African KM4Dev Community Week - Raw chat notes from Elluminate
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Tony Roberts
10:18
I can hear you well
Sonia Sinanan
10:19
I'm Sonia and I work at web gathering
Marc Lepage
10:19
hi all - Marc here. Knowledge Management team leader for UNDP in West Africa, based in Dakar. I initiated the KM4Dev Dakar chapter
Meti
10:20
Here from Addis Meti, Elias, Ewen, Seble, Miki, Hermela, Gashaw
Tony Roberts
10:20
My name is Tony Roberts and I am part of the Web Gathering team. I am in Lusaka at http://www.bongohive.com/
Meti
10:20
and chris
Davide
10:20
Davide Piga from Italy, now living in Nairobi, work in UNEP as a KM specialist, I also admin the KM4Dev wiki.
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Ewen Le Borgne
10:21
Ewen Le Borgne from ILRI in Ethiopia, knowledge sharing and communication specialist and facilitator of this meeting
Gwen
10:21
- Hi all, I'm Gwen from South Africa. I am a km and development consultant. Previously I have worked for USAID and local and international orgs as a km practitioner. I have a keen interest in making km more practical and implementable in the field.
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Sonia Sinanan
10:25
ok - Ewen is using Meti's mike
pleasure
10:25
very clear
10:27
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Gwen
10:28
Hi Ewen and others - you are very clear, thanks
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Sonia Sinanan
10:29
that's great - maybe you can also introduce yourselves in the chat box when you at the machine
Tony Roberts
10:30
yes
Sonia Sinanan
10:30
yes very clear
Tony Roberts
10:31
Are we using #km4dev as the hashtag for this event?
Davide
10:32
clear?
Sonia Sinanan
10:32
Hi Gwen
very clear Davide
10:32
Ewen Le Borgne
10:33
To Tony: #KM4DevACW perhaps
vic klabbers
10:34
no, the button is gone
Sonia Sinanan
10:34
no problem Vic - please introduce yourself in the chat box
vic klabbers
10:35
I am working with km and e-learning for 15 years but not affiliated to any UN body
Sonia Sinanan
10:35
welcome Vic
Tony Roberts
10:35
Welcome Vic
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Sonia Sinanan
10:39
Don't forget to post your questions for the presenters in the chat box
Ewen Le Borgne
10:39
The question was: any reaction on this testimony?
Meti
10:40
We're just asking people if they have any additional comments on what Seble talked about
Davide
10:40
not questions for now, curious to hear how you addressed these issues
Sonia Sinanan
10:40
I wonder if other's have had similar experiences?
Meti
10:40
Questions, input, comments are welcome
Marc Lepage
10:40
is there a KM4Dev Uganda community?
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Seyoum Mengist
10:41
helo all i am seyoum mengist
RD and Innovation expert from addis abab univeristy
10:41
Sonia Sinanan
10:41
Hi Seyoum - thank you for persevering with the platform
Seyoum Mengist
10:42
km4dev addis ababa member
Sonia Sinanan
10:42
Welcome Seyoum
Meti
10:42
Seble said her buddy from Uganda informed her that the KM4Dev community there is not active
We hope Marc's question is answered
10:42
Sonia Sinanan
10:43
I think that would be great
Ewen Le Borgne
10:43
We are introducing Gashaw's input now
Gwen
10:45
Hi Gashaw - can you please speak up a little. Thanks!
Marc Lepage
10:46
tks Gashaw! this shows that we can't only rely on technology..
vic klabbers
10:46
agree, finding it a bit hard to keep focused as I really have to listen well
Sonia Sinanan
10:47
that is much better
thanks Gashaw
10:47
Tony Roberts
10:47
very clear audio now
Gwen
10:47
much better thanks
Ewen Le Borgne
10:48
Gashaw's inputs are summarized on: http://meetingwords.com/n7ppbGqf3u
It's much easier to read everything on that panel
10:48
Sonia Sinanan
10:48
thanks Gashaw for repeating your talk
Don't forget to tell us who is talking in the chat box
10:50
Davide
10:50
Hermella
Meti
10:50
Hermella was speaking
Sonia Sinanan
10:50
that's great - thanks
Gwen
10:51
Hi buddy
Sonia Sinanan
10:51
Elias is speaking now
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Sonia Sinanan
10:55
Welcome Mikhael
please introduce yourself in the chat box
10:55
Meti
10:56
This is Elia speaking
what can you say on this gwen
10:56
Mikhael
10:57
Mikhael Tekalign, ICT and MIS Manager for LMD-AGP USAID's Ethiopia ICT
Davide
10:57
Mikhael a good summary for catching up on what has been said so far is here: http://meetingwords.com/n7ppbGqf3u
(and welcome!)
