: Re: [Wikimedians in Kenya] Wikipedia Editing Workshop
I would like to help, too.
On 28 November 2013 10:13, Ednah Kiome ednahkio...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Abbas
I would like to help.
On Nov 28, 2013 10:11 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I've received a request from
Dear Bence,
(Sorry for the very delayed response: I had hoped that a more appropriate
person would have made an ''official'' response.)
WRT the Chapter founding, I recently (last week, I think) connected Alex with
the lawyer, to resume the legal process, which was halted after the
wrote:
Some good news there to seal the otherwise dark year for WMKE . Wish you all
the best Abbas and hope we can mutually find areas to collaborate (as WMKE)
Best and happy New year to all
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
After
Hi all,
After several months of negotiation, I am almost sealing a GLAM deal with the
Kenya National Archives. I'm getting the necessary paperwork done, and
hopefully, by January 2013, I'll have gotten the final go-ahead. So, I'm
guesstimating that this project may start on Feb 2013.
The
Hi all,
(I've cc-ed Steve, just to make sure he gets this message: I'm not sure whether
he's still subscribed to this list).
Steve: After keeping up with this whole charade for months now, and being the
primary cause of this mess that we’re Wikimedia Kenya is in, the least that you
could do is
Hi Itzik,
I am really sorry for the frustration -- too bad the process has been dragging
more than expected.
Unfortunately, I am no longer with Wikimedia Kenya. I have cc-ed the WMKE
mailing list and hopefully, someone from the Chapter can give you an official
response.
Thanks,Abbas.
From:
Hi all,
It is with deep regret that I tell you I am leaving Wikimedia Kenya. After more
than two years being proactively involved with Wikimedia Kenya's governance, I
have decided to leave -- for personal reasons.
I therefore need some volunteers to take over 1) moderating the Wikimedia Kenya
On 2012-08-05 17:31, David Mabiria wrote:Big ups @Abbas so far for that
initiative representation, if they are
to outsource the job, why not suggest they give it to wikipedians due to
our extensive expertise in this field! Thsts ma thought, regards.David,
As with all other (outsourced)
Report to the Board: Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Prepared by:
Abbas MahmoodPrepared for: Wikimedia KenyaDate: August 2, 2012Background
Context
I was invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News
Agency the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a
Sorry, the earlier report had some minor corrections. Below is a rectified
version.
Thanks,Abbas.
From: abbas...@hotmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:33:48 +
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
Report: Digitization of the Kenya
+1 to what Oscar said.
If the Board, which has the ultimate authority, has failed to get the Treasurer
to submit all the required financial documents, what makes you think that the
Audit Committee will? I am tired of having ineffective discussions with people
who don't want to cooperate.
and a 3rd party whom we can trust well enuf(Oliver).
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Oscar,
Personally, I don't need a meeting to get hold of the financial statements or
digest them. Financial statements and reports can be emailed
Hi all,
I just wanted to let you know that I am part of a working group involved in the
digitization of the Kenya News Agency archives. The KNA was established in
1943, and is a photographic library that was used in the past decades by
journalists to document various pre-colonial events such
David,
What do you mean by Chapters should not meet to discuss finances? How do you
ensure that there's accountability?
Also, I think that everyone who has a company asset should declare it, and that
a requisition form be made ASAP where interested users should fill it in and
get approval
of the
team. I agree we should be accountable but there is a reason why there is a
board.
Discussing finances in large groups especially when prompted by a dispute could
cause tension. Lets handle things right.
David.
On Jul 18, 2012 3:33 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
David
be is a handover of what so far has been handled by Steve
officially to the board.
On the audit committee, we did agree that we will form it and I think this is a
good time to do so.
David.
On Jul 18, 2012 4:19 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
No, I disagree.
The Board can not audit
My dear Wikimedians,
It's halfway past the year and and apart from the meetups/editathons, offline
Wikipedia and GLAM proposals, there's almost nothing else we've done. I'd like
to put out a call to all of you -- the newcomers and the oldies -- to please
come up with some suggestions of new
I usually use the Kenyan Constitution (Article 35 in the Bill of Rights) to
argue my standpoint:
...every citizen has the right to access to information held by the state or
any information that is held by another person and that is required for the
exercise or protection of any right or
Meet-Up
Woohoo!
