Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Asaf Bartov]

gt;
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM, dennis munene 
> wrote:
>
>> I cannot think of a better name than Wikimedians in Kenya.
>>
>> Dennis.
>>
>> --
>> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:18:36 +0300
>> From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
>>
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>>
>> Salute!
>>
>> To align the Wikimedians in Kenya to it is current state, the social
>> media accounts should as well be renamed to the new name. What has been
>> settled on as the new name?
>>
>> .S
>>
>>
>>  On 03/12/2013 02:51 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks for this cautious and tentative initiative. I continue to be
>> active as a Wikimedian (cf.
>> http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go!&uselang=en)
>> and I am based in Kenya, so that presumably makes me a … Wikimedian in
>> Kenya J
>>
>> Yours for making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone on this
>> planet (and in my case, especially to everyone in the Swahili-speaking
>> communities),
>>
>> BT (aka Oliver)
>>
>>
>>   --
>>
>> *From:* dennis munene 
>> [mailto:deontemun...@hotmail.com]
>>
>> *Sent:* 12 March 2013 12:13
>> *To:* Wikimedia Kenya
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>>
>>
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group should
>> not in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as part of the
>> User Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)
>>
>>
>>
>> dennis.
>>  --
>>
>> From: oslim...@gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the
>> past couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way
>> forward. True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways
>> to steer ourselves to full registration 12 months after being
>> granted charter. We failed to get legal registration locally and we failed
>> to manage the 1st Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed
>> to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and we refused to
>> take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are justified to deny
>> us further recognition.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat a
>> way forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for this user
>> group?  Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more
>>
>>
>>
>> If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let us
>> start a conversation  Only if you are interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Look forward to this new course.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues in Kenya,
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the
>> Affiliations Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue
>> Gardner, is not extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of
>> your group as Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you pursue recognition as
>> Wikimedia User Group instead.
>>
>>
>>
>> The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and
>> that has not happened.  In addition, the provisional board disintegrated
>> (with some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement
>> announced, almost no activity took place this past year, casting doubt on
>> the group's sustainability as a chapter, and certain personal issues added
>> much confusion and demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the
>> inactivity.
>>
>>
>>
>> In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of
>> affiliation, not available at the time your group was seeking recognition,
>> that we are confident would better serve your group at this stage, and
>> would be more appropriate, than the traditional incorporated chapter model.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition
>> (via AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org) right now,

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Limoke Oscar]

Hello Folks,

I just wanted to keep some of us up to speed with the latest developments
around the User Group Model:


   - We had a very fruitful meeting with the to chat the course for the
   user group .Summary Here<http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wik-meeting-04-2013>
   - We created a meta page and have made a request to re-join the
   Community through the User group Model. Page
here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_in_Kenya> and
   here  <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_group>
   - We also agreed to focus/work on a single project for the Offline
   Wikipedia,Team Lead is Denis. Work around this has already kicked off.
   - On Members and resources, we agreed to Open up membership based on
   dedication and commitment to this course as opposed to last time when
   anyone interested but unsure of what our course was would just join us.
   - On Way forward on Wikimedia Chapter, we would like so clarification on
   the  use of IP, resources and properties previously held by Wikimedia
   Kenya. Based on Sue's email, We were not to continue to
   be referred/ inferred to as Wikimedia Kenya: Excerpt  "Note that this
   does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer be used by you
   or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you are not to
   incorporate under that name.  (It is best if incorporation under any name
   is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest, capacity,
   and plans.  Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you with
   inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.) Seeing the
   startup grant that has incorrectly been inferred to have been allocated to
   the Wikimedians in Kenya. Please correct or advise on the same since  the
   grant was issued to the Chapter and not the group.<
link<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Stephen_Wanjau_-_Wikimedians_in_Kenya/Start-up>
   >
   - As such, we would like to know upto what extent can we use this same
   resources like Domain < wikimedia.or.ke >, Name, Wikimedia Logos and
   Social Media and even the physical properties like Camara, WiFi
   Dongle, Projectors etc..


We hope this is a step in the right direction and look forward to working
to achieve our objectives as we set out .We look forward to your continued
support.

