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http://makerfaireafrica.com/  


When: August 14-16, 2009 (note: l10n work week takes Aug 3 - 7 in Berlin)
When: August 14-16, 2009 (note: l10n work week takes Aug 3 - 7 in Berlin)  


Description: "Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra. This event is free to the general public."
Description: "Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra. This event is free to the general public."  


Facility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana-India_Kofi_Annan_Centre_for_Excellence_in_ICT
Facility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana-India_Kofi_Annan_Centre_for_Excellence_in_ICT  


''Goals''
''Goals''  
* Educate and instruct on how to leverage Mozilla platform and web platform
* Create localization opportunities
* Have Mozilla be a visible supporter of this new non-profit, all open-source conference


''Status''
*Educate and instruct on how to leverage Mozilla platform and web platform
* Sent involvement ideas to organizers, waiting for feedback on what kind of audience will be attending.
*Create localization opportunities
*Have Mozilla be a visible supporter of this new non-profit, all open-source conference


''Status''


''Confirmed Activities:''
*Sent involvement ideas to organizers, waiting for feedback on what kind of audience will be attending.


<br> ''Confirmed Activities:''


''Outstanding Needs/To-Dos:''
<br> ''Outstanding Needs/To-Dos:''  
* Determine who is able to attend
* Connect with local contributors
* Determine activities
** Booth/table?
** Hacking event?
** Localization training -- Mozilla can show quite easily how to build a language pack add-on and then upload it to AMO for people to use.  The session can be done most likely in 1 hour, but could be extended to a longer session if necessary. 
* What technical resources will be available at the event? (connectivity, power, etc)


''Promoting event:''
*Determine who is able to attend
*Connect with local contributors
*Determine activities
**Booth/table?
**Hacking event?
**Localization training -- Mozilla can show quite easily how to build a language pack add-on and then upload it to AMO for people to use. The session can be done most likely in 1 hour, but could be extended to a longer session if necessary.
*What technical resources will be available at the event? (connectivity, power, etc)


''Promoting event:''


''Mozilla Attendees''
<br> ''Mozilla Attendees''  
* Your name here


''Contacts''
*If you are interested in attending please check out our page for both Mozilla community members and employees.
* Mark Grimes, event organizer/sponsor, Ned.com (via Dietrich)
 
* Raymond Etornam Agbeame, incoming QA intern from Ghana, might know local mozilla contributors interested in participating?
 
* Taku Joey, contributor in Harare, contacted to see if interested in attending (via Alix)
''Contacts''  
* Jay said he'd contact our campus reps in Ghana ( Kwamena Appiah-Kubi )
 
* Kasahorow
*Mark Grimes, event organizer/sponsor, Ned.com (via Dietrich)  
** http://kasahorow.org/all/project
*Raymond Etornam Agbeame, incoming QA intern from Ghana, might know local mozilla contributors interested in participating?  
** https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9978
*Taku Joey, contributor in Harare, contacted to see if interested in attending (via Alix)  
*Jay said he'd contact our campus reps in Ghana ( Kwamena Appiah-Kubi )  
*Kasahorow  
**http://kasahorow.org/all/project  
**https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9978

Revision as of 20:49, 1 July 2009

http://makerfaireafrica.com/

When: August 14-16, 2009 (note: l10n work week takes Aug 3 - 7 in Berlin)

Description: "Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra. This event is free to the general public."

Facility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana-India_Kofi_Annan_Centre_for_Excellence_in_ICT

Goals

  • Educate and instruct on how to leverage Mozilla platform and web platform
  • Create localization opportunities
  • Have Mozilla be a visible supporter of this new non-profit, all open-source conference

Status

  • Sent involvement ideas to organizers, waiting for feedback on what kind of audience will be attending.


Confirmed Activities:


Outstanding Needs/To-Dos:

  • Determine who is able to attend
  • Connect with local contributors
  • Determine activities
    • Booth/table?
    • Hacking event?
    • Localization training -- Mozilla can show quite easily how to build a language pack add-on and then upload it to AMO for people to use. The session can be done most likely in 1 hour, but could be extended to a longer session if necessary.
  • What technical resources will be available at the event? (connectivity, power, etc)

Promoting event:


Mozilla Attendees

  • If you are interested in attending please check out our page for both Mozilla community members and employees.


Contacts

  • Mark Grimes, event organizer/sponsor, Ned.com (via Dietrich)
  • Raymond Etornam Agbeame, incoming QA intern from Ghana, might know local mozilla contributors interested in participating?
  • Taku Joey, contributor in Harare, contacted to see if interested in attending (via Alix)
  • Jay said he'd contact our campus reps in Ghana ( Kwamena Appiah-Kubi )
  • Kasahorow
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