So just keeping track so far. Asaf will be in
Kenya for 4 days one of which
he'll be in Mombasa so when planning for Nairobi and Nakuru, we should take
into account that we have 3 days.
So far, we are looking: Strathmore, UoN, Nairobits, Egerton, Daystar, USIU,
government institutions and Google.
Egerton may take an entire day so if all these institution will confirm,
then I think we are full...!
Alex.
On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 9:04 AM PDT stephen wanjau wrote:
I will talk to the Egerton contact and I will keep
you posted on the
progress.
Cheers
Stephen W. Wanjau
On Jul 22, 2011 7:01 PM, "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I have the two letters that you forwarded, unless there are others.
>
> I will go ahead to contact the guy at Egerton.
>
> As for USIU and Daystar, I do not have any contacts that we could use but
if
> somebody is available, paying these campuses a pre-visit to have meeting
> permits and appointments from the respective dean of students sounds
> better.
>
> It's to our advantage that the two campuses ,USIU and Daystar are all
> located within NBO.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Stephen W. Wanjau
>
> On Jul 22, 2011 6:51 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Stephen,
>> I think you should go ahead and contact Egerton. Since most Universities
> will either be closed or doing exams, we don't have a choice but follow
> up
> on the few that are willing to host us. Do you need the letter, or do you
> have it already? And do you have any USIU contacts? Or Daystar?
>> ThanksAbbas.
>>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:48 +0300
>> From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>>
>> Hello guys,
>> Incase time and resources allow,There is a contact at Egerton
>> University,
> ( Alex, remember the guys who organized the Mozilla talk?).I had a chat
with
> their Computer Students club chairman and he was willing we give them a
talk
> regarding Wikimedia.
>>
>> Infact he told me the talk can be conducted at the town campus in Nakuru
> town. If that's ok please let me know so that I can furnish him with the
> relevant material (letters,posters e.t.c.) and more information.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stephen W. Wanjau
>> On Jul 22, 2011 6:02 PM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
>>> Hey Abbas,
>>>
>>> I've already got intouch with someone from UoN and I'm waiting for
an
> official confirmation from them.
>>
>>>
>>> I've also forwarded the letter from Wikimedia to help things move on
> faster.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>> On Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 7:36 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>Thanks Oscar for notifying us.
>>>>Does anyone have contacts at USIU? We could approach them as well.
>>>>Also, Alex, have you contacted UoN? I have a contact there that might
>>>> be
> able to contact UoN's Dean.
>>
>>>>BTW, I have an official introduction letter from Wikimedia, so in case
> any one of you needs it to approach various institutions, please do
contact
> me and i will forward the letter to you beforehand.
>>>>Abbas.
>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:47:26 +0300
>>>>> From: oslimoke(a)gmail.com
>>>>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>> I have just requested the Director of e-learning JKUAT to allow us a
>>>>> visit when Asaf is around.However we are starting our exams around
>>>>> 5th
>>
>>>>> August and it may be tricky to have audience with students.
>>>>> I would be finishing my exams on 15th and so I hope to join all of
>>>>> you
>>>>> guys thereafter.So if you see me quite,I am buried in my
books"-)
>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/19/11, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Asaf,
>>>>> >> The iHub sounds great, and a post-1800 time for public
speaking is
> not a
>>
>>>>> >> problem for me! Can WMKE set it up? If there's a fee to
use the
> iHub,
>>>>> >> the
>>>>> >> Foundation will pay it.
>>>>> > The problem is not with the you,most WMKE may not do a
post-1800
>>
>>>>> > meeting.The travel logistics in Nairobi may not allow most of us
to
>>>>> > attend the meeting.I suggest we do a daytime meeting at some
other
>>>>> > venue?The August memorial Park in the City Center?However they
charge
>>
>>>>> > a small fee.The iHub facility is free of charge for scheduled
> meetings
>>>>> > subject to availability and booking.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> This sounds good to me. I have already contacted the Google
>>>>> >> Nairobi
>>
>>>>> >> office,
>>>>> >> and they would be happy for me to visit. I'd like some
of you to
> join
>>>>> >> me.
>>>>> >> I know some of you have already had contact with the Google
>>>>> >> Nairobi
>>
>>>>> >> office,
>>>>> >> so perhaps we can use this opportunity to introduce some
other
>>>>> >> WMKE
>>>>> >> members
>>>>> >> to the Google team? I think 3 or 4 WMKE members would be
great to
> join
>>
>>>>> >> me
>>>>> >> in that meeting. Securing Google as a sponsor for WTN would
> definitely
>>>>> >> be
>>>>> >> one goal of that meeting. What else do you think we could
ask from
>>
>>>>> >> Google?
>>>>> >> They wanted "numbers and figures", not your NGO
registration
papers;
>>>>> >> this
>>>>> >> means that if we can come up with concrete plans (with a
budget, a
>>
>>>>> >> realistic
>>>>> >> timeline, and a list of people committed to doing the work),
we
>>>>> >> can
> move
>>>>> >> forward with securing support from Google (as well as the
> Foundation).
>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Great.I contacted them and am still awaiting their
response.Glad
>>>>> > you
>>>>> > caught their attention.I would be happy to join you.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>
>>>>> >>> We also visited KU (
www.ku.ac.ke) with Ting and we had a
greta
>>>>> >>> and
>>>>> >>> fruitful discussions with the Top Management of the
Universities
> about
>>
>>>>> >>> future areas of collaboration in advancing our aims.We
were
> supposed
>>>>> >>> to get back to them and deliver an Outreach sort of talk
to there
>>>>> >>> students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects
>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Excellent! Perhaps we can deliver a double talk as I
proposed
> elsewhere
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> a general "introduction to Wikipedia" delivered by
a WMKE member,
> and a
>>
>>>>> >> talk
>>>>> >> on Wikimedia as a global movement (or on the Foundation and
its
> strategy
>>>>> >> and
>>>>> >> plans?) by me. Is one of you willing to make this happen?
>>
>>>>> > Our Contact at KU(Dr.Martin Njoroge) earlier on told me that
our
> vsist
>>>>> > may not be possible as they KU Students will be away then.He
wished
> it
>>>>> > were in September.I saw your request to the Director of
e-learning
in
>>
>>>>> > a different thread and I hope we will be able to have a chat
with
> him.
>>>>> > I would be finding the contacts of the Director of e-learning
of
> JKUAT
>>>>> > and I hope you would not mind sedning a similar email to him.
>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> > Limoke O.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Limoke Oscar,
>>>>>
mayenge.blogspot.com
>>
>>>>> Freelancer,
>>>>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>>>>>
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