In This Issue
- Welcome
- Membership Status
- Kaybees 2006
- KuL Site Additions
- Admin Team Blog
- Admin Team Contact Details
- Aggregator
- Blogging Help Pages
- Future Projects
- Kenyan Bloggers Day
- Social Responsibility Initiative
- Announcements
- Global Voices Seek Podcasts & Videocasts
- Where are the African Women Bloggers?
- And Finally
1. Welcome
Greetings from the Kenyan Blogs Webring (KBW). A big welcome to many of you for whom this will be the first KBW newsletter.
We use these periodic newsletters to:
- share information with the KBW members
- highlight the projects we are working on and to encourage your participation
- give members an opportunity to send their thoughts to us
- encourage non bloggers to take up blogging
KBW has been going through busy and exciting times as we work on various projects which we will share with you in this newsletters, all this while our rate of growth continues upwards at a steadily increasing pace.
2. Membership Status
We now have 226 active and 14 prospective members. It took us eighteen months to reach our first hundred and just eight months to reach our next hundred. Over the past month our membership has grown at the rate of one member a day.
3. Kaybees 2006
In March 2006, we successfully launched our first KBW blog awards, The Kaybees. This event would not have been possible without your support and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you all. We would also like congratulate all our worthy winners and nominees. Well done and well deserved.
Read more about the Kaybees and view the winners’ list…
4. KenyaUnlimited.com Site Additions
(a) Admin Team Blog
We have launched a new blog, The Admin Team Blog which shall be used to post important and appropriate decisions and actions taken by the admin team regarding KBW as and when necessary. As with most blogs, the comment facility shall be enabled on most of our posts so please use this section to share your views.
Read the Admin Team Blog
(b) Admin Team Contact Details
Each member of the admin team now has a personal email address at KenyaUnlimited. These contact details can be found on the Admin Profile pages. Please feel free to contact a member of the admin team on any KBW matter. Each one of us has sole access to our individual admin email address, although we may raise any issues that relate to KBW with our fellow admin members. Our main email address admin [@] kenyaunlimited.com remains the main point of contact for the admin team. Please note that this email address is accessed by all six admin members.
View the Admin Team Profile Pages
(c) Aggregator
The KenyaUnlimited Aggregator was launched in April 2006. It displays the latest posts from KBW member blogs as they are published and is updated every hour on the hour. If you are a KBW member and your blog does not appear on the aggregator please email us.
View the KenyaUnlimited Aggregator
(d) Blogging Help Pages
As promised in our last newsletter we have begun compiling blogging help pages. Our first help section is aimed at simplifying the process of uploading the KBW Ring Code on to your blog. The Help Section shall be an ongoing project. If there is a particular topic you would like us to address please let us know and we shall try to meet your request.
Learn how to upload the KBW Ring Code
5. Future Projects
(a) Kenyan Bloggers’ Day
On June 1st 2006 Kenyans everywhere will be celebrating Madaraka Day. Madaraka Day commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule following an important milestone on the road to independence. To mark this event we would like to invite KBW bloggers to blog in unison under the banner ‘Kenyan Bloggers’ Day’.
Find out how to get involved
(b) Social Responsibility Initiative
KenyaUnlimited was created to build on the foundations laid down by KBW. One of our aims was to move beyond blogging and beyond the virtual world. In keeping with this aim we would like to propose a KBW Social Responsibility Initiative. We have opened a discussion on this on the Admin Team Blog and would welcome your feedback.
Read more on the Social Responsibility Initiative and join in the discussion
6. Announcements
(a) Global Voices Seek Podcasts and Videocasts
Global Voices is expanding it’s roundups to include regular videocasts and podcasts which aim to do for online audio what the Global Voices web site does for text blogs — introduce listeners to some of the exciting offerings from podcasters around the world. If anyone is interested in contributing either a video or pod cast please contact the Global voices Africa Editor on africa[@]globalvoicesonline.org.
Read the Global Voices Blog
(b) Where are the African Women Bloggers?
For people interested in listening to African women’s voices, Black Looks has set up the African Women’s Reblog - an aggregator featuring African women’s blogs. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact Black Looks on info[@]blacklooks.org.
View the African Women’s Reblog
7. And Finally
As usual, we urge you to tell your family and friends about blogging. Tell them about KBW. Let’s get Kenyans blogging! Do you know any Kenyan bloggers out there that haven’t joined? Tell them about us. Get them to join. This ring is as much yours as it is ours.
Any ideas for improvements, any suggestions, any changes you would like to see? Please send an email to admin[@]kenyaunlimited.com or:
Post your feedback in our comments section
June 2006| Vol. 2 | Issue 1
Kenyan Blogs Webring - Bringing Kenyan Bloggers together