Yes, fantastic. would be glad to have all of the same resources for the Asia-Pacific event go to the Africa event as well.
Do you have a date? I was thinking next weekend rather than this weekend if we want to have some time for planning beforehand. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:12 PM Justice Okai-Allotey <owulakpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > So we have had a few Affiliates from Africa shown interest in this session > and so we are proceeding to create a meta page for our event. > > I wanted to know if the resources available to the Asia-Pacific event > would also be available for our use. > > Looking forward to hearing from you soon. > > Regards, > Justice. > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:59 PM yamen bousrih <bousrihya...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks Richard for this initiative. >> >> I think Wikimedia Tunisia should be interested as well. I'm ccing the >> board for more details and confirmation. >> >> Thanks >> Yamen >> >> >> >> Le samedi 9 janvier 2021 à 06:26:43 UTC+1, Pharos < >> pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> >> The date has not been confirmed, and we cannot confirm that we will do an >> event of this kind, because there has not been sufficient interest yet. >> >> If 3 or 4 African affiliates would be interested, then I think it might >> be very possible to figure something out, and use the same model as the >> Asia-Pacific regional livestream. >> >> I would suggest perhaps we could talk about if this is practical toward >> the end of the second SWAN call on Sunday: >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#January_meeting >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_10_19:00_UTC_participants >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:41 PM Adjoa Linda Fletcher <belriv...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Has the date been confirmed? >> Thanks, >> I have had a lot of things to deal with. >> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 2:07 PM Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Justice and all, >> >> The main thing involved in getting it done would be if a critical mass of >> Wikimedia affiliates in Africa are interested (such as Ghana and others), >> and if there is a date and time that works for most people. >> >> The format would be a panel discussion of representatives from affiliates >> across Africa, and possibly also pre-recorded short video segments, or >> whatever is suitable. There will be some music at the Asia-Pacific one as >> well. >> >> As to dates, I would suggest possibly Saturday Jan 16 (which is when the >> Asia-Pacific event is) or Sunday January 17. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:10 AM Justice Okai-Allotey < >> owulakpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, >> >> This is something I believe we would be interested in what is the format >> of this conversation and what would be involved in getting it done. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Justice. >> >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:11 AM Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi African Wikimedians, >> >> We're hoping to do a series of Wikipedia Weekly livestream in shows in >> the week or so after Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in January, calling it >> "Wiki Week". >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown#Wiki_Week,_Jan_2021 >> >> This is an example event we are planning for the Asia-Pacific region: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Asia-Pacific >> >> Are some African affiliates interested in participating in something >> similar? 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