Wikimedia South Africa/State of the Chapter 2011
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Groups working on their vision and mission statements for the chapter.

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

Three minute presentation for the Wikimedia Chapters Conference.
Failed attempts[edit]
- 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[edit]

- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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.