So there is Bobby Shabangu of Wikimedia South Africa, Ms Kabintie from Kenya and myself Justice Okai-Allotey you can make primary contacts for now.
Great I would take note of your suggestion and pass it along to the other African Wikimedians. Thank you so much. Regards, Justice. On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:40 PM Pharos <[email protected]> wrote: > Great! Should you be the primary contact person(s), is there anyone else? > > For the Asia-Pacific, we are having a number of affiliates submitting > short pre-recorded videos of 2 minutes or so, you might want to do the same > from African affiliates. They can also be in different languages of course, > maybe with captions in English or other languages. It would be best to > upload these to Youtube before the broadcast. > > I have cc'ed Andrew Lih as well, who is helping with the Asia-Pacific > broadcast. > > Thanks, > Richard > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:30 PM Justice Okai-Allotey < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> >> We are looking at January 23 or 24 but there is enough consensus around >> both dates so getting one shouldn't be a problem for us. >> >> Here is the link to the page I have started: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Africa. >> >> Which would be worked on a lot in the coming days. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:17 PM Pharos <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> 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 < >>>>> [email protected]> 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 < >>>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 < >>>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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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