Wikipedia:Meetup/Sabah 1

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The Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 1 (the 12th Wikipedia meetups in Malaysia) was the first Wikipedia meetup held in the Malaysian state of Sabah and the first meetup held with a government agency. It was also the first meetup incorporating (partially) the native language of Malaysia, which is the Dusun language. The meetup was held on:

Date: Thursday, 17 May 2018
Time: 2:30–4:00 pm
Venue: Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Sandakan, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Medium of communication: Malay with some English and Dusun

Things to bring

Laptop or tablet
Notebook/pen/pencil
Portable modem (in case there is no/weak access to Wi-Fi at the venue)
Multiple cable extensions (to accommodate other laptop/tablet users of electricity)
Camera (for group photo shooting)

Participants

Tofeiku
2 Sandakan District Education Officer
2 Sandakan Primary School Headmaster/Headmistress
1 Kadazandusun Sandakan Primary School Teacher

Topics of discussion

Kadazandusun Wikimedia projects in Incubator
Wikimedia in schools

Minutes of meeting

=Kadazandusun Wikimedia=

Introduction to Wikimedia projects.
Acknowledging existing inactive Kadazandusun Wikimedia projects in Incubator to attendees.
Express of concern and help from attendees to help.

=Usage of Wikimedia in schools=

Use Wikipedia for extra reading material.
Suggest hold programmes about Wikimedia to students in schools.

Transportation

=Public transport=

Any public bus heading to Wisma Persekutuan.

=Self driving=

- Key-in Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Sandakan in Waze or Google Map

- Address: Tingkat 5, Wisma Persekutuan, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah

- Coordinate: 5°52'41.1"N 118°03'09.0"E

Disability access

Parking for disable people and lifts to the Fifth Level.