Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] meetup

2013-04-13 Thread Oliver Stegen
Please let us know who was there and what happened. Or is the pad at http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wik-meeting-04-2013 representative of what happened? Thanks, BT _ From: Limoke Oscar [mailto:oslim...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2013 11:54 To: Wikimedia Kenya . Subject: Re:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014:Officialbid list

2013-03-19 Thread Oliver Stegen
, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Oliver Stegen i...@oliverstegen.net wrote: +1 Any meetings of our group on the horizon? Either RL or virtual/online? With continued hope and best wishes for Wikimedia in East Africa, BT -Original Message- From: Samuel Klein [mailto:meta...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 March

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter

2012-11-28 Thread Oliver Stegen
Politically a good idea but please remember that wikipedia is not wikinews. News articles trying to keep track of the elections will in all probability be deleted by the administrators. Best, BT _ From: Andrew maina [mailto:kimemiaa...@yahoo.com] Sent: 28 November 2012 11:30 To:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter

2012-11-21 Thread Oliver Stegen
While I support a new start, I'm sorry to tell you that all my Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of the year are fully booked already (it's just that time of the year for a family man with kids in two different schools). Please go ahead in my absence; I'll be with you in spirit! Oliver (aka BT)

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status

2012-10-05 Thread Oliver Stegen
Dear all, Sad as this episode in the beginning history of WMKE has been, we're at least one step further now than we were a month ago. Rather than culprit-bashing, I'd rather prefer to see us utilizing this as an opportunity to inspect ourselves and our motives. Let's recognise that each of us

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 8th September

2012-08-28 Thread Oliver Stegen
Dear all, I very much hope that this isn't the last word. I continue to trust in the maturity of all elected WMKE leaders, i.e. in your ability to resolve any problems with respect and good judgment. Further, I am deeply saddened by the trend of resigning when the going gets tough. That is

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Finances

2012-08-10 Thread Oliver Stegen
+1 What our chair has (repeatedly) suggested is common procedure in other organisations registered in Kenya. So, let's go forward with his suggestion! (Incidentally, this requires the establishment of an audit committee - or have I missed that happening already?) BT _ From:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Meetup

2012-07-19 Thread Oliver Stegen
Sorry to tell you that I won't be able to make it :-( BT -Original Appointment- From: Limoke Oscar [mailto:oslim...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 July 2012 11:56 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: WMKE Meetup When: 21 July 2012 11:00-13:00 (GMT+03:00) Nairobi. Where: UoN (Near Fountain)

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

2012-06-29 Thread Oliver Stegen
So sorry that I won't make it today. Dental appointment for one child; school farewell party for another . See you next time, BT _ From: Stephen Wanjau [mailto:stevewan...@wikimedia.or.ke] Sent: 28 June 2012 10:52 To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Wiki

2012-04-25 Thread Oliver Stegen
Don't get your hopes up too soon, cf. http://www.kenya.or.ke/Special:ActiveUsers Only 3 active users over the last 91 days with 4, 13 and 115 edits respectively. Also, noone ever edited their user page, so without user info, we may not get to know who these guys are. Just saying! Cheers, Oliver

[Wikimedia Kenya] no traffic at WMKE website?

2012-04-22 Thread Oliver Stegen
Hi all, It's not like nothing has happened in WMKE over the last three weeks, yet no traffic on our website, see: http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesdays=30 days=30 Please, please, please, let's not

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Board Meeting

2012-04-12 Thread Oliver Stegen
Thanks, Abbas, However, I was referring to iHub’s offer to give us a regular slot (like, every last Saturday of a month), didn’t they offer that? In which case we need to take that offer seriously lest they take it away from us again for no-show. Fwiw, Oliver (aka BT) _ From: Abbas

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Board Meeting

2012-04-11 Thread Oliver Stegen
Actually, won’t we be having a chapter meeting at iHub later this month? Please advertise our regular slot at iHub accordingly. Thanks! _ From: Jon Harald Søby [mailto:jhs...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 April 2012 14:29 To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] spelling jokes on this list - please use individual email and don't spam the entire list!