10:57
Mikhael
10:57
Thanks a lot
Davide
10:58
thanks
I don't see the switch
10:58
ok thanks
10:59
Marc Lepage
10:59
sure, go ahead
Ewen Le Borgne
11:00
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009077&password=M.10B548F6C4A57B3BCB3A1B0723F3BD
Oops sorry - wrong chat window to share this link
11:01
Sonia Sinanan
11:01
you did confuse me a bit !!
vic klabbers
11:04
i needed to install java and eluminate
with a bad connection that would have been an issue
11:04
Ewen Le Borgne
11:05
Vic, Mikhael, Seyoum - has any of you also engaged in buddying up?
vic klabbers
11:05
so I dont agree that this is a low bandwidth,server side application
Mikhael
11:07
I tried to pair up with Felicite Hatungimana for buddying up, but there is no reply from the other side...
Ewen Le Borgne
11:07
Ha... Felicite is trying to join us btw - she's on http://meetingwords.com/n7ppbGqf3u
Davide: can you please speak up?
11:07
Sonia Sinanan
11:08
Vic - we have found that it can be more complicated to set up elluminate but ultimately it is a better experience during the meeting
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Ewen Le Borgne
11:08
Felicite just joined us! And Bruce! Welcome
Sonia Sinanan
11:08
Hi Felicite
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Sonia Sinanan
11:08
Hi Bruce
Meti
11:09
could you please speak louder davide
Felicite Hatungimana
11:09
Hi Every body
Sonia Sinanan
11:09
You can raise your volume on your computer too to make the presenter louder
Ewen Le Borgne
11:09
We can't - we're at max volume already...
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Sonia Sinanan
11:09
ok - that's better
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Tony Roberts
11:10
yes
vic klabbers
11:10
dont understand your point? My comment was towards Davide stating that it was a lowbandwith server side application which it is not (in my opinion)
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vic klabbers
11:10
I used in the past and people really had problems using it
Sonia Sinanan
11:11
Don't foget to post your questions in the chatbox
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Sonia Sinanan
11:11
or raise your hands and we can use the microphones
Davide
11:15
yes!
Ewen Le Borgne
11:19
Go ahead Vic!
Sonia Sinanan
11:19
Meti would you like to start this conversation?
Meti can you get a bit nearer to your mic - you are not very clear
11:19
that's better
11:21
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Davide
11:22
yes but low
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Tony Roberts
11:25
yes
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Sonia Sinanan
11:27
thank you
Felicite Hatungimana
11:29
I have pbm with microphone
Ewen Le Borgne
11:30
http://meetingwords.com/n7ppbGqf3u
Hermella
11:31
I vote yes
Davide
11:31
(just for fun)
Hermella
11:32
Sorry Davide
vic klabbers
11:32
no
exactly
11:32
well, I will be back in 15 minutes and join the discussion
11:35
Davide
11:38
Main issues identified so far (by Gwen, thanks!) - Technology is an issue on the ground. Overcome technological challenges. - Make km4dev more practical and less theoretical ...Oral tradition?
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Sonia Sinanan
11:51
any volunteers?
Is every one finding this clear?
11:54
Marc Lepage
11:54
clear!
Gwen
11:54
its clear
Sonia Sinanan
11:59
thanks gwen
Marc Lepage
12:01
you got it all, thanks Gwen!
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Tony Roberts
12:03
There is an ICT4D face-to-face conference happening in CapeTown in December. That might be an opportunity to piggy-back a KM4Dev face-to-face?
12:03
Marc Lepage
12:04
I guess we'd start with ONE issue.. already that's a lot of work...
it took months to produce the single French issue (so far)..
12:04
Hermella
12:05
Good idea Marc
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Marc Lepage
12:07
I would suggest we start with things that don't require a lot (any?) $$..
our KM4Dev Dakar has no budget whatsoever
12:07
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Davide
12:08
Online edition for now?
Marc Lepage
12:08
whoever hosts pays for drinks!
