Hello Butch!
On 01/24/2013 01:07 PM, Butch Bustria wrote:
Hello,
Last January 12, some web technology enthusiasts attend the first MediaWiki
meetup / orientation in Makati City, Philippines.
Here is the photo from fb:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/71495_10151206726144…
I saw that picture and was happily surprised. Thank you for sharing! We
RT/reshared through
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Social_media
Part of the things discussed is having a workshop for
aspiring developers.
Since our community is in its infancy and there is scarcity of subject
matter experts, may we ask your assistance in planning and developing this
outreach workshop.
Part of the assistance include:
1. Having a resource speaker / guru to train and assist our future local
tech trainers
This is a good chance for an independent / 3rd party MediaWiki expert.
At the Wikimedia Foundation we don't have anybody dedicated to a task
like this.
Please consider to define a proposal to organize such training in
Philippines and get it funded through the appropriate channel at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
I don't know if there is a way to get participation support for
attending
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 but
that could be another option to get one person of your team well
connected with the rest of the community.
2. Creation of a workshop module that include
exercises and practice tests
As far as I know we don't have (and we would wish to have) a Training
landing page pointing to all the useful and up to date resources.
There is plenty of materials and wiki pages, but it's not trivial to
find them, identify the ones that still valid and relevant and use them
coherently through a training program.
Then again maybe this is a chance for somebody willing to take this
task, and there might be opportunities for granting.
NOTE: I'm not involved in any of the grants activities but if someone
asks me I will definitely express my support for initiatives improving
our documentation and training materials.
Depending on the outcome of our plan, we are targeting
to have this started
this April in time on our Summer break. Summer in the Philippines coincides
with Spring in other places in the northern hemisphere.
If you move fast you might get a fast response. It won't be easy but you
are pointing to a need that I'm sure other locations have as well.
By the way, please consider the creation of a MediaWiki Group in your
city. Proposing a group is easy and it will help connecting your efforts
to the rest of the community.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals
--
Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
