Cool. Have a great time in Kampala everyone present. Best,
-Enock Le 8 juil. 2017 13:45, "Felix Nartey" <[email protected]> a écrit : > 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 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | +447440959477 > <+44%207440%20959477>* > *Skype:Flixtey* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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