Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup

2013-04-10 Thread Alex Wafula
So this is to confirm Strathmore as a venue this Saturday. Will 11 am - 1 pm work for everyone? If not, share your thoughts. The campus closes at around 3 pm on Saturdays. Alex On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Thanks for adding more points on the pad. I'll ask f

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup

2013-04-10 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for adding more points on the pad. I'll ask for space at Strathmore and confirm sometime tomorrow. Alex On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Hey Dennis, > > I've started an etherpad here with the agenda. Please feel free to add to > it. http://

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup

2013-04-09 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Dennis, I've started an etherpad here with the agenda. Please feel free to add to it. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wik-meeting-04-2013 cheers, Alex On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Hey Dennis, > > Date looks good, perhaps you can startup an agenda. >

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia User Group Kenya

2013-04-09 Thread Alex Wafula
+1 on discussing these over the meetup. Alex On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Andrew maina wrote: > > I reckon Dennis's suggestion of a meet up is the best place to post out > these things. Though There's a 97% chance I won't be there, my feeling is > we should first establish who from the old

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Dennis, Date looks good, perhaps you can startup an agenda. Alex On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:45 AM, David Mugo wrote: > Niko. > > David > On Apr 5, 2013 10:34 AM, "dennis munene" wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I was thinking that we could have our first meetup on Saturday, 13th >> April. How many

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014:Officialbid list

2013-03-25 Thread Alex Wafula
I'm in too as well. Dennis, so let me know if you need any help with the meetup. Alex On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Andrew maina wrote: > > Consider me available as well > -- > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 21:18 MSK Kosgei Isaac wrote: > > >Count me in. > > > >On 19

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Tech Group wants an Outreach and Collaboration

2013-02-25 Thread Alex Wafula
@Oscar, regarding Mombasa Tech, they are all about getting tech initiatives/activities such as Wikimedia happening in their region and from this idea, they've gone on to form a community. >From the way they work, you look for someone within the community who's particularly interested in Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Meetup

2013-02-25 Thread Alex Wafula
y registration: have you already > handed in the necessary paperwork? If not, I would recommend waiting a > bit to see how Sue decides about the extension of the chapter status > and based on that deciding what would be the best step forward. > > Best regards, > Bence > >

[Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Meetup

2013-02-18 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, First of all, a very big thank you to all those who made it for Saturday's meetup and for those of you who couldn't make it, we made sure to document everything here: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Meeting_Minutes:16_Jan_2013 Feel free to chip in on the discussion page or this thread. A summary t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-15 Thread Alex Wafula
So Mugo just heard back from iHub and unfortunately, it won't be available so we'll be meeting at Nairobi uni instead from 2 pm. Alex On 2/12/13, oscar okwero wrote: > Hi Alex,Strathmore can be an option.I can work on that if need be. > > Oscar Okwero > > --- On Tue, 2/

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Wafula
*UON as a backup On Feb 12, 2013 8:54 PM, "Alex Wafula" wrote: > Mugo has already written to ihub...So waiting to hear from him. We can > have upon as a backup venue though > > Time: 2 pm > > Alex > On Feb 12, 2013 12:53 PM, "Limoke Oscar" wrote: > &g

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Wafula
Mugo has already written to ihub...So waiting to hear from him. We can have upon as a backup venue though Time: 2 pm Alex On Feb 12, 2013 12:53 PM, "Limoke Oscar" wrote: > Alex, > > Please make plans with the iHub/venue before we all confirm and then get > there only to find ourselves not able

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-11 Thread Alex Wafula
I meant the 16th. That's a Saturday. Alex On Feb 11, 2013 11:54 AM, "David Mugo" wrote: ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-11 Thread Alex Wafula
ad...bt where? >> >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Asaf Bartov >> wrote: >> > That's a great idea. I volunteer to deliver some training on some >> on-wiki >> > topic, if you'd like, at one of these meetups (by Skype/Hangout). >> > &g

[Wikimedia Kenya] Themed Monthly Meetups

2013-02-07 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, I think we really had a good thing going with the monthly meetups. I'd suggest we resume with this and have every meetup geared towards aching a particular task eg: edits on specific topics, focus on commons etc We can have it ran by someone different every month, to make it participator

