Hey, this really sounds interesting! I'd love to forward it to the [cultural-partners-l] List, what do you think? I see this as a great chance to share experience and ideas around those QRpedia projects, and the list is subscribed by many interested people from the whole movement.
Best, Nicole On 7 February 2013 21:00, Isla Haddow-Flood <[email protected]> wrote: > Great news Dumi!! Fabulous!! > > : : > Isla Haddow-Flood > Marketing and Communications Manager > Project Manager : WikiAfrica > www.wikiafrica.org > Wikimedia username: Islahaddow > > > *a.* 5th Floor, 28 St George’s Mall, Cape Town *w.** * > www.africacentre.net > *t.* +27 21 418 3336 *f. *+27 21 418 5385 *skype. *islahaddow > > The Africa Centre is a non-profit social innovator that provides a > platform for > exploring contemporary Pan-African cultural practice and knowledge > creation > as catalysts for social change. > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thu, 7 Feb 2013 21:21:23 +0200 > *To: *WikimediaZA List <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[Wikimedia ZA] Invitation to partake in JoburgpediA > > > Hear ye, hear ye > > It is agreat pleasure to announce the formal endorsement of JoburgpediA > concept and the pilot project under this name, by the City of Johannesburg. > This means that we now have the permission to install QRcoded ceramic > plaques next to the prestigious City of Johannesburg Heritage plaques! > > JoburgpediA follows on the foot steps of MonmouthpediA that was a great > success in Wales, and will be the first such project in Africa. Where > better to start it than in our very own Joburg? > > The pilot project will be implemented between February and June 2013 and > will depend on a lot of volunteer wikimedians to assist in: > > 1- Translating submitted meta data into as many local languages as > possible. As well as French, German and Portuguese. > > 2- Organising and conducting 2 editathons. > > 3- Setting up and batch uploads of meta data that will be donated into > Wikipedia. > > 4- Creating templates > > If you feel this is something you would like to spend the next 4 months > doing then please contact the project leads as follows: > > Dumisani Ndubane : [email protected] > David Richfield: [email protected] > > You can also access basic project information and follow project progress > on our chapter wiki below: > > http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Jo'burgpediA > > We look foward to your positive response and feel free to extend this > invitation to your friend and families who may be as passionate about > Jo'burg. > > Regards > Dumisani Ndubane > President of Wikimedia ZA > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > -- Nicole Ebber International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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