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Voting is open for WMF board elections
by Stephane Coillet-Matillon 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hola, I did not see a notification on this list, so FYI after the chapter/UG-led first round of selections the second round is open to everyone: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/Wikimedia_Foundatio… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/Wikimedia_Foundatio…> Voting takes place until 6 September. I know Florence had a round of interviews with most (all?) six candidates, might want to take a look. I’ve seen it on Twitter (@WikiAfrica) but couldn’t figure out a place where they all are - please share a link!

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Re: Offline-l Digest, Vol 120, Issue 10
by James Heilman 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

With respect to Jorge's questions: 1) All devices are 128 Gb now 2) They ship with MDWiki and en Wikipedia at least. 3) Everyone who has received a device has also agreed to fill in a questionnaire at some point. Havn't gotten around to that bit yet. 4) I also collect what people want it for when they reach out. Answers vary from home schooling, to living on a boat, to time capsule, to hurricaine backup, to medical clinics in the developing world, to local libraries. 5) Most are going to the US but also some to Europe, Canada, and Australia. The rare device to the DRC, East Timor, and India. James On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 11:15 AM <offline-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to > offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/offline-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > offline-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Internet-in-a-Box (Jorge Vargas) > 2. Re: Internet-in-a-Box (Adam Holt) > 3. Re: Internet-in-a-Box (Samuel Klein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:36:08 -0400 > From: Jorge Vargas <jvargas(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Offline-l] Re: Internet-in-a-Box > To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline > <offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > < > CAF9zsxPept6bjnDuF3Ni95JKS6Sy3+0Daz7nH_ExprEHS2+X1w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000ab5fcf05e57f635c" > > Hi James! So lovely to hear from you. > > Out of curiosity, can you share more about what latest build of the > internet in a box at estoy shipping? Where are they going and how did they > reached out? What content are you shipping them with and what memory > capacity do you have? > > Super interesting stuff!! Are you planning to get any feedback from these > users once they start testing and suing the devices? That would also be > really cool learning. > > Hug, > Jorge > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 11:51 PM James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > We have seen a significant increase in interest in these devices this > > month, having shipped 24 devices so far. > > > > As such we are increasing what we charge to distribute them to 50 USD > each > > so we are not losing money on each device. Also hopefully this will make > it > > easier for others to get into distribution. > > > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > _______________________________________________ > > Offline-l mailing list -- offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to offline-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > -- > *Jorge Vargas* (he/him) > Director of Partnerships > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > M: (+1) 415.404.9536 > I work from Miami, USA. My time zone is UTC/GMT -4/-5. >

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Internet-in-a-Box
by James Heilman 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

We have seen a significant increase in interest in these devices this month, having shipped 24 devices so far. As such we are increasing what we charge to distribute them to 50 USD each so we are not losing money on each device. Also hopefully this will make it easier for others to get into distribution. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

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Please cast your affiliate vote for the elections of the BoT
by Florence Devouard 15 Jul '22

15 Jul '22

Hello friends Now is the time to vote in the 2022 Board of Trustees election. CONTEXT AND EXPLAINATION As a reminder... there are 2 open positions : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 12 candidates : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida… Each candidate proposed a candidate presentation and statement (see link above) And had the opportunity to answer to 15 questions You may find their answers here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affilia… (*) Please note that the answers are short, so it will not be a super consuming task to get to know candidates positions better on some matters. 1st Round Each affiliate will cast a vote, which will serve to shorten the 12 candidates list to a 6 candidates list. 2nd Round Community members will have the opportunity to vote on the short list of 6 candidates We are currently at 1st Round. I was given access to the voting interface. Voting info : * This election is using the Single Transferable Vote methodology ("STV"). * On the voting page is a sequence of dropdown boxes. Starting from the top of the page, select the candidates in order of preference, from "Preference 1" (most preferred) to "Preference 12" (least preferred). * You do not need to rank every candidate. You may stop ranking candidates at any point. For example, you can choose to only rank one candidate, or four candidates, or all of the candidates. * You are allowed to change your vote during the election. This will overwrite your previous vote. You can do this as many times as you like. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO 1) read the candidates statements : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida… 2) read the answers to the "up to 15" questions : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affilia… 3) send me an email (please add Sj in copy) with your favorite choices. ------> For each candidate, please put a value between -5 to +5. ------> By default, all candidates will be at 0 points. So if you support a candidate, please add a positive number. If you are opposed to a candidate, please add a negative number. I will merge those figures to get a ranking, which I will submit to the voting interface. Please do send me the email before JULY 12 ! Best Flo (*) I reported the Offline UG question from Zeljko Blace. It has been "merged" into several questions