@davide we can check with Ewen but I think there's still some $$ for KM4Dev journal - so Africa would be one issue under the larger KM4dev journal africa
12:08
Hermella
12:08
To me, the online gathering is more practical at this point
vic klabbers
12:10
in a few minutes
Marc Lepage
12:10
yes, we could all be online once a month, for 90 minutes
the various KM4dev chapters could report/share what's happening/ what was discussed in their respective meetings
12:10
Ewen Le Borgne
12:10
Happy to help with helping whoever wants to work on the KM4Dev Africa journal (to get it set up) but I can't work on an entire journal
I'm also happy to explore ways to bring in members from other KM4Dev Ethiopia meetings in our meeting (after the next one which is next week)
12:11
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Ewen Le Borgne
12:11
Finally I'm happy to help a small group explore options to have more virtual meetings like this one - but once a month is too much for me
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Davide
12:12
noooo once a month is a lot!
Hermella
12:12
Supporting Marc's idea but the issue is how to get funding to do this once a month. We can consider a more economical method of talking online, such as free collaboration web services
Ewen Le Borgne
12:12
To Marc: We are regularly posting updates from our quarterly gatherings on the KM4Dev Ning
Gwen
12:12
I am also happy to work on the journal - I would also like to suggest that instead of thinking of it as a journal, that we think of soemthing smaller / shorter that acheives the same purpose.
Ewen Le Borgne
12:12
+1 to Gwen's idea
The journal is a lot of work
12:12
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Ewen Le Borgne
12:12
To Marc: find those summaries on: http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia
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Marc Lepage
12:14
@hermella: we could do skype or Google hangout
Davide
12:14
+1 virtual meetings
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Hermella
12:15
@marc, i agree
KM4Dev Addis members are also saying that's a good option
12:15
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Marc Lepage
12:16
agree!
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Gwen
12:17
ok
vic klabbers
12:17
i think starting a yournal might be a bit over ambitious
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Gwen
12:18
any thoughts on the process? I thought the buddying was a good idea.
Sonia Sinanan
12:19
you can post you thoughts in the chat box or take the mic if you would like to speak
Marc Lepage
12:19
@vic: i'm suggesting a single issue of the KM4Dev journal http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/19474199.asp - an issue focusing on Africa
Gwen
12:21
@marc and vic - also the suggestion to do something similar to a journal, but not as intense, but serves the same purpose.
vic klabbers
12:21
that woulbe a good idea, I would not mind beig part of that
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Sonia Sinanan
12:21
have you considered an online resource - even a blog site
?
12:21
vic klabbers
12:22
not as an author as I think such a publication should not be filled with western/UN people only
Davide
12:22
+1 km4dev africa journal, but more as a living compilation of peer-reviewed case studies and lessons learnt from concrete development projects related to km. stored and categorized on the wiki.
Gwen
12:22
hi sonia - that is something that i have been considering, but need to ensure we do not duplicate what is already being done by km4dev.
Sonia Sinanan
12:23
ok - it makes sense not to duplicate
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Gwen
12:24
@davide +1 I think this would be a great idea. Also make sure to send out short email summaries on these developed to ensure whole community is aware of them.
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Davide
12:25
hi sorry, bad connection + battery down
Sonia Sinanan
12:25
no problem Davide
Davide
12:26
the whole chat history is gone did I miss anything?
Gwen
12:28
hi Davide - I still see it, perhaps something on your side. I think sonia may know as the technical person.
Sonia Sinanan
12:28
maybe some comments - don't worry as it will be vailable in the recording if you want to go back and look
the chat is still here but Davide has lost it as he left the meeting and came back in
12:29
vic klabbers
12:30
i see it as well, so def on your side
Sonia Sinanan
12:31
for sure
Marc Lepage
12:32
no comment here except for a big thank you to Ewen and colleagues!
it's difficult to start these things, but once you've started... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk
12:33
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Tony Roberts
12:34
Welcome Ian
Davide
12:35
Hi Ian!
Ian Thorpe
12:35
thanks. just listening in.
Hermella
12:38
Welcome Ian, you came at the end
Sonia Sinanan
12:38
It has been a pleasure
to meet you all and hear about KM4Dev
12:39
Davide
12:39
Idea: once we have the summary of this session, including a list of options of initiatives that have been proposed, then rather than continuing with the buddying process we might volunteer for working on the initiatives that we like and continue working on them in groups
Ewen Le Borgne
12:40
@Davide yes, that would be great!
Hermella
12:40
Thank you everyone
Gwen
12:40
+1 I agree. It would be good to have smaller groups to move forward with these ideas.
Hermella
12:41
Big thanks to Ewen, Elias and Meti
you guys rock!
12:41
Sonia Sinanan
12:42
Thanks Elias