hi i once did a documentary with a couple of my friends...all you have to do is get a letter from KBC because there will be filming also, and from da traffic police boss because of the comotion you will be causing and nothing from the municipal council unless you wany them to shake you up
> From: wikimediake-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 19, Issue 76 > To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:45:52 +0000 > > Send WikimediaKE mailing list submissions to > wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediake-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediake-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaKE digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Photo Walk (stephen wanjau) > 2. Re: Photo Walk (Grace Kariuki) > 3. WikiWomenCamp (stephen wanjau) > 4. Re: WikiWomenCamp (Grace Kariuki) > 5. Re: WikiWomenCamp (Asaf Bartov) > 6. Re: Photo Walk (Asaf Bartov) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:39:54 +0300 > From: stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk > Message-ID: > <CAMgBHWm+cFcarTHKsvC_C2gC3_yfhs5RH=+tmcg2joeml3d...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Nice people, > > I do hope that you are doing well. At the meet-up, we resolved to undertake > the photo-walk on the Saturday of 25th February 2012 and not on the 18th as > it had earlier been indicated. During our meet-up I networked with a > photographer/ blogger who was in attendance and we dialogued about how we > could make this photo walk a success in terms of the logistics involved. > > He informed me that he had been using images from commons as yet he never > knew of the existence of a local community of Wikim(p)edians! From what he > said, we are required by law to get Press cards from the affected ministry > that deals with Journalism in Kenya, i.e. Ministry of Information and > Communication. > > > Another alternative that we had been given earlier by Kaburo as we were > planning for Wikis takes Nairobi was to request for written permission from > the City Council of Nairobi. I am kind of muddled by these two opinions > because in Kenya there is freedom of panorama, one is allowed to take > photos except at such places that are marked explicitly that you are not > supposed to take photographs. > > > Freedom of Panorama in > Kenya<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Kenya>as > highlighted on Commons. > > > Anyone on this list who is conversant with this, I beg to be educated/ > rectified so that I can go ahead with the planning for the photo-walk. > > > Regards > > Stephen. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/570c70d3/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:39:59 +0300 > From: Grace Kariuki <gkariuk...@gmail.com> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk > Message-ID: > <capdwp2dydvagvonn6a6jhjhyt_ydmwdmqmqgjfyrcjvuemz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > pliz remind us next week again coz i might forget.i missed the party,i aint > missing the photo walk. > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:39 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hello Nice people, > > > > I do hope that you are doing well. At the meet-up, we resolved to > > undertake the photo-walk on the Saturday of 25th February 2012 and not on > > the 18th as it had earlier been indicated. During our meet-up I networked > > with a photographer/ blogger who was in attendance and we dialogued about > > how we could make this photo walk a success in terms of the logistics > > involved. > > > > He informed me that he had been using images from commons as yet he never > > knew of the existence of a local community of Wikim(p)edians! From what he > > said, we are required by law to get Press cards from the affected ministry > > that deals with Journalism in Kenya, i.e. Ministry of Information and > > Communication. > > > > > > Another alternative that we had been given earlier by Kaburo as we were > > planning for Wikis takes Nairobi was to request for written permission from > > the City Council of Nairobi. I am kind of muddled by these two opinions > > because in Kenya there is freedom of panorama, one is allowed to take > > photos except at such places that are marked explicitly that you are not > > supposed to take photographs. > > > > > > Freedom of Panorama in > > Kenya<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Kenya>as > > highlighted on Commons. > > > > > > Anyone on this list who is conversant with this, I beg to be educated/ > > rectified so that I can go ahead with the planning for the photo-walk. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Stephen. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaKE mailing list > > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/722cffe2/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:54:47 +0300 > From: stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikiWomenCamp > Message-ID: > <CAMgBHWmfdcpjc_=hB5kjqP=lqfvkqmigy8nsspllliu-fqv...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I came across this and I would like to share. > > click > here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Kenya> > > //Stephen > -- > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* > > My Blog <http://uwanja.wordpress.com> | @uwanja > <https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja>| > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/swanjau> | > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/574532b7/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:59:22 +0300 > From: Grace Kariuki <gkariuk...