Thank you for setting up this newsletter, Theresa! It's a really great write-up. Is it available somewhere on our site? We should really link it into our Facebook page somehow.
Kind regards, David On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Theresa Hume <[email protected]> wrote: > A warm welcome to all our fellow Wikipedians, > > It's been 3 months since our last communication so we just want to touch > base with you, and tell you what we have been up to. > > What does 2014 have in store? > > The first months of 2014 have been packed with mostly project focussed > activities. As part of our ongoing commitment to increase awareness of the > South African Chapter and Wikipedia as a whole, we have been busy putting > together many projects that will do just that. > > Here is a quick glance of these upcoming projects: > > Joburgpedia 2014 > > The first phase of Joburgpedia was received very well, and we are pleased to > announce that we have received funding to implement the second phase of the > project, which will kick off in April. > > This year will see the appointment of the first South African Wikipedians in > Residence at Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and Museum Africa! > > Collaboration with Constitutional Court > > WMZA is very excited about a collaboration with the Constitutional Court. > Training sessions will take place with various participants which will see > contributions to Wikipedia in terms of documentation and information > relevant to the Concourt. > > Wiki Meetups > > Wiki Meetups are an opportunity for Wikipedians and anyone else interested > in getting more involved in Wikipedia and other Wikis, as well as open > collaboration projects, to meet and talk about issues of shared interest. > > We will keep you posted of upcoming events. The 5th Cape Town Wiki Meetup > will take place on Sunday, 4 May at 11:00 at Truth Coffee, 36 Buitenkant > Street, Cape Town. More information about the meet up can be found here. > Everyone is welcome to attend. > > Wikimania 2015 > > We are very excited about our bid for Wikimania 2015. We expect the bid > committee to make its final decision in April! > > Wiki Indaba > > The first ever gathering of African Wikipedians for Africa will be held in > Johannesburg in June. Scholarship applications can be made online. This > conference is the first step towards the establishment of African > co-operative structures and organs made up of Wikimedia Chapters, > Wikimedians and mission aligned thematic organisations. > > Wiki Loves Monuments & Others > > September is Heritage month and the kick-off of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014. > We look forward to increased participation and number of submissions this > year. > > WMZA is also investigating the feasibility of a Wiki Loves Wildlife > competition and, in collaboration with other Chapters, a Wiki Loves Earth > competition. > > We are also proud to announce our new partner, Western Cape Heritage, who > have come on board to promote participation from the Western Cape. We look > forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with this new > partner. > > Chapters Conference - Germany, April 2014 > > Douglas Scott, Theresa Hume and David Richfield will be representing WMZA at > the Chapters Conference in Germany during the first weekend of April. > > GLAM > > As a pilot project for the GLAM initiative, we have approached the National > Archives in Pretoria to discuss a possible collaboration which will see the > digitisation of their libraries onto Wikipedia. > > WikiXhosa > > Unfortunately despite numerous attempts, Wikimedia ZA has not had much > success with activating Xhosa language Wikipedia. As such, activation > activities have - for the foreseeable future - been put on hold to free up > more time and resources to focus on other projects. If you, or anyone you > know is interested in promoting Wikipedia Xhosa language, or any other > African language Wikipedia, then please let us know. > > WikiZero > > Have you heard about the Sinenjongo High School success story? They > launched a campaign to get cell phone providers to provide South Africa with > free access to Wikipedia for research purposes. MTN has heard their call > and started providing free access to all its subscribers. We are very > excited about what this means for the learners of Sinenjongo and will be > meeting them at the end of April to discuss the way forward. > > So that's it from us for now. Remember to like our Facebook pages so that > you can get up to date information! > > Happy Editing! > > The Wikimedia ZA Team > > Dumisani Ndubane, Maarten Deneckere, David Richfield, Douglas Scott, Bobby > Shabangu, Isla Haddow-Flood and Theresa Hume > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +49 176 72663368 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
