Dear All,
The proposed names are collaborators who have been working on creating various repositories for the various WIKIMEDIAZA platforms and great stakeholders therefore who can help entrench the chapter in Mzansi through their networks.
Will include my motivation below and hopefully they will all send through theirs. Can othwerwise undertake to compile their individual contribution to get to David for screening by Sunday.
I’m South African and live in Johannesburg I’m highly networked within the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology sectors. I am a great proponent of Open Source and have been instrumental in forging partnerships with Stanford University and the South African Department of Science and Technology to build Cyber Infrastructure with the Director of Pervasive Parallel Laboratory Professor Kunle Olukotun. This has led to a series of lectures nationally and in Cape Town through the High Performance Computing Centre including lectures at the Africa Institute of Maths and Science (AIMS) and Meraka Institute. Have been very active in the last few months advocating on the aims of Wikimedia through stakeholder engagement and mobilisation with the various struggle icons proposed to be represented on WIKIMEDIAZA such as Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko, Alf Khumalo, Museum Africa et al through the GLAM platform as well as the Women ZA Camp and the promotion and preservation of urban culture.
I arranged a successful Bar Camp in Cape Town in 2010 for the World Bank Innovation Fair by mobilising the ICT community as well as Development Practitioners. Believe that through my networks, my project management and good writing skills as well as technical research gained through working extensively with the World Bank, the ILO and the UNDP I bring to the WIKI ZA a valuable diverse worldly contribution that is needed to transform and catapult our country and Information Technology Landscape through Open Source. As a trained Management Account I can play a useful role in Stakeholder Management and Liaison as well as Governance. Believe the preservation of the South African History depends on the diverse and quality repository it keeps on its heritage and history.
Good luck with the AGM and the launch. Will try and hook up on skype
Abundant Blessings
Thelma Machogo
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Subject: RE: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Potential members from Johannesburg
Hi Thelma,I'm also really excited that we will soon grow by 50%! I guess thelaunch of the chapter and the Wiki Loves Monuments competition hasbeen really successful!I'm in USA at the moment, and because of the time zone and somecomputer issues, I've only now been able to attend to this email.Please send me details of the prospective members, including yourusernames on any Wikimedia projects. Activity on Wikimedia projects isnot a membership requirement, but it allows us to see who's who interms of involvement with the online side of our chapter. I willunfortunately be out of town tomorrow and Saturday because of the USAMemorial Day long weekend, but I will review your membershipapplication on Sunday and if all is in order, I will approve you asnew members.Welcome!DavidOn Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Lourie Pieterse wrote:> Hello Thelma>> How happy am I to hear of potentially interested members! Currently we only> have fourteen members, so the fact that there are seven people interested in> joining the chapter makes me very happy. Unfortunately David Richfield> manages the members, so I am sure that he will register them. The meeting> held on Saturday is only for current members of the chapter, but you are> more than welcome to attend the launch afterwards. What exactly do you mean> with portal for members?>> Kind regards> Lourie>> ________________________________> From: Thelma Machogo > To: "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" > Cc: "[email protected]" ; "[email protected]"> ; "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" ; "[email protected]"> ; "[email protected]" ;> "[email protected]" > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 11:56 PM> Subject: RE: Fwd: [Wikimedia ZA] Annual general meeting request>> Dear Lourie and other Wikimedians,> See below a list of potential members from Johannesburg who will be> available for the meeting and launch on Saturday copied on the email. Please> can you register us for membership.> Can you also confirm that my entry on the portal for Members has been> registered> Thelma [email protected]> Irene Louw- [email protected]> Mandla [email protected]> Jaki [email protected]> Moferefere [email protected]> Maseme [email protected]> Nonhlanhla [email protected]>> Abundant Blessings> Thelma Machogo> Email:[email protected]>>>>>> _______________________________________________> WikimediaZA mailing list> [email protected]> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza>-- David Richfield[[:en:User:Slashme]]+27718539985
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