Wikimania 2022/Individual Reports/Maram ali ahmed

Welcome back from Wikimania 2022! Please write your report here. Once you have completed the application, please email the link to wikimaniawikimedia.org (by 20 September 2022). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us.

Username

Maram ali ahmed

How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)?

Sudan Wikimedia User Group members attended the conference virtually though Pheedloop & YouTube also in-person in Khartoum-Sudan with Wikimedians from South Darfur who came and we celebrated together. We had in-person meeting and online sessions

What did you spend the scholarship funds on?

the community did not receive the funds yet, but we used personal budget to cover the sessions logistics (we changed the planned items to be able to cover most things)

• 2-Days (8:00 to 15:00 on 13th and 14th of August) Hall Renting (120,000SG)= 210$
• Food & refreshments 20 persons (180000SG) = 315$
• Travel cost for User Group SD member from South Darfur State (195000SG)= 341$
• video production and montage (70000SG)= 122$
• Banner design and printing (10000SG)= 17$
• transportation for Conference Local organizers (50$*3 organizers)= 150$
• Internet for 2 Days = 100$

Total = 1255

Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.

 ** Opening ceremony
 ** The challenges and opportunities of building a Community (Candy Tricia Khohliwe)
 ** Celebrating the African Librarians Week past and present (Alice Kibombo)
 ** Writing Women into Wiki History: Experiences and Best Practices (Camelia Boban, Effie Kapsalis, Andrew Lih Rosie Stephenson)

How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?

 ** on 11th and 12th August the conference attendance was online (optional for the members)
 ** on 13th and 14th August 2 days in-person gatherings were held in Khartoum 

Event

1.Wikmedia dashboard: Wikimania Sudan 2022 Editorial session [[1]]

2.Facebook: Wikimedia Sudan Users Group in Wikimania 2022 [[2]]

3. Facebook: Wikimedia Sudan Users Group in Wikimania [[3]] 4. Facebook: Wikimania starts today![[4]]

5. Wikimedia Sudan Users Group in Wikimania 2022 [[5]]

6. Instagram: Sudan in person event of #wikimania2022 [[6]]

7. #Wikimania2022 in Sudan, Organized by Wikimedia Sudan Users Group. [[7]]

8. Wikimedia Sudan Users Group in @wikimania.conference [[8]]

Event's Edit-a-thon Dashboard

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(Optional) Please share link(s) to your social media post(s) about Wikimania

Facebook links

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Twitter

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Instagram

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Events schedule on Wikimania 2022

Evens schedule on Wikimania 2022

13th Auguast
Registration and Coffee time	opening the in-person session introduction to the wikimania and the user group	showing a pre-prepared video presents general Sudanese cultural diversity in History, different tribes, nature and habits and also showing the the previous activities of the community	Attending the wikimania online session Celebrating the African Librarians Week past and present (Alice Kibombo)	Attending the wikimania online session The challenges and opportunities of building a Community Candy Tricia Khohliwe	MEAL BREAK	lecture on wikipedia writing skills	Edit-a-thon and Group photo
14th August
Participants arrival and Coffee time	Edit-a-thon	Attending the wikimania online session Writing Women into Wiki History: Experiences and Best Practices Andrew Lih, Camelia Boban, Effie Kapsalis, Kelly Doyle, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight	training and Presenting the active users experiences	MEAL BREAK	Edit-a-thon	Discussion on how the improve the community	Ending Conference and Group photo