Dear Asaf, We will be happy to receive you in Zambia.
Kind regards, Trudy On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:37 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Sub-Saharan Africa visit? (Samuel Guebo) > 2. Re: Sub-Saharan Africa visit? (Kangah Donatien KOFFI) > 3. Re: Sub-Saharan Africa visit? (Georges Fodouop) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:32:40 +0000 > From: Samuel Guebo <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Sub-Saharan Africa visit? > Message-ID: > <CAKbRZirPY6v-CP2G1ci3G62+v0HUSBdMEhMPwuqGxRzqaN1=Xg@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello Asaf, > > The Wikimedian community in Côte d'Ivoire would be honored to have you > here. We look forward to discussing details of your coming. > > Best regards, > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Some of you know me, but for those of you who don't, let me introduce > > myself briefly: I am a program officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and > > work in the Community Resources (formerly called Grantmaking) team. > While > > I handled grants in the past, I am now working on capacity-building > > activities with emerging communities, in a program called Community > > Capacity Development[1] (CCD, [[m:CCD]]), one aspect of which -- the > > Community Capacity Map[2] (CCM, [[m:CCM]]) -- you may have run across on > > the Wikimedia-l in the past few weeks. > > > > I write today to ask whether your community would be interested in > > discussing a possible visit to Sub-Saharan Africa by me, with several > > related goals in each country I'd visit, including: > > * a strategy/planning workshop with the group of active contributors. > This > > would build on any existing plans or strategy you have, and also > integrate > > thinking about the broad goals identified in the movement strategy > > project's phase 1 (presented at Wikimania in Montreal in August 2017.) > > * Meetings with important existing/prospective partners (if deemed > helpful) > > * Public speaking (if deemed helpful) > > * capacity-building workshops for your community members, on topics such > > as (I'll need your help in determining which of these would be useful): > > ** Free licenses, non-free licenses, copyright, and OTRS (or: How to > > contribute to the Wikimedia Commons) > > ** Composing encyclopedic prose from a neutral point of view (NPOV) > > ** Negotiating notability and reliability requirements on Wikipedia > > ** Conflict management for Wikipedians > > ** Group facilitation skills > > ** Introduction to Wikidata > > ** Querying Wikidata with SPARQL > > ** Modern tools demonstration > > ** How to build a partnership > > ** etc. > > > > Some logistical details: > > > > *If I come, it would be after the Wikimedia Conference and before > > Wikimania, i.e. between late April and early July. > > * If I come, I would probably stay in Africa for between two and three > > weeks total, to have enough time for the above in several countries, and > to > > accommodate your needs and availability. > > * I will have a budget for some domestic travel, to bring key volunteers > > together > > * No expenses are expected from your group's budget. Only your time and > > cooperation. > > > > Please take some time to discuss this idea and let me know if your > > community is sufficiently interested that we should discuss it further, > > over email or a video call. If you feel this would not be very helpful, > or > > you really can't accommodate any additional activities before July this > > year, *please* don't feel obligated to respond. I am genuinely interested > > in helping, and there are other communities I could be supporting with > this > > budget and time, so I won't be offended or upset, promise! :) > > > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Asaf > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > > > -- > > *_______________________________________________________* > > > *Samuel Guebo* > > > > *GLAM-WIKI Coordinator in Côte d'IvoireVice-chair of Wikimedia Community > User Group Côte d'Ivoire <http://wikimedia.ci> (WCUG-CI)* > > *(225) 77 34 17 21 / 40 27 28 37**Join me on : Facebook > <http://facebook.com./samuel.guebo> / Twitter > <http://twitter.com/samuelguebo> / Blog <http://samuelguebo.co>* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/ > attachments/20180227/2d290cd1/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:37:06 +0000 > From: Kangah Donatien KOFFI <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Sub-Saharan Africa visit? > Message-ID: > <CADWy+553yXpnVNxkd99Z0GaZsiWQTcOMRr3 > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello Asaf, > Hello all, > > We will be happy to receive you at Abidjan. > > It will be a great opportunity to improve our capacities and share local > wiki and techie experiences. > > For us, the month of may is best for your venue because we will held our > annual general assembly. > > Cheers, > > > Le 27 févr. 2018 19:15, "Asaf Bartov" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Some of you know me, but for those of you who don't, let me introduce > myself briefly: I am a program officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and > work in the Community Resources (formerly called Grantmaking) team. While > I handled grants in the past, I am now working on capacity-building > activities with emerging communities, in a program called Community > Capacity Development[1] (CCD, [[m:CCD]]), one aspect of which -- the > Community Capacity Map[2] (CCM, [[m:CCM]]) -- you may have run across on > the Wikimedia-l in the past few weeks. > > I write today to ask whether your community would be interested in > discussing a possible visit to Sub-Saharan Africa by me, with several > related goals in each country I'd visit, including: > * a strategy/planning workshop with the group of active contributors. This > would build on any existing plans or strategy you have, and also integrate > thinking about the broad goals identified in the movement strategy > project's phase 1 (presented at Wikimania in Montreal in August 2017.) > * Meetings with important existing/prospective partners (if deemed helpful) > * Public speaking (if deemed helpful) > * capacity-building