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Response to Bence

2013-02-07 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi everyone, Sorry for being off the list for such a long time. I've had a couple of balls to juggle and needed sometime. So I've spoken to the lawyer, from the last time we discussed our registration, we had already picked our signatories and signed a couple of docs to commence registration. Pic

[b2g] B2G Dual Boot

2012-12-08 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, I'm trying to setup a dual boot of android and B2G on a nexus s. I've been following up this SGS2 dual boot article on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Boot_to_Gecko/Dual_boot_of_B2G_and_Android_on_SGS2 Seeing that I can't reboot into download-mode on nexus s, I've op

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter

2012-11-27 Thread Alex Wafula
Hadn't finished that So I think we should have 1st Dec for the meeting. Is everyone OK with that? Mugo, do you think you can get a space by then? Alex On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > I've started a pad here [1] on stuff that we can do to gain some mom

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter

2012-11-27 Thread Alex Wafula
a.org/wmke-ideas On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Gerrard kosgei wrote: > I am glad there is positive progress. We should all pull our resources and > move in the same direction for the betterment of the chapter. > > Kosgei Gerrard > Eng > > > On Fri, Nov 23, 20

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter

2012-11-22 Thread Alex Wafula
Sorry for the long silence guys, I've been really caught up with stuff; that aside, I'll have an uipdate from the lawyer next week as we haven't yet met. As for the meetup, I can help set it up minus the venue. From the last one we had, I remember we had deliverables and one that was pretty clear

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia.or.ke Down

2012-11-01 Thread Alex Wafula
Looks like it's back up. Alez On Oct 31, 2012 1:14 PM, "Limoke Oscar" wrote: > Hi > > So I cant seem to access wikimedia.or.ke, only this cached > copy > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Any problem? > > -- > Regards

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup

2012-10-13 Thread Alex Wafula
l until the time which WMKE will be in a position to do so. >From today's meeting, I can now say that we are moving towards getting things on the right track and hope for a much better year in starting 2013. best, Alerx On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Hi all, &g

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup

2012-10-12 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, So the meetup is confirmed for today at 11:30 am in Nairobi uni. You can reach me over this no. 077533604 Alex On Oct 12, 2012 10:44 PM, "Alex Wafula" wrote: > Hey Dennis, > > So far only you and Limoke took a vote to have it tomorrow. As of the pad > I created, t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup

2012-10-12 Thread Alex Wafula
nis munene" wrote: > When is the meetup? > > -- > Sent from my Nokia Phone > > > -----Original Message- > From: Alex Wafula ** > Sent: 10/8/2012 6:13:55 PM > To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter. ** > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Keny

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup

2012-10-08 Thread Alex Wafula
It's between the 13th and the 20th. I already updatrd the Doodle. Alex On Oct 8, 2012 3:30 PM, "dennis munene" wrote: > > hi, there seems to be a bit of a mix up, are we voting between the 6th & > 13th or the 13th & 20th? > -- > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:31:01 +0300 >

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status

2012-10-08 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, Thanks for sharing your views. I would like for us to have a physical meetup to deliberate on the next steps to follow regarding this matter. Please also do add to the agenda here: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-10-2012 I've started a Doodle to get the best date for the meetin

[Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status

2012-10-03 Thread Alex Wafula
also like to take this opportunity to thanks Asaf for his support in this matter. On Behalf of the Board, Alex Wafula Dear all, As many know, in Wikimedia Spain we are dealing with a very nasty business. While we were preparing our financial report we caught our former secretary stealing money

[Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM Android App

2012-09-13 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, How can I proceed to add some more monuments on the WLMm android apo. Alex ___ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WLM 2012

2012-09-13 Thread Alex Wafula
Cool, I see the redirect has already been implemented, guess we can move on from here with this. The next steps I see: - *Settle on local judges and prizes* - *Advertise* (social media and other channels) We already have some traction on our Wikipedia Takes Nairobi Facebook page, we can

