Mombasa Tech Community Site Development

[Alifiyah Ganijee]

Hi all,

The meeting regarding the website was great,thanks to those who attended.

So basically,we discussed on roles and responsibilities of each group we mentioned previously and the deliverables required after two weeks.

We provided an opportunity for everyone to choose the category they wish to contribute in, after discussing what each means,what is required,what tools we can use and how we shall be communicating.We also had a look at some of the community sites.

Refer to the the sites below for ideas,kindly please do not reproduce a duplicate.
http://www.ihub.co.ke
http://afrilabs.com
http://hivecolab.org
http://nailab.co.ke
http://mlab.co.ke

Search for more examples of community sites across the world and post them on the mailing list.

Below is a brief description of the teams,members who attended and the category that each volunteered to participate in:

1. UI/UX Design
This team will be responsible for the User Interface & User Experience Design.They will come up with wireframes/mock ups either sketched on paper or using web prototyping tools.
Examples of such are:
Mockflow - http://www.mockflow.com
Balsamiq - http://www.balsamiq.com
Photoshop

Search for more.

The following will be incharge of UI/UX Design:
1.Musa Alfan
2.Zahra Jalalkhan
3.Mwihaki Kimani
4.Bryan Opiyo

Key Deliverables: Website wireframes/mock-ups
Timeline: One week (12th November 2012-17th November 2012)

2. Graphics Design
This team will be responsible for the visual representation of ideas and messages.They will be incharge of logo design,we already have a logo so all they need to do is make changes if any.They also need to get the wireframmes from UI designers and decide on the look and feel of the site,the colours and images to be used and typography.

Tools that can be used:
Adobe Photoshop,Fireworks,Flash etc

The following will be incharge of Graphics Design:
1.Swaleh Mohamed
2.George K. Charo
3.Musa Alfan

Key Deliverables:Web page design
Timeline: One week (17th November 2012-24th November)


3.Content Development
This team will be responsible for organizing and preparing the website content,as we discussed we already have a brief write up so basically all that needs to be done is adding and editing content.Also come up with a tagline.

Tools that can be used:
Microsoft Word
Notepad,Notepad ++ Or any other that you may prefer.

The following will be incharge of Content Development:
1.George K. Charo
2.Khamis Suleiman
3.Sikander Yakub

They will also need to communicate and collaborate with the UI & Graphic designers.

Key Deliverables: Prepared web content
Timeline: One week (17th November 2012-24th November)

4.Web Development
This team will be responsible for coding and building the functionality of the site.

Platforms/Languages they can use:
HTML5/CSS
Content Management System (WordPress)
JavaScript
They will also handle Search Engine Optimization of the site.

The following will be incharge of web Development:
1.Britone Mwasaru
2.McDonald K. Mangi
3.Musa Alfan
4.Said Fuad
5.Alifiyah Ganijee

Key Deliverables: Fully functioning site
Timeline: Two weeks (24th November 2012-8th December 2012)

5.Project Managers.
They will coordinate all activities of the various project team members,track schedules and progress against milestones.

The following will be incharge of project management:
1.Ahmed Maawy
2.Murad Swaleh

Key Deliverables: Ongoing progress reports,general communication.

Within these two weeks,the various teams will be communicating via google hangouts,skype,calls,mails or meet up at their convenient times and venue.

All the teams will then meet again on 24th November 2012. (Time and venue will be communicated to you)

We shall send the logo & web content on a separate mail to the respective teams.

If you have any questions or suggestions or you simply need some assistance or guidance,please feel free to post them on the mailing list (even if you are not one of those mentioned as the project team members) Anyone is welcomed.
Hoping that we shall all keep time and make this site totally outstanding and remarkable.

Some suggestions were raised during the meeting that we should organize a social meeting day,kind of a party,to get to know each other so we hope to work on this too.

Hope we have exhausted everything in this mail,in case we left out anything,please remind us.

Thanks once again,
Have a great time!

Regards,
Alifiyah Ganijee & Said Fuad

[Alifiyah Ganijee]

Hi all,

Thanks alot Alex,George and Derrick for the interest.

We request you to join the following the groups respectively:

Alex Wafula - Content Development
George - Website development
Derrick - UI/UX Design

Please refer to the email subject "Mombasa Tech Community site development" if you need any information regarding the groups,deliverables and timelines.

Contact Details for team members:

Zahra Jalalkhan / zjala...@yahoo.com
Mwihaki Kimani / elizabet...@gmail.com
Bryan Opiyo /  thomm...@gmail.com
Swaleh Mohamed /  swa...@yahoo.com
George Charo /  kazungu...@yahoo.com
Khamis Suleiman /  kimusul...@gmail.com
Sikander Yakub /  sikander...@gmail.com
Britone Mwasaru /  bmwa...@gmail.com
McDonald Mangi / kag...@hotmail.com
Musa Alfan /  alfa...@gmail.com
Said Fuad /  saidf...@gmail.com 
Alifiyah Ganijee /  alify...@gmail.com 
Ahmed Maawy /  ultimate...@gmail.com
Murad Swaleh /  mgar...@gmail.com
Alex Wafula /  xela...@gmail.com
George /  geor...@gmail.com
Derrick James /  dmus...@gmail.com

[Arthur Simiyu]

Hi Guys,

Great work on getting together to build the community site. A great learning opportunity for most of the members which is good and that is why I was suggesting that you build a custom cms for the site using RoR/Django or anyother suitable framework instead of using wordpress which is bloated and will restrict you on what you can do.

regards

Arthur Simiyu

+254 721 99 59 07 

www.arthursimiyu.com

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[Alifiyah Ganijee]

Hi Arthur,

Thanks alot and indeed you are right,it's going to be a wonderful opportunity to learn and share.

So we have tried our best to reply to everyone,if you have any questions regarding deliverables,team members,timelines,communication channel to be used,etc please refer to the mail subject "Mombasa Tech Community site development"

Please post your deliverables,suggestions,questions and comments on the mailing list.

Attached is the web content.

[Murad Swaleh]

Hi Arthur, 

Great idea on the custom CMS. I would like to suggest that you join the development team so that you can help on the development so that the community can also develop interest in coding using django as suggested. 

Thanks 

Murad Swaleh

Web Developer

0712972727

about.me/muradswaleh

[Alifiyah Ganijee]

Hi all,

To the Graphics team,attached is the logo.

Regards,
Alifiyah.

[Derrick James]

 Hi all,

Hope this new year's found you all in good shape.
What happened to the project, I haven't seen any updates on the progress for quite a while now. Please share if there are any updates