Thanks for this summary Douglas. On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 20:51, Douglas Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > There is a bunch of stuff going on these days within the Wikimedia > community in South Africa so I thought I would send out this brief summary > and update. > > *UNDP Wikipedian in Residence* > The first is that the deadline to apply for the Wikipedian in Residence > position with the United Nations Development Program in Pretoria, South > Africa is almost here (*27 September*). You find out more about that > position at the link here: > https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=26027 > > *AfroCuration education edit-a-thon* > The Moleskin Foundation with the support of Wikimedia ZA will be hosting an > edit-a-thon to improve South African related articles on Wikipedia in > Johannesburg. The event will take place on the* 5 October*. We are > looking for Wikipedia editors in the area and around the country to join us > the day and help improve content about South Africa and the SA Constitution > in particular. More information bout that here: > https://babw.formstack.com/forms/afrocuration_registration_form > > If you are outside of Johannesburg but want to attend you can apply for a > scholarship at the link here > < > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-rGAB-tZAnvn0S4MavkizWsHG8bxfhIO4rpkT2dajvqEoqA/viewform > > > . > > *20th Cape Town meetup* > Also on the *5 October *but this time in Cape Town the 20th Cape Town > meetup > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_20> > will be happening. So if you want to hangout in a relaxed environment to > chat about Wiki stuff then please join us. > > *Wikipedia takes Design (Cape Town)* > On the *26 October* Wikimedia ZA will be hosting a 'learn to edit > Wikipedia' workshop for members of the design community in Cape Town. It > will take place form 14:00 to 17:00 at the Montebelo Design Centre in > Newlands. South African Wikipedia editors who are interested in helping > out are more than welcome to join us. Learn more about that at the link > here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_takes_Design_(Cape_Town)>. > > *Wiki-Indaba 2019* > From the 8th to the 10th November this year's Wiki-Indaba > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019> will be > happening in Abuja, Nigeria. > > In other news. We are currently settling on the date of this year's AGM > which will take place sometime in late November/early December. We will > notify people at lease a month before the event date about it. > > Regards, > > Douglas. > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
