergroup members in Uganda and other African >> countries are strongly involved in the organisation of the above >> conference, and this is just a start, we highly hope to have more >> involvement of Wikimedia in the future events. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> *Ssebaggala Douglas* >> *Executive Director (MapUganda)* >> *OpenStreetMap Uganda * >> >> *Building a network of Mappers in Uganda, creating capacity, Innovation >> and opendata.* >> *Skype: douglo.m | Twitter: @mapuganda >> <http://www.twitter.com/mapuganda> @douglaseru >> <https://twitter.com/douglaseru> | Mob: +256 772 422524 >> <+256%20772%20422524>* >> >> *Hive Colab, 4th Floor Kanjokya House, Plot 90, Kanjokya Street, Kampala - >> Uganda* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> >> *Isla Haddow-Flood* >> Co-project Manager >> Username: Islahaddow >> >> <image001.jpg> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > *Felix Nartey* > *Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin* > *Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>* > *+233242844987 <024%20284%204987> | +447440959477 <+44%207440%20959477>* > *Skype:Flixtey* > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > Co-project Manager > Username: Islahaddow > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -- *Felix Nartey* *Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin* *Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>* *+233242844987 | +447440959477* *Skype:Flixtey*
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