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 <deontemun...@hotmail.com>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<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 <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) 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 <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > > -- > > Limoke Oscar * > *GIS, Google Apps & Business Development > > Pawa IT Solutions Limited > > > _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing > listWikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > -- *Limoke Oscar * GIS, Google Apps & Business Development Certfied Google Apps EDU Specialist Pawa IT Solutions Limited *www.pawait.co.ke* http://www.packtpub.com/google-map-maker-starter/book
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