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Offline user group eligible to vote in the ASBS election
by Samuel Klein 31 May '19

31 May '19

Dear all, The offline User Group is eligible to vote in the Affiliate-selected Board seats election <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats>. Anthere and I volunteered to be points of contact for the group this year, which means we will vote or abstain on behalf of the group this week. Here is what we sent to our active members <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_offline_wikis#Membership_in…> who are not candidates or current trustees: 0. If you'd like to discuss by voice, I've set up hangouts tomorrow and Friday to decide whether to participate in the election and which candidates to select: Thursday, 1500 UTC <https://hangouts.google.com/call/calendar/bWV0YS5zakBnbWFpbC5jb20.3m2qr8e2t…> Friday, 1700 UTC <https://hangouts.google.com/call/calendar/bWV0YS5zakBnbWFpbC5jb20.1b32r0lfk…> 1. The ASBS process: * Candidates were nominated / self-nominated <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Nominat…>, and answered open <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Questio…> questions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Questio…> . * Each user group can cast one vote, ranking candidates from 1 to 11 (most to least preferred) 2. There is no standard process for voting across groups. Our brief proposed process: * Review the candidates (above) and email me and Anthere offlist (with ASBS in the subject) if you have a preference for or against any of the candidates, particularly from the perspective of our shared work. * If you think we should abstain from the vote instead, let us know. If we do not get sufficient input, we will cast a blank vote. * For the purposes of this vote, only active members of the group who are not participating in other affiliate votes should participate. If you have questions or comments about the vote, let us know. Warmly, SJ

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[KIWIX] for iOS 1.9.6 released
by Emmanuel Engelhart 15 May '19

15 May '19

Hi We have published a new maintenance release of Kiwix for iOS 1.9 branch. Here is a short changelog: * updated user feedback email address * dropped support for external indexes * improved iOS 12 support * new version of libkiwix and Swift 4.2 Kiwix for iOS has been conceived for iPhone & iPad devices. The app is available on iTunes at http://ios.kiwix.org. Please share with us problems and remarks: https://github.com/kiwix/apple/issues Enjoy Emmanuel -- Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more * Web: http://www.kiwix.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline * more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication

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[INFO] Release of Kiwix Hotspot 2.0
by Emmanuel Engelhart 09 May '19

09 May '19

Hi Kiwix has been working since more than 5 years to make Wikipedia and other works easily available through an offline jailed WiFi Hotspot. The solution has been named over years "Kiwix Plug" or "Pibox installer 1.0" and now "Kiwix Hotspot". If the name has changed many times, the efforts have always been pointed to the same direction: make it always easier and quicker to create your offline library WiFi Hotspot. With Kiwix Hotspot 2.0, we have probably the easiest solution to get the job done. With a PC, a good connection to internet, you will need no effort to build your own customized offline library. Whatever your operating system (Windows/MacOS/Linux) is, even if you have no technical skills, you can in a few clicks create a ready-to-use micro SD card for your Raspberry-Pi. Features: * Works on Windows/MacOS/Linux * Writes SD card image to the hard-disk or directly to the SD card * Command line & windowed versions * Full CSS customisable Web home page * Localisable in a few languages * Full Kiwix ZIM catalog available * Online File browser for custom additional files * Wikifundi * KA Lite Just download and run the software: * Windows: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-hotspot/v2.0.3/kiwix-hotspot-win64… * MacOS: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-hotspot/v2.0.3/kiwix-hotspot-macos… * GNU/Linux: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-hotspot/v2.0.3/kiwix-hotspot-linux… ... The rest is quite easy. In the worse case, we have created a documentation in English & French which is available here: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-hotspot/tree/master/docs We really hope this will allow new non-tech people to create offline library by themselves. Work on version 3.0 has already started and should be achieved later this year. This new version will bring a new fancy UI, customisable at anytime easily and of course with more education softwares and works. Kind regards Emmanuel -- Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more * Web: http://www.kiwix.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline * more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication

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