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WLM 2012

2012-09-12 Thread Alex Wafula
Well, I think the commons page should act more of an organizing page rather than the advertising page. We were to initially have wikilovesmonuments.or.ke so I guess we can have the Wikipedia page Steve made serve that purpose, no? So I've also checked out the WLM android app where Kenya isn't list

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline wikipedia

2012-09-11 Thread Alex Wafula
There's a manual that Sam did last year, it should be om the offline page on meta, i'll dig up a link for you Alex On Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM, "dennis munene" wrote: > Hi, > i hope this finds you all well, last week i got a call from Dr Martin > Njoroge, [our contact person at Kenyatta Universit

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 8th September

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, Just writting to inform you that the board meetup happened on Sunday as earlier planned and I'll be posting minutes of the same im the course of the day. Alex On 9/8/12, Alex Wafula wrote: > I'm terribly sorry for the mixup everyone with regards to today's meetup &

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WLM 2012

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Lodewijk, I'll be following up om yhis later on today. We've also had some recent traffic on our Wikipedia Takes Nairobi Facebool page and I think we can chamnel that to wlm. Alex On 9/11/12, Lodewijk wrote: > Hi all, > > several people (see link [2] of Stephen) have indicated they want to

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 8th September

2012-09-08 Thread Alex Wafula
I'm terribly sorry for the mixup everyone with regards to today's meetup not happening. We had it set out until late yesterday and it's quite unfortunate that an update wasn't posted on the list. We hoped to have had our board meeting before that which hasn't happened, with that said, the Board wi

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] List adminship

2012-09-04 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Asaf, Sure, I can take this up. On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Hi, folks. > > Since the list was getting spammed and in need of admin attention, and as > the previous admin (Abbas) has left the chapter, I think it is time to > appoint one or two new admins, preferably

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Calling for WCA meeting

2012-08-23 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Itzik, I've consulted with WMKE's Board and I will assume an interim position of the Chapter's representative to WCA until we elect a new representative. I will sync up with Abbas and get back to you as soon as possible. Abbas, thanks for the forward regards, Alex On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:

[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Interviews

2012-08-16 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, I've managed to get an interview with Gabriel Nderitu next Saturday ie on the 25th. This is the guy who built an aircraft by reading a couple of Internet resources including Wikipedia. There are a couple of other interviews to do so I'll setup a page specifically for scheduling them later

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials

2012-07-21 Thread Alex Wafula
Today's Agenda: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/Finance-meeting On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > Steve, > > It's not the Board who said you haven't answered questions. It's ME. I > asked: > > What personal issues/personal dues were you referring to as an excuse to > not is

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT MEETUP and WMKE Financials

2012-07-18 Thread Alex Wafula
I don't think such a meetup should be contested and in accordance with our bylaws, the Board should be audited by the CHAPTER. But from my knowledge there are usually two reports, unaudited (from the board) and audited (from the audit committee - released to public), otherwise what will you be audi

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WCA Meetup in DC - WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 23, Issue 29

2012-06-21 Thread Alex Wafula
7;help' to > > wikimediake-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > wikimediake-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-06-19 Thread Alex Wafula
27;t > any other volunteers/nominees, I'll have to take it. > > Regards, > Abbas. > > > -- > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:52:14 +0300 > From: raidar...@gmail.com > To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Keny

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Kiwix-testing] Kiwix 0.9 RC1 pre-release

2012-06-16 Thread Alex Wafula
No no, you shouldn't be sorry, the latest RC's just great :) I'd urge guys to try it and give feedback: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kiwix-testing Alex On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Stephen Wanjau wrote: > Hey everyone! > > Sorry for cross posting. > > -- Forwarded m

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

2012-06-15 Thread Alex Wafula
Just to clarify, minutes for the meetup were posted here: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Minutes/26May12 Any/all updates of current projects have been posted on this list and/or mentioned during our meetups as well as on the board mailing list so in case I missed any updates of projects or left something

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects

2012-06-14 Thread Alex Wafula
I think Steve already filled this up, perhaps he could share with us the details he sent. //Alex On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > Hi guys, > > Any projects we should include here? Suggestions? This might be an > opportunity for Wikimedia Kenya to gain publicity and share