@gmail.com> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikiWomenCamp > Message-ID: > <CAPdwP2CozbucOAqZNFSk+iY0mpm7sPMoMtezVuBZBxQ=1ss...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > the statistics are quite alarming. > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:54 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I came across this and I would like to share. > > > > click > > here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Kenya> > > > > //Stephen > > -- > > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* > > > > My Blog <http://uwanja.wordpress.com/> | @uwanja > > <https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja>| > > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/swanjau> | > > > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaKE mailing list > > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/e43589f0/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:58:49 -0800 > From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikiWomenCamp > Message-ID: > <CAAmrcweyNPws2+VVYNojtBH33GpvCBxcCmshc=6s5NdiJ=h...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:54 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> I came across this and I would like to share. click > >> here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Kenya> > >> > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Grace Kariuki <gkariuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > the statistics are quite alarming. > > > > Are they? Are we worried about there not being a featured article on > Women's sports in Kenya on English Wikipedia? How is that a priority? If > we care about featured articles (and I'm not sure we should, very much), > perhaps we can undertake to improve a more basic topic first, such as > [[Kenya]], which is, as of this writing, not even a "Good Article" on > English Wikipedia? > > Likewise, is it at all meaningful that there was no Kenyan woman among the > eight (8!) researchers employed at the foundation this summer? There was > no Kenyan man, either. So what is the "perspective" this gives us on women > in the movement? > > What is it that you found alarming? > > Asaf > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/12279c2b/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:47:32 -0800 > From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." > <wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk > Message-ID: > <caamrcwddpgdk4vfftwb+jz-jt3m7ydntykx4+bak4hkmmpc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > What exactly did this photographer say you need a press card for? I.e. > what are you not allowed to photograph without a press card? > > (In general, my experience shows that most people, including government > officials and professional photographers, have a fairly hazy knowledge of > copyright law, and often repeat "conventional wisdom" statements without > scrutiny. One of the things Wikimedians have been consistently good at, > around the world, is finding out what the actual facts are, and making sure > the public interest is served best, by not submitting to limitations that > aren't actually there. -- so yes, it would behoove us to look at the > written law. I'm sorry I don't have time to look into this myself. Do we > have access to a friendly Kenyan lawyer who might be able to help us find > out what the law says?) > > Asaf > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hello Nice people, > > > > I do hope that you are doing well. At the meet-up, we resolved to > > undertake the photo-walk on the Saturday of 25th February 2012 and not on > > the 18th as it had earlier been indicated. During our meet-up I networked > > with a photographer/ blogger who was in attendance and we dialogued about > > how we could make this photo walk a success in terms of the logistics > > involved. > > > > He informed me that he had been using images from commons as yet he never > > knew of the existence of a local community of Wikim(p)edians! From what he > > said, we are required by law to get Press cards from the affected ministry > > that deals with Journalism in Kenya, i.e. Ministry of Information and > > Communication. > > > > > > Another alternative that we had been given earlier by Kaburo as we were > > planning for Wikis takes Nairobi was to request for written permission from > > the City Council of Nairobi. I am kind of muddled by these two opinions > > because in Kenya there is freedom of panorama, one is allowed to take > > photos except at such places that are marked explicitly that you are not > > supposed to take photographs. > > > > > > Freedom of Panorama in > > Kenya<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Kenya>as > > highlighted on Commons. > > > > > > Anyone on this list who is conversant with this, I beg to be educated/ > > rectified so that I can go ahead with the planning for the photo-walk. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Stephen. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaKE mailing list > > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/attachments/20120213/383231ad/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > End of WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 19, Issue 76 > *******************************************
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