Kind Regards,


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM, dennis munene wrote:

> I cannot think of a better name than Wikimedians in Kenya.
>
> Dennis.
>
> --
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:18:36 +0300
> From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
>
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>
> Salute!
>
> To align the Wikimedians in Kenya to it is current state, the social
> media accounts should as well be renamed to the new name. What has been
> settled on as the new name?
>
> .S
>
>
>  On 03/12/2013 02:51 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:
>
>  Thanks for this cautious and tentative initiative. I continue to be
> active as a Wikimedian (cf.
> http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go!&uselang=en)
> and I am based in Kenya, so that presumably makes me a … Wikimedian in
> Kenya J
>
> Yours for making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone on this
> planet (and in my case, especially to everyone in the Swahili-speaking
> communities),
>
> BT (aka Oliver)
>
>
>   --------------
>
> *From:* dennis munene 
> [mailto:deontemun...@hotmail.com]
>
> *Sent:* 12 March 2013 12:13
> *To:* Wikimedia Kenya
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>
>
>
> hi,
>
> I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group should
> not in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as part of the
> User Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)
>
>
>
> dennis.
>  --
>
> From: oslim...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the past
> couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way
> forward. True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways
> to steer ourselves to full registration 12 months after being
> granted charter. We failed to get legal registration locally and we failed
> to manage the 1st Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed
> to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and we refused to
> take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are justified to deny
> us further recognition.
>
>
>
>
>
> So I guess its a User group we

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[dennis munene]

I cannot think of a better name than Wikimedians in Kenya.

Dennis.

Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:18:36 +0300
From: wanjaus...@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group


  

  
  
Salute!

  

  To align the
  Wikimedians in Kenya to it is
current state, the social media accounts should as well be
renamed to the new name.
What has been settled on as the new
  name? 



.S

  

  


On 03/12/2013 02:51 PM, Oliver Stegen
  wrote:



  
  
  



  


  
  
Thanks for this
  cautious and tentative
  initiative. I continue to be active as a Wikimedian
  (cf. 
http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go!&uselang=en)
  and I am based in Kenya,
  so
  that presumably makes me a … Wikimedian in Kenya
J
Yours for making
  the sum of human
  knowledge available to everyone on this planet (and in
  my case, especially to
  everyone in the Swahili-speaking communities),
BT (aka Oliver)
 

  

  

From:
  dennis munene [mailto:deontemun...@hotmail.com] 

  Sent:
  12 March 2013 12:13

  To:
  Wikimedia Kenya

  Subject:
      Re: [Wikimedia Kenya]
  From
      chapter to user group
  
   
  
hi,

  I agree with Oscar, we were
our own let down. Being a User
Group should not in any way dwindle our
commitment. You can count me in as part
of the User Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?]
:)


   


  dennis.
  

  

From:
  oslim...@gmail.com

  Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300

  To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org

  Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya]
      From chapter to user group

  Hi All,
  
 
  
  
I know all of us have
  been absorbing and
  digesting this news over the past couple
  of weeks. I think its time we
  now discussed and
  forged a way forward. True we were our own
  let down in many ways. We failed in
  many ways to steer ourselves to full
  registration 12 months after being
  granted charter. We failed to get
  legal registration locally and
  we failed to manage the 1st Start up grant
  for our Chapter. We failed
  to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and
we
  refused to take responsibility  I think
  Sue and Asaf are justified
  to deny us further recognition.
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
So I guess its a User
  group we are. As such, we
  need to start to chat a way forward along
  this line. Could we start taking a
  new call for this user group?  Remember,
  Officially Wikimedia Kenya
  Chapter is no more
  
  
 
  
  
If you would want to
  join and be apart of this user group,
  please let us start a conversation  Only
  if you are in

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Stephen]

Salute!

To align the Wikimedians in Kenya to it is current state, the social 
media accounts should as well be renamedto the new name. What has been 
settled on as the new name?


