hi theresa, would you be able to help? ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Nkansah Rexford" <[email protected]> Datum: 30.06.2014 21:23 Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] WIKI INDABA REPORT An: "Planning Wikimedia Ghana Chapter" <[email protected]>
Their contact details are available but not in the open. If you want, you may wish to write to the Wikimedia za for it as they processed all the applicants and or attendees. Theresa can be of assistance in this regard. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Jun 30, 2014 9:11 PM, "Felix Nartey" <[email protected]> wrote: > It will be easier to get you the list of all participants, however I will > try and see if I can get the contact details of all who were present. > > sent from my Nexus 7 > > Excuse brevity and typing errors. > On Jun 30, 2014 7:01 PM, "rupert THURNER" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> thanks for the report as well, excellent! would you be able to share a >> list of participants including a possibility to contact them? >> >> rupert >> Am 30.06.2014 12:09 schrieb "Felix Nartey" <[email protected]>: >> >>> Great additions >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Nkansah Rexford < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you for the report, Felix. Just in case some are wondering if >>>> they could feast their eyes on some pictures and enjoy most of the >>>> presentations, here you go: >>>> >>>> I have uploaded the pictures I took to here: http://goo.gl/pqSVOp >>>> >>>> Habib also shared his pictures here: http://goo.gl/A9SBXX >>>> >>>> The presentations of the conferences are found on this Channel: Wikimedia >>>> South Africa <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBFQLpvHnAWXcrVFMxdYLPw> >>>> >>>> Enjoy >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wiki Indaba was a gathering of African Wikimedians and Open Source >>>>> Advocates. The convention sought to realize, analyze and address >>>>> situations >>>>> peculiar to the continent while churning ideas for the future of Wikimedia >>>>> projects on the continent. There was a representation from 10 countries >>>>> spanning the entire regions on the continent. Ghana, Nigeria and Cote >>>>> Divoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, Egypt and Tunisia and >>>>> South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Malawi represented the Western, >>>>> Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern African Regions respectively. >>>>> There >>>>> was also a representation from the Wikimedia Foundation and other >>>>> countries >>>>> such as Iran, France and Italy, resulting in a total of about 35 >>>>> participants at the conference. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Day1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The general focus for the first day was to introduce and acquaint >>>>> ourselves with the other participants while each country presented >>>>> challenges and success stories that pertained to their specific countries. >>>>> In the evening we had dinner at the House of Baobab. The restaurant had >>>>> delicacies sprawling the entire African continent. The flagship jollof and >>>>> bissap juice (popularly known in Ghana as sobolo) from the West African >>>>> Region were served. Not forgetting the fried plantain with tomato sauce >>>>> that was served as a starter. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Day 2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Day 2 started with great enthusiasm as we were gaining into the main >>>>> agenda for the convention. Sectional meetings were hosted, ideas presented >>>>> and trainings on more specific related programs. Success stories, >>>>> suggestions and further education were done in these sessions. The day >>>>> wouldn’t have been any better without the excellent film show on >>>>> copyright by the creative commons team at the Jozi Hub. It was great >>>>> insight to Wikimedians, artists and producers who were present. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Day 3 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Day three was result oriented. The focus was on addressing the many >>>>> concerns that were raised and drawing conclusions on the way forward. This >>>>> was facilitated through allotment of groups which were tasked to solve or >>>>> perhaps provide solutions to topics or issues that were deemed essential >>>>> to >>>>> the gathering. Day 3 was doleful as many were just not in the mood to come >>>>> to a close to the summit I dubbed, “the gathering of the world’s most >>>>> positive minds” >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Generally I will say it was an event worth attending and hope it hosts >>>>> more Africans next year so as to increase the pool of knowledge and ideas >>>>> that will be shared. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA >>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| >>>>> Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> >>>>> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 >>>>> <%2B233%20242%20844987> **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >>>> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >>>> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >>>> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA >>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community >>> Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me >>> <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 <%2B233%20242%20844987> * >>> *| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh
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