WikimediaKE September 2011

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meeting with The Eric Latiff
by Alex Wafula 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Great idea Steve. +1 here for a meetup with Eric after leaving Strath. Isaac, great work in setting this up! Cheers, Alex. On Thu Aug 25th, 2011 11:17 AM PDT stephen wanjau wrote: >Hello, > >I would suggest we meet him on the 10th Sep,either before or after the >Wikimedia-Mozilla meet up. Killing two birds with a stone. > >Cheers >Steve > >On Aug 25, 2011 8:18 PM, "Kosgei Isaac" <kipchogekosgei(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, Asaf, >> Thanks for those wonderful ideas. we are sure to apply them. >> As for the Kenyan Team when do you think wil be most appropriate to meet >> Eric?- >> His SMS Read- " *when can you organise for me to meet the Members, Kina >> Abbas Perhaps?* >> I promised him that I will get back latest Saturday with the meeting date. >> He is OK with a venue near town as he is in Capital in the morning till >> lunch, then from five he goes to KTN along Mombasa Road. >> Alex, Oscar, Abbas, David, Grace, Steve and the others when do you think >is >> the most appropriate Date? >> >> On 25 August 2011 19:41, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Isac, >>> Thats awaome although i tuned to capital that day to hear you guys >>> but...its good to have contact with the media.for starters we could do >with >>> a little publicity and awareness about our presence and offline project. >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Isaac K. Kosgei. >> Bachelor of Agribusiness Management >> +254727553981 >> www.linkedin.com/in/kipsizoo >> Skype/Twitter: Kipsizoo >> "Those Cultures that allow their people to DREAM, INNOVATE, and PRODUCE >will >> be the winners in the race for economic independence" >> Rocco Leonard Martino-Founder and President CyberFone Technologies >> WebRep >> Overall rating >> >> >> WebRep >> Overall rating

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenyan Syllabus.
by stephen wanjau 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Asaf, I will carry it with me to our meet up where I hope to allot the various subjects to members then we shall upload it. Steve On Aug 30, 2011 10:28 PM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey Steve, > > Maybe you can come with this tomorrow? > > //alex > > > ________________________________ > > > Excellent! Any way you can scan it and upload the scans to wikimedia.or.ke so we can work on it? > > Asaf > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:36 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi nice people, >>I have in my hands a copy of the Kenyan syllabus for mathematics,physics,chemistry,biology,agriculture and homescience. >>Cheers >>Steve >>_______________________________________________ >>WikimediaKE mailing list >>WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
by Alex Wafula 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Now that I think of it, I probably read this somewhere or heard it from someone; the minimum amount for a grant should be USD 500. I should probably google this... As for the number of guys to go, 2 - 3 sounds good. Speaker, Abbas, your knowledge on Wikimedia is pretty good and well, I haven't heard you give a speech before but I have a gut feeling you can manage :) so what do you say? I'd love to hear Asaf's thought regarding the grant. This should cost way below USD 500, more like USD 60 - 70

