Hi all, Once you have identified an organizing committee for the conference, I would like to set up a call to discuss the first steps planning a conference, and talk through application processes.
Best, On Apr 6, 2016 11:07 AM, "Olaniyan Olushola" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > WU NG is putting her wait behind the annual hosting and I think Ghana > Team, should come up with their time plan asap so that we can move forward > on this discussion. > > Thanks. > > Olaniyan Olushola > Director, WUGN > Treasurer, FOSSFA > MD, Olbims Consulting > Phone: +2348154876844 > Email: [email protected] > Email: [email protected] > Email:[email protected] > Wiki: User name :Olaniyan Olushola > Facebook: Olaniyan Shola > Twitter :Oluwanishola73 > > Original Message > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Reply To: [email protected] > Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 57 > > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: My Thoughts on Wikiindaba (Isla Haddow Flood) (Ingo Koll) > 2. Notice: 80kb+ sized emails immediately discarded (Nkansah Rexford) > 3. Re: Notice: 80kb+ sized emails immediately discarded > (Florence Devouard) > 4. Re: Notice: 80kb+ sized emails immediately discarded > (Nkansah Rexford) > 5. Re: Notice: 80kb+ sized emails immediately discarded > (Nkansah Rexford) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:40:19 +0430 > From: "Ingo Koll" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] My Thoughts on Wikiindaba (Isla > Haddow Flood) > Message-ID: <001e01d18e73$57ae02a0$070a07e0$@de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I agree. Annual or at least biannual should be the way. Initiative from > Ghana very welcome and refreshing after months of wailing. > > Greetings from Swahili subcontinent > > Ingo - Kipala > > > From: Isla Haddow Flood <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] My Thoughts on Wikiindaba > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I agree with the others … 4 years is far too long to wait. I think that > you can only have it every year or every second year, or not at all. Too > much happens in a year for us to wait 4 years for something. > > I fully support holding Wiki Indaba this year, and well done Ghana!! > > > On 03 Apr 2016, at 5:21 PM, Kangah Donatien KOFFI < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) User Group support the idea of Indaba this > year. So we agree with Ghana. > > > > Thank you Felix to start the discussion. > > > > 2016-04-03 12:50 GMT+00:00 Raphael Berchie <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>>: > > Hi all I think I bet to differ with Rex on his four year period I > personally think that will be quite a long time.I however wish to state > that team Ghana is ready to host the next Indaba later this year if we have > the support from other countries.I believe it is a clarion call because if > Indaba is not hosted this year we may have to wait until 2018.I hope we > will have the needed support from other teams in our bid to host it. > > > > Warmest regards > > > > May I share my thoughts too? > > > > If Wikimania is going to be held once every two years, is it not a > better idea to host wiki indaba once every four years? > > > > In that case, there's more time to as you put it: > > > > but I think we can have a better case after we have shown our exploits > and what we are capable off, based on our experience. It will also afford > us time to measure impact and success of the conference. > > > > Two and half years to measure impact, one and a half year for setting > the event arrangement rolling. > > > > I do not know the full reasons behind why Wikimania is gonna be held > biennial, but i believe it's for good reasons. > > > > So wiki indaba, a quadrennial event. That's my thoughts. > > > > And Ooh, I like the started page on meta too. Thanks for starting it > > > > On Apr 2, 2016 6:57 PM, "Felix Nartey" <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think having the next Indaba has proven to be an issue of concern, > even though I share in this same concern I advice that we be circumspect in > our decision or plans towards it. > > > > I am strictly of the view that per issues following the last indaba > held, we host this event every other year as initially proposed by > Wikimedia ZA after the conference. I think this will afford us ample time > to measure our exploits or pull enough feedback before our next request for > the conference. > > > > It will also allow us to align with recent restructuring of Wikimania > that proposes that Wikimania be held every other year starting 2017, > meaning communities or regional events in 2018 and 2020 in that order. I am > not saying we can't defile the status quo, but I think we can have a better > case after we have shown our exploits and what we are capable off, based on > our experience. It will also afford us time to measure impact and success > of the conference. > > > > Following these prepositions I think it will be ideal to host Wikindaba > this year (2016) as part of the initial plan to host it every other year, > or wait till 2018 to perfectly align with the restructuring of Wikimania > and regional events (i stand to be corrected). Lastly I think it will be in > our own interest to have a body (committee) that confers with the entire > community and show responsibility for Wikindaba. > > > > Here is a link to a proposal < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba> for a possible > committee I have been working on - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba>. Kindly add your voice > and thoughts on what is possible. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Felix > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Donatien Kangah, > > Entrepreneur, Consultant-Formateur web > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > Isla Haddow-Flood > Project Manager > Username: Islahaddow > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20160404/2add79fc/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 16440 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20160404/2add79fc/attachment.jpg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > ------------------------------ > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 56 > ************************************************** > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:43:42 +0000 > From: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: [African Wikimedians] Notice: 80kb+ sized emails immediately > discarded > Message-ID: > <cakt11bvzopqmcghyyh56gtqg57ktsdoxofvgkpn3p0pt8zh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > Messages coming through the list of size more than 80kb will be discarded. > > Ways to keep messages less than the 80kb threshold is to include no footer > images, or embed any form of images in the message. Any images you want to > share, please include a link to them in the email instead. > > thanks > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20160405/820076e4/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:53:16 +0200 > From: Florence Devouard <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Notice: 80kb+ sized emails > immediately discarded > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Le 05/04/16 13:43, Nkansah Rexford a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > Messages coming through the list of size more than 80kb will be > discarded. > > > > Ways to keep messages less than the 80kb threshold is to include no > > footer images, or embed any form of images in the message. Any images > > you want to share, please include a link to them in the email instead. > > > > thanks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > Would not it make sense to actually adopt a similar size limit than the > one used on most Wikimedia related mailing lists ? > > Florence > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20160405/fc0ce453/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:48:27 +0000 > From: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Notice: 80kb+ sized emails > immediately discarded > Message-ID: > <caah37trg+g2e3utvre_wvzglonmitnlyjfeflleoj+qhqqz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > As in, what size limit are other list using? > On Apr 5, 2016 1:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Which is? > On Apr 5, 2016 11:53, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Le 05/04/16 13:43, Nkansah Rexford a écrit : > > Hi, > > Messages coming through the list of size more than 80kb will be discarded. > > Ways to keep messages less than the 80kb threshold is to include no footer > images, or embed any form of images in the message. Any images you want to > share, please include a link to them in the email instead. > > thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing > [email protected]:// > lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > Would not it make sense to actually adopt a similar size limit than the one > used on most Wikimedia related mailing lists ? > > Florence > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20160405/b90e13d2/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:48:27 +0000 > From: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Notice: 80kb+ sized emails > immediately discarded > Message-ID: > <CAAh37tpa7F4mfgjUpAfqcHqtWDLOpQsQjvDTfJshHxL=cvm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Which is? > On Apr 5, 2016 11:53, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Le 05/04/16 13:43, Nkansah Rexford a écrit : > > > > Hi, > > > > Messages coming through the list of size more than 80kb will be > discarded. > > > > Ways to keep messages less than the 80kb threshold is to include no > footer > > images, or embed any form of images in the message. 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