Nice job Abbas for following that up.
PS: How far have we gone with the registration process?
Thanks.
//Stephen.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
I've just received confirmation of the meetup: June 30th, 10am to 3pm
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:09:18 +0300
From: oslim...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Cool Projects
Speaking of best practices ,i think its good practice for Steve to
have shared with the group before submitting the list as the official
WMKE
is better for me...
David.
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From: Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com
Sender: wikimediake-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:30:04
To: Wikimedia Kenyawikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Reply-To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter
please coz
that's the only day i will be available.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Just to avoid confusion, please tell me whether it's going to be a meetup or an
editathon. Also, give me some possible dates/times and I'll check out if iHub's
Just to avoid confusion, please tell me whether it's going to be a meetup or an
editathon. Also, give me some possible dates/times and I'll check out if iHub's
available.
--Abbas.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:48:39 +0300
From: njeria...@gmail.com
To: i...@oliverstegen.net;
Hi Caroline!
Welcome to Wikimedia Kenya :-) May I ask, did the person who introduced you to
Wikimedia give you an orientation or do you need one of us to give it to you
now?
Regards,Abbas.
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 06:52:17 -0700
From: osano.carol...@yahoo.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Steve,
Where did you get that mailing list title from? I remember updating it quite a
while ago:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:32:07 +0300
From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya]
Hi all,
Thank you for the support. I would have preferred someone else to take this
role due to other personal responsibilities, but since there weren't any other
volunteers/nominees, I'll have to take it.
Regards,Abbas.
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:52:14 +0300
From: raidar...@gmail.com
To:
Tuesday morning.
[1]. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-WMFboard-selection
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Alex,
We have WMF Board Members, WMF Staff Nominees on this list. So we have 2
options:
1) I can temporarily remove these people
Hi Ann,
please don't confirm the location as I haven't got a confirmation from iHub
yet.
Abbas.
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:44:04 +0300
From: ann.nj...@wikimedia.or.ke
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 26th
Hi all,
We will have our members meeting on the
of May for
consensus by chapters for these seats after which chapters will have to vote
incase a consensus isn't arrived at.
Feedback from the board is coming up soon...
cheers,
Alex
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Could we get
Hi all,
I am assuming that most of the Wikimania scholarship applicants have gotten
their responses by now. For those who succeeded, congratulations. For those who
didn't please forward me your name and I will try and explore other channels of
sponsorship. I will contact other chapters and
Oliver,
iHub is available this month. If you guys want to have a meetup, please tell me
the preferred date and I'll book it for you.
Thanks,Abbas.
From: i...@oliverstegen.net
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:55:43 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Board
Branton,
It is quite unclear which candidate answered these questions. Please clarify.
Also, do indicate whether these Q's are coming from the electoral team or
ordinary members.
Abbas.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:45:23 +0300
From: bruceobw...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Never mind, Branton. Chris beat me to it :)
From: abbas...@hotmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:01:16 +
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY ANN NJERI
Branton,
It is quite unclear which candidate answered these questions. Please
OK, Since it seems that Isaac's preferential mode of answering the questions is
via this list, I will engage him here.
Isaac, I am not sure whether you understood my question. What I basically asked
is for you to tell me of an incident, if any, where you led a group that had
divergent to
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:34:37 +0300
From: gerrardkos...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikipedia for Kamukunji Schools
Hi guys
The nairobi skuls idea is great. Lets just give them what is available
now, we can always upgrade it when the
While we wait for the moderators response, it seems to me that the majority of
the people (who responded) would prefer us to stick with the same date. So
David, is the Public Service Club freely available. Or do we have to pay to use
it? It'd be important for us to know the expected costs in
Oh my goodness, Lisper! May I ask you to please pause and breathe in (and out)
before sending unnecessary emails to this list? I am quite overwhelmed by my
almost unmanageable inbox, and would highly appreciate it if we'd stop flooding
people's inboxes.
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012
.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:02:15 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] thank you
From: njeria...@gmail.com
To: abbas...@hotmail.com
that wasn't sooo kind
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Oh my goodness, Lisper! May I ask you to please pause
.
On Mar 8, 2012 11:53 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Fantastic news! A regular venue is a big step forward. Congrats, WMKE! :)
A.
