Excellent, thanks for the clarification, Abbas.
I'd recommend picking an interim executive team (or anything else you want
to call an informal equivalent to a board), even before legal founding, so
there's clear division of responsibility, to drive the founding forward.
Also, it's best to at least start discussion _how_ to select delegates, in
order to be very sure you have picked delegates by early or mid-Feb at the
latest. Flight ticket prices are rising as we near the event (now about
two months away).
P.S. How is Wiki Takes Nairobi coming along? Has it been cancelled?
Postponed?
Cheers,
Asaf
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Asaf,
Speaking of which (Board), is it not tme we started thinking of
constituting one?
Maybe we could use the scheduled mid feb meetup for elections for the
board? And maybe deliberate on our reps?
Best,
On 1/27/12, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Asaf,
RE: the Chapters list, I have already been informed by Michael Peel, the
list admin, that we should forward 5 people (presumably the Board) to be
added. I shall send their names once we have a Board in place.
Abbas.
From: abartov(a)wikimedia.org
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:41:16 -0800
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Representatives for the Wikimedia
Conference 2012 in Berlin
Hi, everyone.
I was wondering if you have at least one or two folks subscribed to the
chapters-only mailing list (chapters(a)wikimedia.ch), where Harel Cain,
this
year's program manager for the Wikimedia
Conference in Berlin, has been
inviting chapters to start thinking about their representation in Berlin
this year. He has asked me to make sure WMKE is aware of the
invitation,
and I quote his e-mail for your consideration below. Note that he sent
it
to me expressly for the purpose of helping it
reach all the chapters
that
haven't responded yet -- neither I nor anyone else from the Foundation
is
subscribed to the chapters-only mailing list, and this is deliberately
so.
You may remember that last year, your delegates in Berlin were Abbas and
Limoke.
You can read all about the conference, and past years' conferences,
here:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2012
Cheers,
Asaf
====================================
From: Harel Cain <harel.cain(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 21:26
Subject: Re: [Chapters] **Reminder** Registration for Chapters Meeting
2012:
YOUR ACTION REQUIRED
To: chapters(a)wikimedia.ch
Dear all,
In the eleven days since I first sent out the e-mail below, quite a few
chapters have chosen their delegates to the Chapters Conference 2012 or
at
least an interim contact person for the chapters
has signed up in
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2012/Participants.
However, we still haven't received any sign of life from the following
chapters, and our plans are for registration to end in less than two
weeks'
time, by February 5th!
So may I please remind you all to speed up the choice of your
representatives to ChapConf12 - our time is running out. I would also
like
to repeat that Wikimedia Deutschland, our kind
host, will be covering
the
flight and accommodation costs for chapters who cannot afford it
themselves.
Please, if you're from one of these chapters - list yourself as an
interim
contact person. If you know how to contact anyone
from those chapters
and
think they are not following the list - please forward this to them.
* Wikimedia Brazil (chapter-to-be, probably not on this list yet - can
someone forward this to any of their people?)
* Wikimedia Canada (are they on the list?)
* Wikimedia Deutschland
* Wikimedia DC (too busy with Wikimania?)
* Wikimedia Espana
* Wikimedia France
* Wikimedia Hong Kong
* Wikimedia Indonesia (Siska, you there?)
* Wikimedia Italia
* Wikimedia Kazakhstan (chapter-to-be, probably not on this list yet -
can
someone forward this to any of their people?)
* Wikimedia Kenya (chapter-to-be, probably not on this list yet - can
someone forward this to any of their people?)
* Wikimedia Macedonia (Kiril, you there?)
* Wikimedia Macau (are they on the list?)
* Wikimedia Mexico
* Wikimedia Norge
* Wikimedia Polska
* Wikimedia Portugal
* Wikimedia Russia
* Wikimedia Serbia
* Wikimedia Taiwan
* Wikimedia Ukraine
* Wikimedia South Africa (apparently being added to the list as we
speak)
Thank you everyone!
Harel Cain
Program manager for Chapters' Meeting 2012
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