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

2012-06-09 Thread Alex Wafula
30th sounds great. @Abbas, I figured we'd have the last Saturday of the month at iHub permanently booked for us; do let us know. I don't think a morning alone would do, I'd suggest a timing of 10 am - 3 pm should be great (my thoughts) Plus I propose this to be an edit only meetup. cheers, Alex

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-05-30 Thread Alex Wafula
kimedia.org >> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association >> >> Guys, >> Abbas for sure fits that call. >> David. >> On May 30, 2012 1:33 PM, "Alex Wafula" wrote: >> >> Thanks for the feedback guys, we

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-05-30 Thread Alex Wafula
t; > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Limoke Oscar >> wrote: >> > >> >> I second Ann: Abbas >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ann Njeri >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I nominate Abbas >&g

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Self Service Kit/Guide to WMKE

2012-05-29 Thread Alex Wafula
That would be me :) Assistance, for starters, am FAQ page would be great, Limoke, could you start that? I'll move to incorporate it on a starter kit I'm working on. Alex On 5/28/12, Limoke Oscar wrote: > Hello Folks, > > Just checking on the above item that I believe one of use volunteered and

[Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wikipedia Stories

2012-05-28 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi guys, I've posted Victor's message here: http://wikimedia.or.ke/KenyaStoryTelling#Victor in preparation for when he'll come to Kenya this August. I'll soon have it up on Wikipedia en and sw. I need a Swahili translation for the message so anyone up to it, do write one on the talk page, I've pr

[Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-05-28 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, During the Berlin Conference, we committed Wikimedia Kenya to an intent to join the Chapters Council (Also referred to as the Wikimedia Chapters Association - WCA) by signing the Berlin Agreement [1] Now a committee of 4 members with equal powers (WCA Interim Secretariat) selected to hold

[Wikimedia Kenya] Minutes of the 26th meetup

2012-05-28 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi again, Minutes of the 26th meetup are up. You can check them out here: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Meeting_Minutes:26May12 We also settled on some action items as followups of the same. cheers, Alex ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedi

[Wikimedia Kenya] List of Monuments in Kenya

2012-05-28 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, So as a build up from action items on Saturday's meetup, We've (Steve and I) managed to get a list of sites and monuments from the National Museums of Kenya totaling up to around 277 throughout Kenya. Now the list comprises of gazetted sites and monuments meani

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Wafula
s to settle > on the two candidates to support for board positions on WMF's Board. As > mentioned off-list, a board (wmke) resolution on the same has been made and > we'll give an official position of wmke's decision on the chapters internal > mailing list and wiki. > >

[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: IRC office hours with Kul and Amit, about Wikipedia Zero and other mobile work

2012-05-13 Thread Alex Wafula
-- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:01 AM Subject: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: IRC office hours with Kul and Amit, about Wikipedia Zero and other mobile work To: mobile-l FYI... -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 26th

2012-05-04 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for the feedback Abbas. And guys, do please remember to fill out the pad: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-meeting-26-05-2012 Alex On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > Hello, > > I've just confirmed the date and location of the meetup -- 26th May 2012, > at iHub's B

[Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Programs/Projects

2012-04-30 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, In line with having a more conducive environment for WMKE members and project leads to participate in our projects, I'm coordinating in coming up with a structure to *start*, *monitor* and *wind up projects*. So for starters, I'm compiling a list of all programs/projects being undertaken

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-27 Thread Alex Wafula
decision on the chapters internal mailing list and wiki. cheers, Alex On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Email sent out, if I missed anyone, do let me know. > > Alex > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: > >> So we have 7 names on t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-24 Thread Alex Wafula
Email sent out, if I missed anyone, do let me know. Alex On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Alex Wafula wrote: > So we have 7 names on the pad I created [1]. If you still haven't added > your name and wish to participate in discussions, please do so in the next > 3 hours before

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-23 Thread Alex Wafula
m :) [1]. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-WMFboard-selection Alex On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > Cool, I've added you. *Incase* you can't access the pad, do email me > directly to avoid too many emails on this thread. > > Alex > > > On

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] no traffic at WMKE website?