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
iHub has confirmed that they are willing to give us some space
snipDate: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:41:07 +0300From: chriwaus...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections
Hallo Wikimedians,
It's been a while but I hope we are all well. This serves as a reminder that we
are supposed to have board elections so that we
Hi all,
So apart from Branton, we still need another moderator to oversee the election
process. Any volunteers?
--Abbas.
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:50 +0300
From: bruceobw...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections
Wewee! u
Thanks for the report Oscar. May I ask: how many people turned up?
Plus during your free time, it might be great if you'd wikify this report onto
our website (with more details such as turnover, program, pictures, date and
location.)
Otherwise, thanks for representing us well.
--Abbas.
Date:
Hi all,
We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we
could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics.
Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of
. And also, in case you
have a candidate that you'd like to choose on behalf of Wikimedia Kenya, please
also notify me off-list.Thanks,Abbas Mahmood
___
WikimediaKE mailing list
WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi Oliver,
I'm not sure which documents you are referring to that need to be signed and
returned to the WMF. However, I presume that it's the Chapters Agreement. If
that's the case, then:
1) We (or to be precise, I) have not yet received any documentation from the
Foundation that requires our
From: Abbas Mahmood
[mailto:abbas...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 28 February 2012 20:59
To: i...@oliverstegen.net
Subject: RE: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday
Photo Walk
Hi Oliver,
I'm not sure which documents you are referring to that need to be signed and
returned to the WMF. However, I presume
Hi Oscar,
Thanks for following this through. I can't open the etherpad on my mobile, so I
apologize in advance if I ask questions that are already answered in the
etherpad.
1.) Out of the 3, how many people have signed up so far?
2.) what do you mean by hiring a venue?
3.) which institutions
One more question:
5.) have you made any merchandise arrangements? For instance, the the
locally-printed t-shirts.
Abbas.
From: abbas...@hotmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:31:42 +
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa
Hi
This is wonderful news!
Abbas.
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:36:51 +0300
From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] CIO Article
Nice post ;)
Some limelight there ^^
//Stephen
On 2/18/12, David Mugo raidar...@gmail.com wrote:
Guys,
Isaac,
Anyone with MediaWiki experience can volunteer to construct the site.
--Abbas.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:01:13 +0300
From: kipchogekos...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Internal-l] Congratulations to
Wikimedia Kenya!
Quick note,
Ha! I'm glad that you're inspired :) And yes, feel free to re-use it.
--Abbas.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:39:01 +0300
From: oslim...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Internal-l] Congratulations to
Wikimedia Kenya!
LoL Abbas Mahmood
, but if given a go
ahead, I could order. A nice cake would cost somewhere between 2500 to
4k.
Let me know...
David.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com
wrote:
So some of us want a cake at the meetup. And it seems some people
can't
I know this is the umpteenth time you've got this reminder, but I'd love to see
all of us in DC for Wikimania. So if you haven't applied, please do so. We all
deserve to be there :)
--Abbas.
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:21:04 -0800
From: jw...@wikimedia.org
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world - Faye
Wattleton
On 8 February 2012 14:14, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Not sure Isaac, but it could probably be jina la familia au jina la pili.
--Abbas.
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:12:21 -0800
From: lire
Hi all,
This weekend's meetup will feature the elections of WMKE's board (at last!).
So, there's a draft of the election details here:
http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections. Kindly have a look at it and redact
wherever necessary. The actual text is below.
Sincerely,
Abbas.
Isaac, you keep on insisting that you are online yet you haven't even bothered
to write your personal statement until now. I am disappointed to say that
despite the repeated calls for you guys to put your statements on wiki, none of
you have bothered to do so. If you guys have to be pushed
,
That would be cool, if there is probably something existing or in progress, I
would like to participate and customize it for Africa... Kenya.
David.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
David,
I'm not a techie, so I can't really comment on any
committee/Resolutions/Approval of
Wikimedia Kenya - December 2011 - Meta
Actually, Abbas, the resolution has passed
already – 6 in favour, 0 opposed, 0 abstained.
So, it’s congrats indeed! (and no
holding of breaths J)
Oliver (aka BT)
From: Abbas Mahmood
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