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
by Alex Wafula 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Indeed. WMKE (unchapter) it is then. Alex. On Mon Sep 5th, 2011 11:41 PM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote: > >Steve, >The only persons that are in capacity to speak on behalf of, and represent the Wikimedia Foundation, are the Foundation Staff, Foundation's Board of Trustees and the Foundation's Advisory Board. >Abbas. > >> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:28:41 +0300 >> From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com >> To: WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University >> >> Hi, >> >> Please note that just in case we attend this event we shall be >> representing the Wikimedia foundation..... >> >> Just to avoid unnnecessary confusion. >> >> cheers >> >> On 9/6/11, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > While I was at our booth/tent after my presentation at the ICT >> > conference, I was approached by a lecturer from Kabarak and he invited >> > us Wikimedia Kenya to give a talk to his students. He told me they >> > were organizing a full day event on 23rd September (proposed date) >> > where their Computer science and IT students will attend to learn and >> > hear from various industry players such as us. >> > >> > In his email ........"As the Firefox and Wikimedia we are aware that >> > you have a lot to offer educational institutions and we will be very >> > glad to have you participate......" >> > >> > Essentially what he expects of us; >> > >> > 1. A thorough exposition of the >> > resources available from Wikimedia. >> > >> > 2. Possible collaborations with the >> > university. >> > >> > 3. Opportunities available for students >> > in terms of industrial attachments and >> > projects. >> > >> > 4. Any other offering that we have that >> > can add value to the students. >> > >> > They expect to have a plenary where each company/organisation among >> > which they shall invite will have at least 1 hr to address the >> > students as well as an exhibition for further demonstrations. >> > >> > That was their proposal and he added that we feel freely free to make >> > suggestions on how we can make it better. >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Stephen >> > >> >> >> -- >> Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau >> Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3
by angie wamaitha 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Re: Strathmore University's Media Conference Hey everyone: I would like to invite wikimedia.ke as a whole for the media conference that would be held on the 16th of September. You can come showcase and explain what we are all about and encourage people to join. It will be a way of making other people aware that we have a local chapter. From: "wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:02 PM Subject: WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3 Send WikimediaKE mailing list submissions to wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimediake-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimediake-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of WikimediaKE digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Strathmore ICT Conference (Alex Wafula) 2. Re: Strathmore ICT Conference (Jessie Wild) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:33:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference To: Jessie Wild <jwild(a)wikimedia.org>, "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." <wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: christian KAKOBA <kryskaka(a)gmail.com> Message-ID: <1314894822.90620.YahooMailNeo(a)web45105.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Steve, the first slide of the presentation has the pic of the XO laptops I was talking about. It's a great visual presentation of what offline? Wikipedia aims to achieve so it should come in handy. Looking forward to see the final presentation you come up with, with Oscar. Thanks for the slides Jessie. //alex ________________________________ Hey all - Also, here is a deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline. Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or Manuel) with questions :) Jessie On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested. > > >Emmanuel, thanks for the slides! > > >//alex > > >________________________________ > > >Emanuel, > >Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow. > >once again, thank you. > >cheers, >Steve > >On 9/1/11, emmanuel(a)engelhart.org <emmanuel(a)engelhart.org> wrote: >>? Here my slides: >> >>? Slide1: Steps to go offline >>? * Select articles >>? " Select for each article a revision (optional) >>? * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, ?. (optional) >>? * Build a ZIM file >>? * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader >> >>? Slide2: Select articles and revision >>? * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ... >>? * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0 >>? * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision >> >>? Slide3: Build a ZIM file >>? * Two solutions currently >>? * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts >>? ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it >>? ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) >>? ** Higher quality >>? * Mediawiki Collection extension >>? ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites >>? ** Only small ZIM >>? ** Lower quality >> >>? Slide4: What is openZIM? >>? * Define a free format (ZIM) >>? * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools) >>? * Highly compressed and really fast access time >>? * Community project created 3 years ago >>? * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard) >>? * http://www.openzim.org >> >>? Slide5: Next? >>? * Improvement of readers >>? * More readers for smartphones/tablets >>? * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process >>? * Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF >>? * More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis >> >>? Emmanuel >> >>? On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote: >>> Emmanuel, >>> >>> Thank you for coming in. >>> >>> *I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process >>> involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I >>> propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know >>> more) >>>? e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we >>> were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics >>> with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then >>> from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that >>> then have the downloadable copy availed. >>> >>> * Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the >>> topics from us and having the downloadable version online? >>> >>> *Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the >>> openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects. >>> >>> *I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any >>> other suggestions are also welcome) >>> >>> And keep up the good work. >>> >>> Truly, >>>? Steve >>> >>> On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM,? wrote: >>>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote: >>>>> On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote: >>>? >>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to >>>>>> present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files. >>>>> >>>>> what you need to know? >>>> >>>> Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? >>>? > Topics? >>>> >>>> ZIM file generation is a wide topic. >>>> >>>> I made the ZIM files (available here >>> http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2]) >>>> with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM >>>? > zimdbwriter binary). >>>> So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more >>>> informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this >>> area. >>>> >>>> Emmanuel >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>? > WikimediaKE mailing list >>>> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org [3] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4] >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org >>> [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 >>> [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>> [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > > >-- >Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau >Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology > >_______________________________________________ >WikimediaKE mailing list >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > >_______________________________________________ >WikimediaKE mailing list >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > -- Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Invitation to Kabarak University
by stephen wanjau 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, While I was at our booth/tent after my presentation at the ICT conference, I was approached by a lecturer from Kabarak and he invited us Wikimedia Kenya to give a talk to his students. He told me they were organizing a full day event on 23rd September (proposed date) where their Computer science and IT students will attend to learn and hear from various industry players such as us. In his email ........"As the Firefox and Wikimedia we are aware that you have a lot to offer educational institutions and we will be very glad to have you participate......" Essentially what he expects of us; 1. A thorough exposition of the resources available from Wikimedia. 2. Possible collaborations with the university. 3. Opportunities available for students in terms of industrial attachments and projects. 4. Any other offering that we have that can add value to the students. They expect to have a plenary where each company/organisation among which they shall invite will have at least 1 hr to address the students as well as an exhibition for further demonstrations. That was their proposal and he added that we feel freely free to make suggestions on how we can make it better. Cheers, Stephen

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[Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association (Semi-final draft)
by Abbas Mahmood 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Greetings, I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to get a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I have the following comments regarding the attached document: it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me know. If you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to schedule a meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as appropriate.I particularly need your input in:Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws, Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you think is sufficient for meetings?Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles. Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.The duties of the project manager. Looking forward to getting your feedback. Cheers,Abbas. ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it to the Chapters Committee for approval.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] 10th Meeting.
by Stephen 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Hi all, Just posting a reminder of the meetup this coing Saturday at Strathmore University. RSVP page and more details can be found here: http:// www.eventbrite.com/event/2083330297

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Conference tickets
by stephen wanjau 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Cheers Alex, I owe you one chicken and beer. :P Steve On Aug 26, 2011 10:06 AM, "Alex Wafula" <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Ok, cool. Noted Ann, I'll request for the tickets this afternoon. Alex. On Thu Aug 25th, 2011 11:29 PM PDT Ann Njeri wrote: >is there room for one more? im interested... ...

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference
by Alex Wafula 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hey Steve I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files. Branton, I'm sure I have a link to last year's slides for the conference somewhere, I'll post it later on today. It's a valid point on having a somewhat wordy slide given that this would be downloaded and referred to after the conference. Thanks! Alex. On Thu Aug 25th, 2011 11:15 PM PDT stephen wanjau wrote: >Having heard that,I think it is good to get a deeper understanding of the >ZIM file creation,what we are doing to have a customized Kenyan Wikipedia >for Schools and the tools involved among other ICT related issues. > >Steve > >On Aug 26, 2011 8:53 AM, "Grace Kariuki" <gkariuki99(a)gmail.com> wrote: >i agree with Branton. > > > >On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:40 AM, BRANTON OBWARI <bruceobwari(a)gmail.com> >wrote: >> >> Hi guys , >> th... > >_______________________________________________ >WikimediaKE mailing list >WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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