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey BT, Concern well noted. I've borrowed a couple of templates from Wikimedia DC and I'm working on a temporary structure for our site based on the same. You can see my initial progress here: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Home I'll be moving this to our Main_Page (http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page)

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
ded my email but can't open the pad on phone.. > > //Stephen. > > > On 4/22/12, Alex Wafula wrote: > > 2 sounds great. If interested in discussions over this, please post your > > contact here [1] and I'll send out the first email Tuesday morning. > > >

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
o you think we can do it on this list > because I don't foresee a meetup before the 5th of July. > > cheers, > alex > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote: > > ** ** ** > > What, the editathon never happened? Or just the discussion during the > edi

[Wikimedia Kenya] Story Telling

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi Guys, So Victor will be coming to Kenya some time May ie next month to interview contributors, donors and/or users of Wikimedia projects. I've started a page on our site to plan his visit [1]. He'll be here for around 10 days and we hope to cover the following: - A round table intros sessi

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
itathon? > > If the editathon happened, updates please J > > Oliver (aka BT) > > ** ** > -- > > *From:* Alex Wafula [mailto:xelaw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 22 April 2012 15:19 > *To:* **The discussion list for the upcoming Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Foundation Board Seats

2012-04-22 Thread Alex Wafula
We already have recommendations as a board on this thatt we'd like to passby chapter members before passing a resolution. We hoped to have a light discussion yestrerday during the editathon which never happened. We have till 5th of May for consensus by chapters for these seats after which chapters

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Way Forward

2012-04-19 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey all, Building up on what Mugo said, I'll be coordinating projects by wmke . I'm currently working on a structure we could adopt to facilitate the needs of project leads/volunteers and will be sharing a preliminary of the same soon on this list for some feedback and refinement. I understand th

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board minutes

2012-04-19 Thread Alex Wafula
Our resolutions/discussions will definitely be public. One of the questions Ann had for the list was the best place to post the minutes. And from the looks of it, wikimedia.or.ke is what guys are going for. Grace, Meta is also public so in terms of privacy, there's no difference between that and ou

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board minutes

2012-04-18 Thread Alex Wafula
IMy thoughts: I'd go with posting minutes on wikimedia.or.ke as well (regardless whether we do it on meta or not) Alex On 4/18/12, Ann Njeri wrote: > Hi all, > > The board was of the opinion that we should be posting the board minutes as > well as other important discussions on a google doc whic

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Board Meeting

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Wafula
sa.org > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We'll be having our first Board meeting this Saturday ie on the 14th of >> April. Agenda's up here: >> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-Board-meeting-1 >> &

[Wikimedia Kenya] First Board Meeting

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, We'll be having our first Board meeting this Saturday ie on the 14th of April. Agenda's up here: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-Board-meeting-1 You are welcomed to contribute to the agenda and being our first meetup, we'll cover relatively urgent topics and postpone some (if necessary

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Antw.: [Announcement] Wikimedia Kenya's New Board

2012-04-02 Thread Alex Wafula
Balancing too many languages here :p On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Limoke Oscar wrote: > > @alex Congra-dulations...:-)?...:-) >> >> > ___ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wi

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Antw.: [Announcement] Wikimedia Kenya's New Board

2012-04-02 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for the vote of confidence guys, most appreciated and congradulations to the other board members as well. To Chris, Bruce and Cliff, great job on setting all this up. Oscar, sure thing, we'll arrange a meetup when we get back. cheers, Alex On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Limoke Oscar wr

[Wikimedia Kenya] Nominees Running for the Board - Presidence

2012-03-30 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, The electrol team mentioned that they'd review bios of the nominees and determine if they qualify to run as per our discussions here: [1], but I don't think this has been done. I know this might seem as a dumper but it would be sad if we created a precedence for this to happen in the futur

