Hi Bobby, I think this is great news then.
Thanks. Regards, Justice. On Sat, May 4, 2019, 15:34 Bobby Shabangu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Justice, > > We already have one Facebook platform, then there's this mailing list, I > think it's prudent to also have one Telegram platform as well. That way, it > will be easy to have coordinated communication and it will also be easy for > urgent announcements to reach everyone in time. > > I've already spoken to Amir to share that link into the group he created > so that its members can join the rest of us there. He will then shut it > down afterwards. > > Kind regards, > Bobby Shabangu > > On Sat, 4 May 2019 5:20 PM Justice Okai-Allotey, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Bobby, >> >> So moving forward what are we going to do about this different groups. >> Are we going to merge them into one group focused on African Wikimedians or >> should we maintain the current status quo. >> >> Looking forward to hearing suggestions from everyone on how we can move >> forward with this conversation. I know we have a mailing list and Facebook >> group but adding a telegram page would also help in the information sharing >> process. >> >> Regards, >> Justice. >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 4, 2019, 14:57 Bobby Shabangu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sandister Tei, >>> >>> You are very true there about duplication. I think the problem begins >>> with communication break down and we have all joined these mailing lists >>> and chat groups so that we can make our communication better. >>> >>> There is an already existing Telegram group that is complementary to >>> this mailing list that was created during the Berlin summit. >>> >>> Here is the link https://t.me/joinchat/HUqyLkjLU0oGENcwtaCIgw >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Bobby Shabangu >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 18:22, Amir E. Aharoni < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's not "official" in any way. >>>> >>>> I have a lot of questions to African Wikimedians, and I think that >>>> other people may find it useful for collaboration and exchanging >>>> experience, so I created this Telegram group. No-one has to be there, and >>>> it does not replace anything. It's just a convenience, hopefully a useful >>>> one. >>>> >>>> בתאריך יום ו׳, 3 במאי 2019, 18:49, מאת Sandister Tei < >>>> [email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I am on a Telegram group named African Wikimedians. I raised a >>>>> question if it is a complementary group to this mailing list we have here. >>>>> I was told it wasn't related to this group, but it came from the AfroCine >>>>> project. >>>>> >>>>> Now, Telegram groups are trending in the community. Even on the ASBS >>>>> platform, someone appreciated the fact that user groups had come under one >>>>> 'digital' roof. So, for me it's not a bad thing that Africans have our own >>>>> Telegram as well. >>>>> >>>>> However, I am also aware of our community's tendencies for duplicates, >>>>> triplicates etc of things. >>>>> >>>>> As a recruiter who encourages new editors to join these platforms to >>>>> expand their understanding of the movement, I want to know if that >>>>> Telegram >>>>> platform has our collective buy-in or will be getting our collective >>>>> buy-in. After all, it bears the official name that this mailing list has. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> –– >>>>> Regards >>>>> Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi >>>>> FM/TV | Wikimedia Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple >>>>> People >>>>> >>>>> m: +23320266290 tw: @SandisterTei <https://twitter.com/SandisterTei> ig: >>>>> @s.andister <https://www.instagram.com/s.andister/> >>>>> >>>>> re:publica – The most inspiring festival for the digital society. >>>>> See you in Accra December 14-15 2018! >>>>> Web <https://accra18.re-publica.com/> | Facebook >>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/rpAccra/> | Twitter >>>>> <http://www.twitter.com/republica> >>>>> >>>>> republica GmbH | Schönhauser Allee 6-7 | 10119 Berlin HRB 137440 B | >>>>> AG Berlin-Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gebhard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >
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