On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch&gt; wrote: I think that would be good. Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Asaf, please register me under the wiki as you mentioned earlier. My wikipedia name is "Chriwaustin". Thank you and hope to see you when you come. On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Limoke Oscar &lt;oslimoke(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- *Chris A. Riwa* Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850 *e-mail: - *chriwaustin(a)gmail.com* - *otieno_chris(a)yahoo.com* - *chriwaustin(a)facebook.com* Facebook: *facebook.com/chriwaustin*

Hi, everyone. I understand the timing is not ideal for JKUAT students. :( As I am based in San Francisco, travel to Kenya is quite long and expensive. Therefore, the timing of my visit is related to my travel Israel for Wikimania, which takes place in early August. After Wikimania, I will be spending another week or so in Israel, and then fly from Israel to Kenya and back, before flying back to San Francisco. We are trying to be very conservative with Foundation money, and so, if at all possible, would really like to keep my Kenya trip related to the Israel trip. Thank you for understanding, Asaf On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:33 PM, stephen wanjau &lt;wanjaustev(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Asaf, Let me make my personal suggestions and input regarding your visit to Kenya: The ihub (www.co.ke) is a good open space for such a talk.Its the open space for techies and developers.Problem is such a talk would have to be scheduled between 1800hrs and upwards since you will be around on working days. Ting had a talk there too while he was around and its the main venue where we hold our meet-ups. As at the moment,we are caught(my opinion) in a tough corner due to the legal aspects.Most organizations and even Government Bodies(ICT,TSLG,MoE) are keen to explore ties.We had a talk with Google EA while Ting was around and they were very interested in helpiing us get off the ground.They even told us to present "numbers and figures" and they would be glad and ready to support us.Problem is we are not a legal entity and as such we decided to push to sort with Chap-Com and then register as a legal entity.I believe once we are one,such a meetup would be most appropriate.(I hope we will be one at the Wikimania though...:-) ) However I would suggest we visit Google Offices in Nairobi.This should show our interest and the Foundation Commitment and appreciation in extending ties between WMKE and Google EA. Since we would be still organizing the Wikipedia Takes Nairobi,a meeting with the ICT board could also foster our existing ties.From what Alex informed me,we are still in search for a sponsor for the same and we haven't yet found one.Perhaps this meeting could help proove how "serious" the foundation is attaching to the WTN and maybe a sponsor would come out..:-) 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.I would suggest we pay a visit to them too.This would be tow-fold: We would re-pay the "debt" we owe them and we would also explore and discuss on what and how WMKE and KU can collaborate to advance their agendas and the common objective of "making knowledge universally available" I would personally Vouch for :Motivating Volunteers: how to attract, care for, feed, and keep volunteers; how to handle crises We have had our own fair share of crisis about volunteer management and this talk to all the WMKE would really come in handy...:-) -- Limoke Oscar, mayenge.blogspot.com Freelancer, GeoInformatics and GIScience Student

That's correct: the workshop is for WMKE members, focusing on one of the topics I proposed. Apart from that, I would be happy to have a public speaking event where I would either deliver an Introduction to Wikipedia or (my preference) follow one of _you_ giving an Introduction to Wikipedia with a talk of my own focused on the global aspects of the Wikimedia movement. I am taking your advice to skip Mombasa as it doesn't seem we have enough traction there at the moment to make the trip there worthwhile. I am still keen to get more input from this group -- beyond a visit to the Google office, is there a meeting with some other third party that we can arrange where I could be of service to WMKE? Thanks, A. On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Abbas Mahmood &lt;abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

Asaf, Jessie just mentioned Camara in another thread and there also an organization that we may approach. Jessie once had a Skype meeting with Camara Mombasa and maybe she can loop you on how it went and whether there's anything we can get out of them. Also, there's OER Africa[http://www.oerafrica.org] that we may approach (though I don't know where to start since I don't have any contacts with them). Abbas. From: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:58:51 +0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011 As Oscar mentioned, meeting with like-minded organisations _and_ coming out with meaningful results is at the moment tricky because we are not yet a recognised and registered chapter. However, ChapCom has responded with quite a number of questions (on meta) and we're going to respond to them ASAP and hopefully get the approval soon. The organisations that we've approached in the past include TSLG Africa and the Kenya ICT Board. Sometime in the past, Stephen mentioned another organisation that we could partner with (I don't remember it's name). For starters, we could do with an official letter from you (WMF), so that we can use it to approach these institutions and inform them of your proposed visit. Abbas. From: abartov(a)wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:47:54 -0700 To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Visiting Kenya after Wikimania 2011 That's correct: the workshop is for WMKE members, focusing on one of the topics I proposed. Apart from that, I would be happy to have a public speaking event where I would either deliver an Introduction to Wikipedia or (my preference) follow one of _you_ giving an Introduction to Wikipedia with a talk of my own focused on the global aspects of the Wikimedia movement. I am taking your advice to skip Mombasa as it doesn't seem we have enough traction there at the moment to make the trip there worthwhile. I am still keen to get more input from this group -- beyond a visit to the Google office, is there a meeting with some other third party that we can arrange where I could be of service to WMKE? Thanks, A. On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Abbas Mahmood &lt;abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi, I wanted to reply/comment on this on http://wikimedia.or.ke/Visit_of_Asaf_Bartov_from_the_Wikimedia_Foundation, but before I do so, I'd like to get some clarifications: Under the workshop title, Alex included a number of institutions. Are these workshops going to be held in all these institutions? AFAIK, the workshop is meant primarily for us (members of WMKE). I think that the venue title fits more appropriately under "public speaking" where Asaf will visit some institutions and give talks to the broader audience. Secondly, please sign after commenting to avoid confusion. (This is slightly off-topic, but someone also commented on the bylaws discussion page without signing and I'm not sure whether it comes from ChapCom or a WMKE member.) Abbas. _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ 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

Dear all, I'd like to make more progress with planning my visit. Many of you have not yet participated in this conversation. I realize you may be busy; it would be great if those of you with some time on their hands could participate in the discussion, here and on the wiki at:http://wikimedia.or.ke/Visit_of_Asaf_Bartov_from_the_Wikimedia_Foundation If you can't edit simply because you do not have an account with us, please do email me with your preferred user + password and we'll create you one. //abbas.

Asaf, 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. Great.I contacted them and am still awaiting their response.Glad you caught their attention.I would be happy to join you. 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.

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.