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Fwd: Wikimedia Summit 2022 online Event Participants
by Florence Devouard 15 Jul '22

15 Jul '22

Hello everyone I will attend the Wikimedia Summit as offline contact in face-to-face mode. But we can accomodate two more people with "distance" participation. Any interested person ? For all info about the Wikimedia Summit : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2022 Deadline for providing your name : 26th of July (I will be travelling the last days of July, so not sure I will be able to connect to fill up names) Flo -------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : Wikimedia Summit 2022 online Event Participants Date : Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:03:14 +0200 De : Wikimedia - Summit 2022 <summit2022(a)wikimedia.de> Répondre à : Wikimedia - Summit 2022 <summit2022(a)wikimedia.de> Pour : fdevouard(a)anthere.org "Dear Florence Devouard Thank you very much for your application to participate in the Wikimedia Summit 2022. In addition to your 1 in-person slot, your affiliate has a total of 2 online slots for representatives to join the event online via our event platform. In order to nominate these 2 people, please log in to our event platform and click on ""nominate your representative"". If you nominiate yourself, please also add your own data into the form. Please enter each person’s name and email address into this form. url link removed from public access Deadline to nominate your representatives is July 31. In August, all nominees will receive the link to the event registration. Thank you. The Wikimedia Summit organizing team "

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offline wikipages within 2 degrees of separation
by Željko Blaće 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

Dear fellows - I would like to offline host minimal set of Wiki pages (Wikipedias, Wikispore, Commons) and minimal set of media (images, video and audio) that all branch out from single Reasonator (or Portal.toolforge.org) search... ...and that keep global links beyond 2 degrees (so that one can use them to continue online). For now I think of just downloading pages offline and hosting them as mobile wiki-to-static pages using wget with manual corrections. I would love to do this for monuments and tiny libraries like this https://w.wiki/5QWn so maybe have library-like single-file wiki (like https://tiddlywiki.com system) so that users could connect to it and live notices. Anyone has idea if and how to do this better and package in the most elegant way? Anyone interested in collaborating? Best Z. Blace

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Fwd: Ask questions for the 2022 Board candidates to answer
by Florence Devouard 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

Dear friends of Offline I received this email today (it would have been lovely to be given a LITTLE BIT more head up). To make it short (if you are not interested in reading what is below), there is a call for question to ask for the candidates to the board of Trustees. I was invited to a private forum, where I can post questions asked by UG members. Then up or down vote questions. Deadline for submission and vote is June 17 So... if you have any question you would like to propose to ask to the candidates to answer, please send them now (either to the list, or to me privately) Thanks Florence -------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : Ask questions for the 2022 Board candidates to answer Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:56:53 +0300 De : Mervat Salman <msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> Pour : fdevouard(a)gmail.com Copie à : Tila Cappelletto (WMF) <tcappelletto-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> Dear Representative of Wikimedians for Offline Wikis, I am reaching out to you as you have been nominated to represent your affiliate in the Board of Trustees election voting. Affiliates have the opportunity to ask questions to the Board candidates. The process has now been decided by the Board Selection Task Force and Elections Committee. The process will use the new Movement Strategy Forum <https://forum.movement-strategy.org/>, based on the open-source platform Discourse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_(software)>. The great thing about Discourse is messages can be automatically translated by users into their preferred language. In a separate email, we are sending you an invitation to join a private category<https://forum.movement-strategy.org/c/ensure-equity-in-decision-making/wmf-…>on the MS Forum. In this private space, all affiliate representatives can propose questions and vote on them easily. You will use your Wikimedia account to log in, there is no need to create a new account and password. You will propose questions in this category. Then everyone will vote on questions you would like the candidates to answer. The top 15 questions will be selected. Candidates will have 3 days to post their answers in the same private space. After these 3 days, the category will become public and everyone will be welcome to read the candidates’ answers. If you prefer not to join this process to propose questions on the Forum, you can send us your questions via email. If you want to vote on questions, then we kindly ask you to log in to have all the votes in one place. Here are the dates to remember: * June 10 - 17: Deadline to propose questions and vote on the questions * June 18 - 21: Candidates answer questions * June 22: Answers to questions are made public The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, etc. In the same private category there will be a place to inform you about these changes, and also to help you with technical matters if needed. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please write back to me. Best, * * *Mervat Salman (She/Her)* Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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WMF board elections are back
by Florence Devouard 20 May '22

