good morning everyone. Thanks Asaf for making such a proposal.i think it will be a good way for our leaders to also get aquinted with other chapters leaders and it will also be a good training ground. considering that we have 4 eligible contestants,ie alex,abbass,oscar and sam,i think it will be wise if people are given an opportunity to vote.i personally volunteer to conduct the vetting process ensuring a fair and just process to select one individual who will be representing Kenya. As for Oscar,your not eligible for this as you did not participate in the challenge(which am sure you would have known if you read Asafs email keenly).let us kindly learn to follow instructions. If there are no objections,the kenya team will be able to vote and come up with the individual's name by next week thursday. Thanks Asaf for this opportunity and am sure whoever is chosen will do a great job as all this individuals are great people. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM, oscar okwero <oscar_okwero(a)yahoo.com>wrote;wrote:

Thanks Grace for volunteering to supervise the voting process. However, Sam has not responded to this thread so I'm not totally sure if he's interested in going. Oscar, for the list of eligible participants Asaf was referring to, see: http:// www.google.com/events/kiswahili-wiki --Abbas. Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:13:35 +0300 From: gkariuki99(a)gmail.com To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] New Wikipedia Challenge in Africa just a point of clarification.kindly note that Oscar limoke is eligible.Oscar Okwero is not. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Grace Kariuki <gkariuki99(a)gmail.com> wrote: good morning everyone. Thanks Asaf for making such a proposal.i think it will be a good way for our leaders to also get aquinted with other chapters leaders and it will also be a good training ground. considering that we have 4 eligible contestants,ie alex,abbass,oscar and sam,i think it will be wise if people are given an opportunity to vote.i personally volunteer to conduct the vetting process ensuring a fair and just process to select one individual who will be representing Kenya. As for Oscar,your not eligible for this as you did not participate in the challenge(which am sure you would have known if you read Asafs email keenly).let us kindly learn to follow instructions. If there are no objections,the kenya team will be able to vote and come up with the individual's name by next week thursday. Thanks Asaf for this opportunity and am sure whoever is chosen will do a great job as all this individuals are great people. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM, oscar okwero <oscar_okwero(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hie Asaf Would be intrested in this definately --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] New Wikipedia Challenge in Africa To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 7:38 PM Hey Asaf, I'm definately interested in this and if the week is before Wikimania as you mentioned, I can make time for it. Other participants of the 2009 challenge that I'm acquainted with on this list are Abbas, Oscar and Sam. I'm not sure of their schedules/plans during that week, guys... regards, Alex. On Wed Jun 15th, 2011 6:11 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote: _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Actually, I think Asaf was clear in what he said: I* think it makes sense to have one trainer from the Wikipedian community in South Africa, for familiarity with (at least some of) the languages, and another trainer from among those of you who participated in the 2009 Swahili challenge, for your insight on the Challenge itself and on the process.* * * To my understanding of the above statement, Asaf says that he wants one person from SA and one from Kenya.