workshops for your community members, on topics such as > (I'll need your help in determining which of these would be useful): > ** Free licenses, non-free licenses, copyright, and OTRS (or: How to > contribute to the Wikimedia Commons) > ** Composing encyclopedic prose from a neutral point of view (NPOV) > ** Negotiating notability and reliability requirements on Wikipedia > ** Conflict management for Wikipedians > ** Group facilitation skills > ** Introduction to Wikidata > ** Querying Wikidata with SPARQL > ** Modern tools demonstration > ** How to build a partnership > ** etc. > > Some logistical details: > > *If I come, it would be after the Wikimedia Conference and before > Wikimania, i.e. between late April and early July. > * If I come, I would probably stay in Africa for between two and three > weeks total, to have enough time for the above in several countries, and to > accommodate your needs and availability. > * I will have a budget for some domestic travel, to bring key volunteers > together > * No expenses are expected from your group's budget. Only your time and > cooperation. > > Please take some time to discuss this idea and let me know if your > community is sufficiently interested that we should discuss it further, > over email or a video call. If you feel this would not be very helpful, or > you really can't accommodate any additional activities before July this > year, *please* don't feel obligated to respond. I am genuinely interested > in helping, and there are other communities I could be supporting with this > budget and time, so I won't be offended or upset, promise! :) > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Asaf > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCM > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/ > attachments/20180227/9faf717d/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:36:53 +0000 (UTC) > From: Georges Fodouop <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Sub-Saharan Africa visit? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello Asaf, > > Our community will be happy to receive you at Yaounde, Douala or Buea. > Let us know about next step. > > Regards, > ____________________________________ > Georges Fodouop > > > Informaticien > Co-founder : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Cameroon_ > User_Group > User : Geugeor > Wikipédien en résidence : www.wikiloveswomen.org > Formateur wikimedia > > > Douala - Cameroun > +237 677 71 20 68 / +237 695 33 18 84 > > -------------------------------------------- > En date de : Mar 27.2.18, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Objet: [African Wikimedians] Sub-Saharan Africa visit? > À: "Mailing list for African Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians@lists. > wikimedia.org> > Date: Mardi 27 février 2018, 20h15 > > Some of you know > me, but for those of you who don't, let me introduce > myself briefly: I am a program officer at the Wikimedia > Foundation, and work in the Community Resources (formerly > called Grantmaking) team. While I handled grants in the > past, I am now working on capacity-building activities with > emerging communities, in a program called Community Capacity > Development[1] (CCD, [[m:CCD]]), one aspect of which -- the > Community Capacity Map[2] (CCM, [[m:CCM]]) -- you may have > run across on the Wikimedia-l in the past few > weeks. > I write today to ask whether your community would > be interested in discussing a possible visit to Sub-Saharan > Africa by me, with several related goals in each country > I'd visit, including:* a strategy/planning > workshop with the group of active contributors. This would > build on any existing plans or strategy you have, and also > integrate thinking about the broad goals identified in the > movement strategy project's phase 1 (presented at > Wikimania in Montreal in August 2017.)* Meetings > with important existing/prospective partners (if deemed > helpful)* Public speaking (if deemed > helpful)* capacity-building workshops for your > community members, on topics such as (I'll need your > help in determining which of these would be > useful):** Free licenses, non-free licenses, > copyright, and OTRS (or: How to contribute to the Wikimedia > Commons)** Composing encyclopedic prose from a > neutral point of view (NPOV)** Negotiating > notability and reliability requirements on > Wikipedia** Conflict management for > Wikipedians** Group facilitation > skills** Introduction to Wikidata** > Querying Wikidata with SPARQL** Modern tools > demonstration** How to build a > partnership** etc. > Some logistical details: > *If I come, it would be after the Wikimedia > Conference and before Wikimania, i.e. between late April and > early July.* If I come, I would probably stay in > Africa for between two and three weeks total, to have enough > time for the above in several countries, and to accommodate > your needs and availability.* I will have a > budget for some domestic travel, to bring key volunteers > together* No expenses are expected from your > group's budget. Only your time and > cooperation. > Please take some time to discuss this idea and > let me know if your community is sufficiently interested > that we should discuss it further, over email or a video > call. If you feel this would not be very helpful, or you > really can't accommodate any additional activities > before July this year, *please* don't feel obligated to > respond. I am genuinely interested in helping, and there are > other communities I could be supporting with this budget and > time, so I won't be offended or upset, promise! > :) > I look forward to hearing from you. > Asaf > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD [2] https://meta. > wikimedia.org/wiki/CCM _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -----La pièce jointe associée suit----- > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > ------------------------------ > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14 > *************************************************** > -- Namitala Gertrude OpenStreetMap Zambia TruDigital Technologies [email protected] <[email protected]> +260-967020779 Skype: trudy.hope2
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