.S


On 03/12/2013 02:51 PM, Oliver Stegen wrote:


Thanks for this cautious and tentative initiative. I continue to be 
active as a Wikimedian (cf. 
http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go!&uselang=en 
<http://toolserver.org/%7Epurodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go%21&uselang=en>) 
and I am based in Kenya, so that presumably makes me a … Wikimedian in 
Kenya J


Yours for making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone on 
this planet (and in my case, especially to everyone in the 
Swahili-speaking communities),


BT (aka Oliver)



*From:*dennis munene [mailto:deontemun...@hotmail.com]
*Sent:* 12 March 2013 12:13
*To:* Wikimedia Kenya
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

hi,

I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group 
should not in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as 
part of the User Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)


dennis.



From: oslim...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

Hi All,

I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the 
past couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a 
way forward. True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in 
many ways to steer ourselves to full registration 12 months after 
being granted charter. We failed to get legal registration locally and 
we failed to manage the 1st Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed 
to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and we refused to 
take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are justified to deny 
us further recognition.


So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat 
a way forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for 
this user group?  Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more


If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let 
us start a conversation  Only if you are interested.


Look forward to this new course.

Best,

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov <mailto:abar...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:


Dear colleagues in Kenya,

I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the 
Affiliations Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, 
Sue Gardner, is not extending the Board of Trustees' provisional 
recognition of your group as Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you 
pursue recognition as Wikimedia User Group instead.


The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and 
that has not happened.  In addition, the provisional board 
disintegrated (with some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no 
replacement announced, almost no activity took place this past year, 
casting doubt on the group's sustainability as a chapter, and certain 
personal issues added much confusion and demoralization, which no 
doubt contributed to the inactivity.


In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of 
affiliation, not available at the time your group was seeking 
recognition, that we are confident would better serve your group at 
this stage, and would be more appropriate, than the traditional 
incorporated chapter model.


Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group 
recognition (via AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org 
<mailto:aff...@lists.wikimedia.org>) right now, which will give you 
almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none of 
the bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as 
you know, grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups 
(and we will take steps to improve group oversight and governance to 
minimize risk).  Everything I know about this group and about AffCom 
suggests this should be a smooth process.


Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no 
longer be used by you or others to refer to your group, and 
specifically, that you are not to incorporate under that name.  (It is 
best if incorporation under any name is postponed until there's a 
better idea of the group's interest, capacity, and plans.  Creating a 
formal entity prematurely could saddle you with inconvenient 
responsibilities without any of the benefits.)


"Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any 
number of other names you may feel comfortable with, are good 
possibilities for the name of your group, and can be recognized by the 
WMF if you do choose to pursue User Group recognition.


We'd like to str

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Oliver Stegen]

Thanks for this cautious and tentative initiative. I continue to be active
as a Wikimedian (cf.
http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita
<http://toolserver.org/~purodha/sample/dbswithuser.php?usr=Baba_Tabita&go=Go
!&uselang=en> &go=Go!&uselang=en) and I am based in Kenya, so that
presumably makes me a . Wikimedian in Kenya :-)

Yours for making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone on this
planet (and in my case, especially to everyone in the Swahili-speaking
communities),

BT (aka Oliver)

 

  _  

From: dennis munene [mailto:deontemun...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: 12 March 2013 12:13
To: Wikimedia Kenya
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

 

hi,

I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group should not
in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as part of the User
Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)

 

dennis.

  _  

From: oslim...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

Hi All,

 

I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the past
couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way forward.
True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways to steer
ourselves to full registration 12 months after being granted charter. We
failed to get legal registration locally and we failed to manage the 1st
Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed to resolve issues surrounding the
embezzlement and we refused to take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are
justified to deny us further recognition.

 

 

So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat a way
forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for this user
group?  Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more

 

If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let us
start a conversation  Only if you are interested.

 

Look forward to this new course.

 

Best,

 

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

Dear colleagues in Kenya,

 

I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the Affiliations
Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner, is not
extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of your group as
Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you pursue recognition as Wikimedia User
Group instead. 

 

The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and that
has not happened.  In addition, the provisional board disintegrated (with
some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement announced,
almost no activity took place this past year, casting doubt on the group's
sustainability as a chapter, and certain personal issues added much
confusion and demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the inactivity.

