On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:42 AM, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov < alexandrdmitriroma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/2/1 Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> > > > that is a bit OT but... > > > > Not at all, it is a statement of fact. The continent of Africa is scarcely > represented in terms of Chapters, despite being the world's largest > geographically and second most populous geographically. > > > > > *It is difficult to get involved in chapters when, like me, you live in > > > Africa, and the only approved chapter for the entire continent is 8,000 > > > kilometres away.* > > > > > > > Create one in your country! :D That is basicaly what we are doing in > > IberoCoop - help groups from all over Latin World with guidance and help. > > And IF they want to became a chapter, we help them (talk with ChapCom > > members, each month we have a new request from a Latin Chapter ;) ) > > > > I rather expected you to say that. Currently the number of people on Meta > who have expressed an interest (two to three years ago) does not excede 10. > I daresay with help from ChapCom something could be done, though. > > Notwithstanding, that would leave another 54 unrepresented countries. My > point is that African residents are disenfranchised virtually totally from > the selection. That's nearly 15% of the world's population (though not of > its readers/editors). > Unfortunately, readers and editors from Africa represent only 1% and 0.6% respectively of the total traffic to Wikimedia sites ( http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageEditsPerCountryOverview.htm ; http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryTrends.htm ). However, it is good news that we have a chapter in South Africa (technically still working on being incorporated) and one in Kenya (to be approved by the Board soon). Together they could represent 5% of the votes for chapter selected seats if they finish their founding process on time. Best regards, Bence _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