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Election Processes

2012-03-30 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for the feedback Chris. And speaking of time, I then hope there won't be any more impromptu deadlines for nominees to meet. Responses to the Qs coming up later on today. Alex On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Chris Riwa wrote: > Hi Alex and Steve > > >>>Snip>>>So we (me and Steve) just go

[Wikimedia Kenya] Election Processes

2012-03-29 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, So we (me and Steve) just got back to the hostel back in Berlin (12:45 am). We have been on tour and a welcome party the whole day and haven't had a chance to see/reply to the questions as per the deadline (6:00 pm) so I'm requesting an extension of this time. To the electrol team, kindly

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools

2012-03-26 Thread Alex Wafula
I managed to get a copy of the Syllabus form Steve, if I can squeeze in sometime before leaving for Berlin I can probablyu give it a go but it's most probable I'll work on it next wee when I'm back. I don't think I foresee this happening this term though, probably during 2nd term when schools reop

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] MediaWiki Upgrade

2012-03-24 Thread Alex Wafula
Working fine so far. Alex On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote: > I just upgraded the WMKE wiki from MediaWiki 1.17 to 1.18. > > Please report any issues. > -- > Regards > Manuel Schneider > > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens

[Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Projects - Kenyan Topics

2012-03-22 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, @Steve, Dennis: I understand that there's a small bit left to wind up on this: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics I'd love to get my hands on the curricular list and work on it over the weekend. cheers, Alex

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections

2012-03-16 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Chris, Count me in too for the board positions. Alex On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Chris Riwa wrote: > Hallo everyone, this is a quite interesting and historical event to all of > us. Thanks Abbas for the update. I intend to lias with the other two > members who volunteered earlier to

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

2012-02-23 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Isaac, Yah, we have a target list which will focus on the CBD and partially Upper Hill. This is derived from the one we had for WTN. Copies will be printed out to teams on D-Day And if you are turining up for this, please put up your name on this pad: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wtn for

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa

2012-02-21 Thread Alex Wafula
Oscar, it's March 2nd to 3rd March for Mommbasa. there already a page on meta for this: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Kenya_Outreach_2012 * Who's going: We only have 3 names on meta, however, note that Mombasa will not be our only destination. * Venue: On Saturday (3rd

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] participation

2012-02-10 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Leon, we have a photo walk coming up over the next week or so, it would be a great starting point for you as well as a chance to get acquainted with wmke members. It will be all about taking pictures and getting them up on wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Alex

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] SATURDAY'S MEET-UP ON 11TH FEBRUARY

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Wafula
FYI, WMKE already has a camera, Nikon D5000: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_D5000Hmm, hope Steve wasn't planning a surprise on that :)Alex david's phone will sort us out.but anyone wd any camera will do us good too.On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ednah Kiome wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] SATURDAY'S MEET-UP ON 11TH FEBRUARY

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Wafula
e can get to know each other better via our user pages,Wikiedittors.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Nairobi_2 I hope to see you at the meet-up on Saturday. //Stephen.On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Alex Wafula <xelaw...@yahoo.com> wrote: Wow, just got online today, WMKE all over the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Site under construction

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Wafula
I've been planning to look into Mediawiki close to a year now, I guess there is necessity to do so now :) I'll go through mediawiki over the weekend and the site this coming week. Alex Abbas, Nashukuru sana kwa huo ujumbe.Natumai Magwiji wa teknolojia kati

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] SATURDAY'S MEET-UP ON 11TH FEBRUARY

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Wafula
Wow, just got online today, WMKE all over the place! Great milestone, and definitely more to come; congrats guys! I'm still looking for Abbas' speech through the emails and already have a request for DJ raidar:) Alex ITS A PARTY... OFFICIAL WITH DJ RAIDAR IN T

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] SATURDAY'S MEET-UP ON 11TH FEBRUARY

2012-02-08 Thread Alex Wafula
iHub won't be available this Saturday, working with Steve to get a new venue. We should have an update later on this evening Alex al be attending unless something comes-up. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Kosgei Isaac wrote: > Hey Oliver (aka BT), > Now tha