 

In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of affiliation,
not available at the time your group was seeking recognition, that we are
confident would better serve your group at this stage, and would be more
appropriate, than the traditional incorporated chapter model.  

 

Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition (via
AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org) right now, which will give you
almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none of the
bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as you know,
grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups (and we will take
steps to improve group oversight and governance to minimize risk).
Everything I know about this group and about AffCom suggests this should be
a smooth process.

 

Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer be
used by you or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you are
not to incorporate under that name.  (It is best if incorporation under any
name is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest,
capacity, and plans.  Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you
with inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.)

 

"Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any number of
other names you may feel comfortable with, are good possibilities for the
name of your group, and can be recognized by the WMF if you do choose to
pursue User Group recognition.

 

We'd like to stress this is neither a punishment nor a demotion of your
group; it is actually an adjustment of what we call the group to match
reality and to adhere to the original terms of the provisional recognition.
We recognize your dedicated and valuable contributions in the past, and look
forward to renewed energy and accomplishments on this new path, as a user
group, and will be happy to support you in this in every way we can.

 

On behalf of Sue Gardner and the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[dennis munene]

hi,I agree with Oscar, we were our own let down. Being a User Group should not 
in any way dwindle our commitment. You can count me in as part of the User 
Group [Wikimedians in Kenya?] :)
dennis.

From: oslim...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:04 +0300
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

Hi All,
I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the past 
couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way forward. 
True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways to steer 
ourselves to full registration 12 months after being granted charter. We failed 
to get legal registration locally and we failed to manage the 1st Start up 
grant for our Chapter. We failed to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement 
and we refused to take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are justified to 
deny us further recognition.



So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat a way 
forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for this user group?  
Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more


If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let us start 
a conversation  Only if you are interested.
Look forward to this new course.


Best,

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:


Dear colleagues in Kenya,
I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the Affiliations 
Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner, is not 
extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of your group as 
Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you pursue recognition as Wikimedia User Group 
instead. 




The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and that has 
not happened.  In addition, the provisional board disintegrated (with some 
people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement announced, almost no 
activity took place this past year, casting doubt on the group's sustainability 
as a chapter, and certain personal issues added much confusion and 
demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the inactivity.




In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of affiliation, not 
available at the time your group was seeking recognition, that we are confident 
would better serve your group at this stage, and would be more appropriate, 
than the traditional incorporated chapter model.  




Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition (via 
AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org) right now, which will give you 
almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none of the 
bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as you know, 
grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups (and we will take 
steps to improve group oversight and governance to minimize risk).  Everything 
I know about this group and about AffCom suggests this should be a smooth 
process.




Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer be 
used by you or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you are 
not to incorporate under that name.  (It is best if incorporation under any 
name is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest, 
capacity, and plans.  Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you 
with inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.)




"Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any number of 
other names you may feel comfortable with, are good possibilities for the name 
of your group, and can be recognized by the WMF if you do choose to pursue User 
Group recognition.





We'd like to stress this is neither a punishment nor a demotion of your group; 
it is actually an adjustment of what we call the group to match reality and to 
adhere to the original terms of the provisional recognition.  We recognize your 
dedicated and valuable contributions in the past, and look forward to renewed 
energy and accomplishments on this new path, as a user group, and will be happy 
to support you in this in every way we can.




On behalf of Sue Gardner and the Wikimedia Foundation,
   Asaf Bartov-- 
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation





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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Limoke Oscar]

Hi All,

I know all of us have been absorbing and digesting this news over the past
couple of weeks. I think its time we now discussed and forged a way
forward. True we were our own let down in many ways. We failed in many ways
to steer ourselves to full registration 12 months after being
granted charter. We failed to get legal registration locally and we failed
to manage the 1st Start up grant for our Chapter. We failed
to resolve issues surrounding the embezzlement and we refused to
take responsibility  I think Sue and Asaf are justified to deny
us further recognition.


So I guess its a User group we are. As such, we need to start to chat a way
forward along this line. Could we start taking a new call for this user
group?  Remember, Officially Wikimedia Kenya Chapter is no more

If you would want to join and be apart of this user group, please let us
start a conversation  Only if you are interested.

