Wikimedia South Africa/State of the Chapter 2011

Three minute presentation for the Wikimedia Chapters Conference.

Failed attempts

• Had many failed attempts to establish chapter.
• Managed to get new interest in May 2010.
• Got a lot of help from Achal Prabhala, Bence Damokos and Delphine Ménard.

Workshop

Groups working on their vision and mission statements for the chapter.

Supper, Day 1 of Wikimedia South Africa chapter formation session.

• Held a workshop during August 2010 at the University of the Witwatersrand.
  • Approximately 30 people attended the workshop.
• Resulting in the initial timeline, and much of the draft vision, purpose and possible initiatives.
  • See the Wikimedia South Africa page for details.

People interested

• Mailing-list has 70 subscribers.
• Approximately 20 people interested.
• Core team consists of only 6 people.
• Huge problem with getting people interested to volunteer.

Activities

• The chapter have not done any activities so far.
  • Mainly due to the fact that it was still in the formation phase.
  • Difficulties to get people interested.
• Possible activities include:
  • Contribution to African language wikis.
  • Academic integration.
  • Documentation of non-written information.