Awesome! Asaf throws an invite to all. I start my clock and bookmark this thread.
If you would take me up on this invitation, I would love to hear your thoughts on work in Africa, beyond Wikimania scholarships. Well said, Asaf, well said! I personally would love to also hear the thoughts of everyone on the invite above. On 11 Mar 2016 10:03 pm, "Asaf Bartov" <[email protected]> wrote: I hear you, Olaniyan, and understand you are feeling alienated and demotivated by not receiving a scholarship. Regarding your assertion that the selection criteria are unfair, I think that to agree with it would require you to present an actual argument against one or more of those criteria, and I invite you to do so. I also invite you to think about what else might be done to support and promote the creation and sharing of free knowledge in Africa, beyond awarding a few more scholarships to Africans. I remind you that the Wikimedia Foundation is eager to support mission-aligned work, including experimentation, through the various grants programs[1], and that there is a wealth of written materials about program design and best practices[2][3][4], for African volunteers motivated to do more programmatic work in Africa. If you would take me up on this invitation, I would love to hear your thoughts on work in Africa, beyond Wikimania scholarships. A. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start [2] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/ [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Program_Toolkits On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:32 AM, shola ishola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am writing this mail in solidarity with all active Wikipedians in Africa > . I felt rather alienation and de-motivated by the announcement of the > result of Wikimania Scholarship 2016. I have reviewed the parameters for > the selection of candidacy for the above mentioned event and I came to the > conclusion that the selection is not fair to us (WUGN) and Africa in > general. Considering what we did withinn the shortest period of the > recognition of our group, we are more than qualify to be represented at the > event. > > Perhaps, we may be considered to be too young... I wish to state here... > what's the benefit of an event that won't be developmental in nature. We > are the future of the movement. Frankly speaking, Africa remains Virgin in > term of the wikimedia concepts and projects compare to other continents. In > my opinion, resources should be channel to assist the continents rather > than the already developed one. > > Lastly, if indeed we are so serious about the projects and the movement. > Then, special quota and interest should be created for developing > continents rather than the developed ones. > > Submitted. > > Olaniyan Olushola > Director, WUGN > Treasurer, FOSSFA > MD, Olbims Consulting > Phone: +2348154876844 > Email: [email protected] > Email: [email protected] > Email:[email protected] > User page: Olaniyan Olushola > Facebook: Olaniyan Shola > Twitter :Olaniyan73 > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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