20 May '22

Dear all, It is back again the time to select representants for our Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. This year, the process is different from previous year. If you want to go look in details, I invite you to read ALL the details on : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 However, if you want to get the essence of it... here is what you should know... 1) Two people will be selected to join the board, following a two step-process Step 1: From 1 to 15th of July, all affiliates will vote on the initial list of candidates. Only one (1) vote per affiliate. From all votes pooled together, a short list of 6 candidates will be sorted Step 2 : From 15-29th of August, the community will vote on that short list. In between the two... the community can ask questions to the candidates 2) Currently, 13 people are candidates. You may find details here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida… They have provided initial statements. 3) Our affiliate will vote beginning of July. Sam and I will prepare a process so that you may cast your votes. From your propositions, we will sort ONE name. 4) I will invite all current candidates to promote themselves, should they be interested to, on this mailing list Cheers Florence

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Re: Offline-l Digest, Vol 117, Issue 2
by James Heilman 19 May '22

19 May '22

We are to rank all candidates. Shani has also done great work these last few years and has supported offline efforts during this time. She is currently on the board so has excellent experience of what is involved. On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:03 <offline-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to > offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/offline-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > offline-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WMF board elections are back (Florence Devouard) > 2. Re: WMF board elections are back (Stephane Coillet-Matillon) > 3. Re: WMF board elections are back (Federico Leva (Nemo)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 20:22:40 +0200 > From: Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Offline-l] WMF board elections are back > To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline > <offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: <ba08f8da-8409-c867-916b-b0cb69eb21f5(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Dear all, > > > It is back again the time to select representants for our Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees. > > This year, the process is different from previous year. If you want to > go look in details, I invite you to read ALL the details on : > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 > > However, if you want to get the essence of it... here is what you should > know... > > 1) Two people will be selected to join the board, following a two > step-process > > Step 1: From 1 to 15th of July, all affiliates will vote on the initial > list of candidates. Only one (1) vote per affiliate. From all votes > pooled together, a short list of 6 candidates will be sorted > Step 2 : From 15-29th of August, the community will vote on that short > list. > > In between the two... the community can ask questions to the candidates > > > 2) Currently, 13 people are candidates. You may find details here : > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida… > They have provided initial statements. > > 3) Our affiliate will vote beginning of July. Sam and I will prepare a > process so that you may cast your votes. From your propositions, we will > sort ONE name. > > > 4) I will invite all current candidates to promote themselves, should > they be interested to, on this mailing list > > > > Cheers > > > Florence > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 09:23:50 +0200 > From: Stephane Coillet-Matillon <stephane(a)kiwix.org> > Subject: [Offline-l] Re: WMF board elections are back > To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline > <offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: <72AE417B-7084-4BD2-A19B-5F1F02F458D9(a)kiwix.org> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="Apple-Mail=_D36D33C5-676F-4C08-85C3-BF27AD27DCD0" > > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for this Florence. I’ve gone through the list of candidates and > there are very fine people (better that than the opposite!). > > We at Kiwix, however, would like to single out Kunal Mehta < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm> (legoktm), who has been a > long-time supporter of Kiwix within the Foundation (I might stand corrected > but he also single-handedly ensured Debian ports for it and volunteered top > code). Needless to say (but I am still saying it), Kunal has been getting > our Kiwix-branded chocolates ever since we started sending them out. > > I encourage you to read his bio/user page < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm> - Kunal is not just a > coder, but has a vision for free knowledge. I am told he left the WMF last > December, so my take here is that we would have a trustee here that 1. > Understands the tech 2. Understands the WMF and 3. Understands us (the > offline crowd). That’s a lot boxes to tick. > > My little informative email has turned into a longer-than-expected soapbox > campaigning, but so be it. If you home chapter is undecided about whom to > support, I encourage you to forward it to them as well. > > Cheers, > Stephane > > > Le 18 mai 2022 à 20:22, Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> a écrit > : > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > It is back again the time to select representants for our Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees. > > > > This year, the process is different from previous year. If you want to > go look in details, I invite you to read ALL the details on : > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 > > > > However, if you want to get the essence of it... here is what you should > know... > > > > 1) Two people will be selected to join the board, following a two > step-process > > > > Step 1: From 1 to 15th of July, all affiliates will vote on the initial > list of candidates. Only one (1) vote per affiliate. From all votes pooled > together, a short list of 6 candidates will be sorted > > Step 2 : From 15-29th of August, the community will vote on that short > list. > > > > In between the two... the community can ask questions to the candidates > > > > > > 2) Currently, 13 people are candidates. You may find details here : > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida… > > They have provided initial statements. > > > > 3) Our affiliate will vote beginning of July. Sam and I will prepare a > process so that you may cast your votes. From your propositions, we will > sort ONE name. > > > > > > 4) I will invite all current candidates to promote themselves, should > they be interested to, on this mailing list > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Florence > > _______________________________________________ > > Offline-l mailing list -- offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to offline-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >

