Oscar,
 
Meeting all of us physically has prroven difficult due to busy or conflicting schedules. Alternatively, I don't mind us discussing the framework online.
 
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Abbas.


 

> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:43:05 +0300
> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
>
> Hi guys,
> Good to see great ideas surfacing out of us.Abbas' proposed framework
> is just fantastic.All I request of guys is to respond to the various
> posts on our mailing list 'coz thats the only way to assure all of us
> that we are on the same page.Great head start by Alex,perhaps we
> should meet to discus on the frame work?
>
> Regards,
> Limoke Oscar
>
> On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula <xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads
> > zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as
> > Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have
> > installation issues.
> >
> > As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist
> > with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to
> > narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards such
> > initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info.
> >
> > So far, the framework sounds great.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Alex
> >
> > On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi folks,
> >>
> >>Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I
> >> wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll
> >> approach whatever we want to do.
> >>
> >>For instance:
> >>
> >>We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my
> >> suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within
> >> which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be
> >> designating team members with the regions from which they come from. Like,
> >> say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa and
> >> assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many
> >> schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline,
> >> budget, methodology, etc.
> >>
> >>Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara
> >> (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African
> >> schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it
> >> Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose
> >> computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some software
> >> issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these
> >> computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so
> >> I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with
> >> both types of operating systems.
> >>
> >>So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input
> >> from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an
> >> organised, clear-cut plan.
> >>
> >>Kind regards
> >>Abbas Mahmood.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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