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

2012-01-16 Thread BRANTON OBWARI
True! thanks Oscah for the timely updates ,now that the year has just started we need to work on prioritizing our tasks and execute them accordingly , me thinks registration comes before elections ,then interim officials need to work on the registration Abbas, Oscah,Steve ,Ann and the team coz

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

2012-01-16 Thread BRANTON OBWARI
Abbas,thanks for the clarification ,i also request you to my off mailing list conversation.guday On 1/16/12, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Branton, The registration can not come before elections because we will need the Board Members to act as signatories when signing the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Outreach 2012 to Mombasa

2012-02-22 Thread BRANTON OBWARI
@ Oscar , excuse my ignorance whats GTUG ?Whatever that is i do wish the team going nice time , Steve the Open source drive is a phenomenon and like somebody noted elsewhere ,Google, Facebook and should i say Wikimedia ? started on an open source platform ,from where i stand am glad to note that

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

2012-03-25 Thread Branton Obwari
@ Oliver,once again sorry for the delay ,i will take responsibility for that ,this is the link http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections/nominees_bios Rgds Branton. On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Oliver Stegen

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme

2012-03-26 Thread Branton Obwari
sure! the longevity of the communication was inspired by the need to cater for everything leave nothing unattended ,We shall indeed torn down our words in future correspondence lest we loose our audience,LOL @Oscar, please note that, the last day of posting bios is Tuesday .

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board Elections 2012

2012-03-28 Thread Branton Obwari
David Oscar ,your concerns are not only legitimate but genuine , i want to believe that as you have rightfully pointed out that its just but a formatting issue , we are better placed to sort out that ,i undertake to rectify that ASAP !Meanwhile i would i urge everyone to torn down n not let

[Wikimedia Kenya] RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS BY KOSGEI

2012-03-29 Thread Branton Obwari
Hello Board, Here are the answers to the questions 1. Why do you think you suit to be in the board of WMKE? I have been a part of WMKE for over a year now and I have seen it grow. I understand the tasksand challenges that lie ahead and I believe taking a lead role as a Board member I am going to

[Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY ANN NJERI

2012-03-29 Thread Branton Obwari
1. Why do you think you suit to be in the board of WKME? Firstly, I am willing to contribute my time and other resources as a leader as I seek to serve others with the objective of attaining the common good for society as a whole. I know there are those specialized skills and talents that I have

[Wikimedia Kenya] (no subject)

2012-03-29 Thread Branton Obwari
1.why do you think you suit to be in the board of WMKE? Because I have and was among the founders of WMKE. I have dedicated and worked hard to see WMKE to its current form and I still have the energy and zeal to take even to greater heights. 2. What is your take on the level of participation

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY ANN NJERI

2012-03-29 Thread Branton Obwari
Sorry ,we Cliff.Chris i,were guided by the reasoning that the bulk of our members on the list are used to responding on matters through this list ,we might have been wrong but we thought it was a popular platform than the thread ,maybe we dint take into consideration the issues of formatting

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

2012-03-29 Thread Branton Obwari
we Chris ,Cliff I settled for mailing list cz we were guided by the reasoning that it was a more popular platform than the wiki cz looking members contributions on matters at the wiki attracted less traffic than the list ,we missed to put into considerations some issues ,we therefor will do with

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Antw.: [Announcement] Wikimedia Kenya's New Board

2012-03-31 Thread Branton Obwari
Congratulations are in order! ,indeed we have a board in place whose members have diverse experience in different spheres ,to Ann,Alex,David,Oscar Steve members have so much confidence in you i know you will perform ,There you go ! good luck Branton On 3/31/12, David Mugo

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

2012-04-07 Thread Branton Obwari
Steve , i agree with you we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back i love

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] First Board Meeting

2012-04-10 Thread Branton Obwari
@ Alex ,is it a board -members-only meeting or the rest of us on the list can attend? On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Alex Wafula xelaw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, We'll be having our first Board meeting this Saturday ie on the 14th of April. Agenda's up here:

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa alert: potential terror attack?

2012-06-26 Thread Branton Obwari
Steve ,thats glimpse into our foreign policy , believe me if you are paid to paint a good picture of your country you would do that well , unless you wanna hurt the Economy of your beloved country.During the Sept 11th thing ,the Washington govn were well aware of possibility of attack ,but they

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] June Meet-Up

2012-06-30 Thread Branton Obwari
attending. On 6/30/12, Chris Riwa chriwaus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Will definately be coming today. See you there. Regards, -- *Chris A. Riwa* Research Specialist and Consultant Mobile: *+254(0)725-930-850 *e-mail: - *chriwaus...@gmail.com* - *otieno_ch...@yahoo.com*

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Finances

2012-08-25 Thread Branton Obwari
Thanks Asaf , for bringing this up , Was not privileged to attend the Saturday meeting but persuaded to believe it dint achieve much .There has been considerable noise on the matter of accountability of WMKE funds ,which is very healthy and can not be wished away . Permit me to use this forum

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Finances

2012-08-27 Thread Branton Obwari
convene a meeting to the same? On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobw...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Asaf , for bringing this up , Was not privileged to attend the Saturday meeting but persuaded to believe it dint achieve much .There has been considerable noise on the matter

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup on 8th September

2012-08-28 Thread Branton Obwari
its in the interest of wmke for the board to bond and work together in harmony, we condemn the name calling bit , For the deputy chair to talk in the manner that he did points out to the frustration and lack of communication @ the board level ,for the audit committee to opt out like it did

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] List adminship

2012-09-05 Thread Branton Obwari
yeah , can help there! ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Financial Status

2012-10-06 Thread Branton Obwari
Been following this issue for a while and i must say i have restrained myself from being judgmental , Steve, there is no justification for your actions whatsoever ,BUT your admission is a step in the right direction , We have learned our lesson albeit with a painful experience ,its a learning

[Wikimedia Kenya] (no subject)

2012-10-18 Thread Branton Obwari
Last meeting we had constructive deliberations on the way forward for the Chapter .We agreed among among things that ,we need to do a fresh membership drive ,the six million dollar question was, who is an eligible Chapter member ?We explored the following scenarios 1. Membership based on being a