Look forward to this new course.

Best,


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Dear colleagues in Kenya,
>
> I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the
> Affiliations Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue
> Gardner, is not extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of
> your group as Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you pursue recognition as
> Wikimedia User Group instead.
>
> The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and that
> has not happened.  In addition, the provisional board disintegrated (with
> some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement announced,
> almost no activity took place this past year, casting doubt on the group's
> sustainability as a chapter, and certain personal issues added much
> confusion and demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the inactivity.
>
> In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of affiliation,
> not available at the time your group was seeking recognition, that we are
> confident would better serve your group at this stage, and would be more
> appropriate, than the traditional incorporated chapter model.
>
> Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition
> (via AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org) right now, which will
> give you almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none
> of the bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as
> you know, grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups (and
> we will take steps to improve group oversight and governance to minimize
> risk).  Everything I know about this group and about AffCom suggests this
> should be a smooth process.
>
> Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer
> be used by you or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you
> are not to incorporate under that name.  (It is best if incorporation under
> any name is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest,
> capacity, and plans.  Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you
> with inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.)
>
> "Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any number of
> other names you may feel comfortable with, are good possibilities for the
> name of your group, and can be recognized by the WMF if you do choose to
> pursue User Group recognition.
>
> We'd like to stress this is neither a punishment nor a demotion of your
> group; it is actually an adjustment of what we call the group to match
> reality and to adhere to the original terms of the provisional recognition.
>  We recognize your dedicated and valuable contributions in the past, and
> look forward to renewed energy and accomplishments on this new path, as a
> user group, and will be happy to support you in this in every way we can.
>
> On behalf of Sue Gardner and the Wikimedia Foundation,
>
>Asaf Bartov
> --
> Asaf Bartov
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
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> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
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[Wikimedia Kenya] From chapter to user group

[Asaf Bartov]

Dear colleagues in Kenya,

I would like to let you know that (after consultation with the Affiliations
Committee) the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner, is not
extending the Board of Trustees' provisional recognition of your group as
Wikimedia Kenya.  We recommend you pursue recognition as Wikimedia User
Group instead.

The recognition was conditional upon incorporation within a year, and that
has not happened.  In addition, the provisional board disintegrated (with
some people leaving the chapter entirely) and no replacement announced,
almost no activity took place this past year, casting doubt on the group's
sustainability as a chapter, and certain personal issues added much
confusion and demoralization, which no doubt contributed to the inactivity.

In parallel, the Wikimedia movement has created new models of affiliation,
not available at the time your group was seeking recognition, that we are
confident would better serve your group at this stage, and would be more
appropriate, than the traditional incorporated chapter model.

Specifically, we encourage you to seek Wikimedia User Group recognition
(via AffCom -- e-mail aff...@lists.wikimedia.org) right now, which will
give you almost all the benefits of chapter recognition, with almost none
of the bureaucracy: trademark permission will be available to you, and as
you know, grants are always available, even to unincorporated groups (and
we will take steps to improve group oversight and governance to minimize
risk).  Everything I know about this group and about AffCom suggests this
should be a smooth process.

Note that this does mean that the name "Wikimedia Kenya" should no longer
be used by you or others to refer to your group, and specifically, that you
are not to incorporate under that name.  (It is best if incorporation under
any name is postponed until there's a better idea of the group's interest,
capacity, and plans.  Creating a formal entity prematurely could saddle you
with inconvenient responsibilities without any of the benefits.)

"Wikimedians in Kenya", "Friends of Wikipedia in Kenya", and any number of
other names you may feel comfortable with, are good possibilities for the
name of your group, and can be recognized by the WMF if you do choose to
pursue User Group recognition.

We'd like to stress this is neither a punishment nor a demotion of your
group; it is actually an adjustment of what we call the group to match
reality and to adhere to the original terms of the provisional recognition.
 We recognize your dedicated and valuable contributions in the past, and
look forward to renewed energy and accomplishments on this new path, as a
user group, and will be happy to support you in this in every way we can.

On behalf of Sue Gardner and the Wikimedia Foundation,

   Asaf Bartov
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Wikimedia Foundation 

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