2012-04-02 Thread Oliver Stegen
Please guys, don't spam this list with these kind of conversations. You can write to the individual email address of the writer if you want to share a spelling joke or suchlike. Otherwise, use Facebook :-) Thanks, Oliver (aka BT) _ From: Alex Wafula [mailto:xelaw...@gmail.com]

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

2012-03-29 Thread Oliver Stegen
as Chris populates it Regards Branton On 3/29/12, Oliver Stegen i...@oliverstegen.net wrote: Hi all, As Chris has started to edit the QA wiki page at http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections/Q%26A, I presume that's become official now. I guess

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

2012-03-29 Thread Oliver Stegen
I've also set up pages for Alex (http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections/Q2Wafula) and Steve (http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections/Q2Wanjau). After all, internet connections in Berlin tend to be good ;-) Wasalaam, BT -Original Message- From: Oliver Stegen [mailto:i...@oliverstegen.net

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS BY KOSGEI

2012-03-29 Thread Oliver Stegen
Dear electoral team, By establishing the wiki page, I didn't mean that everyone had to use this now. Some may find it easier to send email (and for some, it may even be the only option). So please, as part of your responsibilities as electoral committee, can you copy and paste answers posted on

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] thank you

2012-03-27 Thread Oliver Stegen
Thanks, Abbas, for being blunt. Please continue to be so. We obviously need that. Oliver (aka BT) _ From: Abbas Mahmood [mailto:abbas...@hotmail.com] Sent: 27 March 2012 11:44 To: Wikimedia Kenya Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] thank you Sorry for being blunt :-| I have heard

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

2012-03-24 Thread Oliver Stegen
Having just returned from one week without internet access, I'm glad to see that things are moving ahead. Just a brief question: When referring to the wiki where bios and questions are to be posted, do you mean the page at http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Election? It's the only one I was able

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections

2012-03-15 Thread Oliver Stegen
Thanks, Chris, for taking the initiative on that. I'm supportive of moving election date to March 31st. That means though, that all candidates should provide a bio by next week. Please! Also, do we have a time from iHub for our monthly meetings? Morning? Midday? Afternoon? Evening? Best,

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups

2012-03-08 Thread Oliver Stegen
Woohoo - that's good news! What'll be the topic for March 31st? Oliver (aka BT) _ From: Abbas Mahmood [mailto:abbas...@hotmail.com] Sent: 08 March 2012 13:33 To: Wikimedia Kenya Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Ihub call for Organized group meetups Hi, iHub has confirmed that

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3

2012-03-04 Thread Oliver Stegen
But by sending out unsolicited invitations to join Boxbe, it is cluttering other people's inboxes. *dislike*! _ From: cliff argwings [mailto:caargwi...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 March 2012 08:29 To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject: Re: [Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

2012-02-25 Thread Oliver Stegen
Hi WMKE friends and fellows, We (= Steve, Oscar, Alex, Chris, Morine and yours truly) had a great photo walk today, starting from the New Tom Mboya Monument on Moi Avenue and then crossing Haile Selassie to the Nairobi Railway Museum (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi_Railway_Museum -

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

2012-02-23 Thread Oliver Stegen
along Tom Mboya street adjacent to Kenya Archives. A camera is not a must have but if you can manage to bring one the better, since we will get more pictures. regards, Stephen. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Oliver Stegen i...@oliverstegen.net wrote: Pity, that won't work then as I have

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Saturday Photo Walk

2012-02-22 Thread Oliver Stegen
Hi guys, This sounds more ridiculous by the minute. Do you want to hire me as a tourist who's taking pictures? :) Unfortunately, I wouldn't be available tomorrow (Thursday) in order to accompany you to the City Council to get a tourist photo permission (I'm sure that tourists don't need a letter

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] SATURDAY'S MEET-UP ON 11TH FEBRUARY

2012-02-09 Thread Oliver Stegen
At this stage, it's doubtful that I'll be going anywhere this weekend as I'm sick at home (just a cold but keeping me horizontal) so please go ahead whenever you can get the maximum number of celebrants! Congrats to us all indeed! And especially to Abbas for his historical speech! Oliver / BT

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ubini

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Stegen
Ubini hasa ni hali ya kuwa mwana wa fulani, yaani labda nitafsiri kama 'sonship' kwa Kiingereza. BT _ From: Kosgei Isaac [mailto:kipchogekos...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 February 2012 14:48 To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya]

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] surname

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Stegen
Sorry, was offline for most of the day. My dictionary (TUKI, Dar University) confirms jina la ukoo :-) BT _ From: David Mugo [mailto:raidar...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 February 2012 14:43 To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya]

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Chapters committee/Resolutions/Approval of Wikimedia Kenya - December 2011 - Meta

2012-01-11 Thread Oliver Stegen
Actually, Abbas, the resolution has passed already - 6 in favour, 0 opposed, 0 abstained. So, it's congrats indeed! (and no holding of breaths :-)) Oliver (aka BT) _ From: Abbas Mahmood [mailto:abbas...@hotmail.com] Sent: 11 January 2012 13:40 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org