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups

2012-02-07 Thread Alex Wafula
I'm on it. One of the managers of the space had mentioned this; meeting up with him sometime this week. I'll be looking into getting a permanent date for meetups at the space (once a month). Alex So i just stumbled on this and am traveeling so couldnt wait t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Chapters Co0nference Poll results

2012-02-05 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for the support guys. Really looking forward to share wmke's experiences over 2011 and get some feedback from other chapters as well plus a  great tag-team with Stephen.Alex Congrats guys, let me know if you need anything from me, represent us well. David. On Feb 5, 2012 1:29 PM, "Ann

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Urgent :Chapters Conference Represenative inBerlin

2012-02-04 Thread Alex Wafula
One more...just added my bio: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Events/Chapters_Conference#Alex_Wafula Alex >> Bio >> postedhere >> >> Regards, >> Stephen >> >> ___

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Urgent :Chapters Conference Represenative inBerlin

2012-02-03 Thread Alex Wafula
>>> +254727553981 >>> SkypeProfile: Kipsizoo >>> http://ke.linkedin.com/in/kipsizoo >>> >>> Twitter: @kipsizoo >>> Blogs: www.kipsizoo.blogspot.com >>>          Agribusiness Blog >>> "My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancin

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Urgent :Chapters Conference Represenative inBerlin

2012-02-03 Thread Alex Wafula
t;> Twitter: @kipsizoo >> Blogs: www.kipsizoo.blogspot.com >>          Agribusiness Blog >> "My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world" - >> Faye Wattleton >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3 February 2012 13:26,

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Urgent :Chapters Conference Represenative inBerlin

2012-02-03 Thread Alex Wafula
Stephen mentioned the meetup would be pushed to 11th now that we were going to select our representatives over the list. But yah, it's proving to be a tad slow... My suggestions, a brief meetup tomorrow (probably at Nairobi campus) to select our representatives or a Skype group  call/chat or ev

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Urgent :Chapters Conference Represenative inBerlin

2012-02-01 Thread Alex Wafula
I'd suggest we use the metrics we did last time: * Number of meetups attended * Duration of contribution to wmke * .. I think I forgot some :) Oscar, you forgot David. One more thing to consider is who is eligible to vote? /

[Wikimedia Kenya] 2012 Road Map

2012-01-25 Thread Alex Wafula
Hi all, I hoped by now we'd have received confirmation to go ahead and register locally. Anyhu, I've been chatting with Isaac and we thought we could go ahead and have a meetup to put up a road map for 2012 (or at least the first 2 quarters). The list (community) has been quiet for a while so t

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE T-shirt

2012-01-16 Thread Alex Wafula
Hey Oscar, We can resolve to have two batches printed; one now, the other later. I'll fit in the local Wikipedias (one on each). We'll work with printers that have negligible cost implications for printing two batches. ps: Forwarding the design to printers tomorrow. Alex ___

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Open Cyber Café Challenge

2012-01-06 Thread Alex Wafula
n Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:57 PM, cliff argwings wrote: Cool stuff Alex. > >Looking forward to see the template you are working on! > >best rgds. > >//Cliff. > > >On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Alex Wafula wrote: > >Hey all, >> >> >>I'll be wor

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Call for a Meetup and Editathon

2011-12-09 Thread Alex Wafula
Thakns BT. Quick update guys. Editathon is in Room B (adjascent Elgon lab), Phase 1 Alex Very much had hoped to be there but won’t be able to make it tomorrow L Wishing you a great editathon! Oliver (aka BT)   From:Alex W

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Grant Funded

2011-12-08 Thread Alex Wafula
Thanks for the update Steve and pushing this through! --Alex Hi Nice people, I would like to report it to you that our grant proposal has been approved by the WMF. For more specifics please visit the Meta at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_KE/Start-up. R

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Call for a Meetup and Editathon

2011-12-08 Thread Alex Wafula
Hope you can make it too Mugo. To all: I'll get back to you sometime Friday with updates on the lecture hall we'll be using. As Steve mentioned, note that we'll have the space till 3 pm as Strathmore closes a couple of its phases at 4 pm on Saturdays. Carry your laptops, WiFi will be available.

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