Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-18 Thread Raphael Berchie
@Justice is not about the WMF understanding it is about standard practices we follow us a group. How come most things are both posted on the Mailing list and the Whatsapp group at the same time but this time around it was only the WhatsApp group which we all know doesn’t have all the members.

Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-18 Thread Justice Okai-Allotey
Hello All, Thanks Rexford for your feedback but as you might know the group is growing and communication seems to be a bigger problem as we try to bring on board new members. I definitely understand your problem with us not using the mailing list which is very justifiable. I do not think the

Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-18 Thread Georgina Ofori-Dwumfuo
Good morning again. It's quite unfortunate that these contentions are being dealt with thusly because I believe there has been a major comedy of errors. The main issue is that we have members who are on the mailing list who are not on the WhatsApp group and vice versa. However, we have come to

Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-18 Thread Nkansah Rexford
> And with the mailing being our official communication, you can attest to the fact that, it's been dormant for a lot of months now and that the WhatsApp platform is much more active and reaches every member. This might not be the right thread to chip this in, and as much as I hate to bring this

Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-18 Thread Georgina Ofori-Dwumfuo
Good morning, all. I did apply but I actually did not know that the names have as yet been published. I'll reach out to the scholarship committee via email to find out. Their answer will guide our further proceedings, I believe. Many thanks. On 18 Jan 2018 07:16, "Justice Okai-Allotey"

Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-17 Thread Justice Okai-Allotey
Hello Raphael, Let me attempt to answer your questions with some of the facts I know regarding this. So with the selection process Sandister sent this message to the WhatsApp since most of our members are and active after we had worked on our eligibility requirements. *Happy New Year To

[Wikimedia-GH] WMConn representative.

2018-01-17 Thread Raphael Berchie
Hello everyone happy new year and a belated Wiki birthday to us all. So I chanced on this https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_List and realized Sadat is the one representing us at this year’s WMConn. Congrats to him I have no shred of doubt that he will fully