Hi Victor,
Last year when we had our meetup in early November, Aaron Muszalski had said that he may
be coming to Nairobi to do the same thing. A bunch of people on this list indicated people
who would be a good fit but we never heard back from Aaron -- at least I didn't after
I sent a bunch of emails asking if he wanted to host a joint meetup. So maybe go back to
the mails from around the 24th of October last year?
Best,
Heather.
On Apr 2, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Victor Grigas wrote:
Hi!
My name is Victor Grigas and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation in San
Francisco. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community from
around the world -- stories are critical to inform and inspire the general public to
support the Wikipedia movement by donating their money or to become volunteers themselves.
After seeing this inspiring story about Gabriel Nderitu from Kenya-
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/26/kenyan-man-builds-airplane-in-yard-base…
and hearing about the 'Project for Kenyan Schools', I thought that it might be
fruitful to plan a trip to Kenya to interview Kenyan Wikipedians face-to-face.
I would like to co-ordinate my storytelling activities with Wikimedia Kenya. I would need
to confirm that I have at least 15 people to speak with who may have interesting stories
about Wikipedia to make the trip worth the money. If needed, I could hire a translator. My
understanding is that iHub in Nairobi hosts Wiki-meetups once a month. It may be feasible
to attend a meetup there and interview people individually after that?
Please let me know what you think, I would very much like the opportunity to represent
Africa and Kenya in the fundraiser this year.
I am sending this message to everyone I can reach at Wikimedia Kenya. Please let me know
if there is a more formalized process to reach people.
Thank you!
Victor Grigas
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Victor Grigas
Storyteller
Wikimedia Foundation
vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org
+1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
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