20110118 Map Kibera Meeting Minutes

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Mappers meeting held at MKT office on 18th January 2011 from 9:30am – 11:00am

Present
Jane Bisanju
Douglas Namale
Mildred Amwayi
Millicent Achieng
Zack Wambua
Kelvin Otieno
Luck Fondo
Maurine Omino

Apologies
Hassan Abdalla

Absent
Regynah Awino

Agenda
1.Mistakes during training
2.Allocation of duties
3.Etiquettes
4.AOB
Preliminary: Jane opened the meeting by inviting everybody on board and encouraged them to be sober as they deliberate on emerging issues.

Min. 001: Mistakes During training
Mildred said she had not mastered the Drawing of roads and other parts of mapping so that was the reason for the mistakes.
Lucy said we are to blame for some mistakes since some of the Mappers knew how to do it but some who didn’t know were not seeking help when it’s needed.
Zack wanted to know if it was a must for every one to wait until Primoz approved the work even if you knew everything was well done. He also added that concentration is critical when doing the work, since when you do it with divided minds then it’s easy to make silly mistakes without noticing.
Maurine said some of the mistakes are petty and sometimes silly and can easily be corrected even without any extra training.
Douglas and Millicent said it’s important to respect the work we are doing and do it well. The two added that sometimes we take some things for granted but they mean allot to the work and the institution we represent.

Min. 002: Allocation of duties
Douglas and Millicent: Blog updates, media presentation and Public Relations
Maurine and Mildred: Secretary
Lucy: Finances
Zach and Hassan: Technical issues
Douglas, Jane and Kelvin: structure

Regynah was not allocated some duty but she will be allocated one soon

Note: the people mentioned above are only coordinators of their respective areas. Each mapper is responsible to make sure everything is running smooth.
All Mappers are also to write articles to posted on the Blog, and contribute towards a formidable and working organization

Min: 003: Ettiquete

A concern was voiced over how some Mappers were behaving in Mathare and how they handling their trainees.
Careless talks and funny groupings were also observed.
Everybody agreed to make sure such issues do not Reoccur. We also agreed to work on an ethical policy that will be observed in future.

Min. 004: AOB
Mildred and Millicent are undergoing through an IT training at SODNET organized by Akira Chixs, thrice a week, that it Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Jane advised the Mappers who were looking for Councilors to stop since our meeting with the two of them gave us the contacts of the others who were remaining and Douglas was to contact them and try to schedule for a meeting with them on Monday 24th January 2011.

The minutes Prepared by Douglas on 18th January 2011 @ 3: 18 Pm.