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New releases of Kiwix Desktop, Kiwix Tools and Libkiwix
by Emmanuel Engelhart 26 Mar '22

26 Mar '22

Hello This last few months we have published important new versions of Kiwix Desktop (rich ZIM reader for Windows & GNU/Linux), Kiwix Tools (with HTTP daemon Kiwix Serve) and the underlying Libkiwix (for all Kiwix ports). This has been a really long time since we talked here about our Kiwix flagship softwares. Actually, these releases are the result of almost 18 months of work. We are not proud to take so long to make new releases but the resources are tight and major changes have been done which needed a high level of coordination and a long standing effort. We finally have released: * Kiwix Desktop 2.1 & 2.2 (93 tickets closed) * Kiwix Tools 3.2 (21 tickets closed) * Libkiwix 10 (123 tickets closed) In a Nutshell here are the main improvements: * Support of new libzim7 API and ZIM format * Numerous improvements and bug fixes around fulltext search and suggestions * Major improvements in the library mgmt * Many UI design improvements in Kiwix Desktop * Few fixes around GNU/Linux appimage version of Kiwix Desktop * Revamp the welcome page in Kiwix Serve and allow filtering * Strong development of the OPDS API in Kiwix Serve * Lots of smaller bug fixes and new features * ... You can go to https://code.kiwix.org to get the complete changelogs and for more details. Go to https://kiwix.org to download latest versions of Kiwix! In the next 18 months, more releases of these pieces will be done. 2020 and 2021 have been busy with core improvements and this is now over (at least for a bit ;). We are quite happy with our low-level libraries. We will - from now - focus more on the UX around books in Kiwix, in particular around the local/online library (something we would already have done in 2021 but we have been too short on time). I want to emphasize that this part of our work would not be possible without the strong commitment of the WMF. The WMF, with his financing, secures a baseline maintenance of the core software pieces in openZIM and Kiwix. For the rest, we rely on the time & talent of C++ volunteer developers. Happy WE! Kelson -- Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more * Web: https://kiwix.org/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline * Wiki: https://wiki.kiwix.org/

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