So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done?

I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person.

I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts?

Thanks!! Jessie

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Sch...

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

Karibu Abbas.

The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year.

So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE.

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:

...

Hi all,

We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History & Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies & CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks?

Thanks to Steve & Dennis on adding some articles.

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If you have a hard copy of the syllabus, we can use OCR software to convert it to digital copies. There is a million of those and they are quite accurate.

David.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

Hello Nice People,

We were adding article links that are covered in the Kenyan school syllabus that were non existent on the SOS version and we had none proposed for removal from the SOS version like the Indian folks are doing. [1]

I have added a new column [2] that has the subject/category under which the various topics fall to keep things a little bit organized and sortable.

The syllabus that I gave Dennis is a hard copy of around 300 pages-A4 size and having it on-line would be somehow tedious since it will take quite some time to scan it and again it is not such a clear copy since it is also a photocopy of the original and might end up illegible.

Anyone who would like to contribute to the off-line compilation of topics can liaise with Dennis to get some pages of the document to work on though I understand he is almost done;)

Regards, Stephen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Ind... 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/...

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:

...

So glad this is in the pipeline! We actually just got an email from Camara (the computer distributor) informing us of updates they have in their Ubuntu software, and their desire to include a Kenya-specific offline edition. So - that's a challenge! The question is - when can we get it done?

I just posted on the talk page[1] referencing the way the India project is organizing their offline effort. It might be a bit too elaborate for the Kenya version (Requires the creation of a LOT of additional pages), but the two pieces of it that I think are incredibly valuable: # the separation by category in the list of articles they are proposing to add, and # the ability for everyone to contribute rather than just one person.

I am wondering - is there a way to get the syllabus online so that way Dennis doesn't have to do it all himself? If not, Dennis - is there a way we can support your efforts?

Thanks!! Jessie

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Sch...

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

...

Hello,

Karibu Abbas.

The last time I checked Dennis was still working on these topics. I gave him a copy of the New Kenyan syllabus which had Maths, Chemistry, Physics,Biology and Agriculture - that was December last year.

So that implies that we do not have the syllabus for Geography, Business Studies and CRE.

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:

...

Hi all,

We were developing the content curriculum for the Kenyan curriculum so that we could have a custom-made offline Wikipedia version for us here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/.... Is there anyone who is still working on this? As of now we have articles on Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, IRE, Agriculture, History & Geography. We don't have articles on Business Studies & CRE. Articles re Physics, Math, and Geography are too few and still need to be increased. Is there anyone here who has access to the Kenyan curriculum willing to fill in the blanks?

Thanks to Steve & Dennis on adding some articles.

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

Hello Folks,

I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking.

It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees.

Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing.

Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file?

Thanks for pursuing this!

Cheers,

Asaf

Steve , i agree with you >we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE.

My regards!

Branton.

On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

Hi Folks,

I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know.

However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous.

I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!)

Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy.

Is he the one who still has it?

//Stephen.

On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:

...

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

...

Hello Folks,

I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking.

It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me have it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it should take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees.

Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing.

Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic list, allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file?

Thanks for pursuing this!

Cheers,

Asaf

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Hello Folks,

Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email.

We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there.

The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning.

*What to Bring:* * * 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

See you soon.

PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

//Stephen

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com wrote:

Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards,

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobwari@gmail.comwrote:

...

Steve , i agree with you >we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE.

    My regards!

                           Branton.

On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

...

Hi Folks,

I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know.

However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous.

I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!)

Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy.

Is he the one who still has it?

//Stephen.

On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:

...

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

...

Hello Folks,

I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was still lacking.

It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me

have

...

...

...

it until next week hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board elections. It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it

should

...

...

...

take around 2hours to have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees.

Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing.

Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic

list,

...

...

allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file?

Thanks for pursuing this!

Cheers,

Asaf

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sorry, i meant charges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

steve,how much are the chareges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

...

Hello Folks,

Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email.

We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there.

The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning.

*What to Bring:*

1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

See you soon.

PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

//Stephen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com wrote:

...

Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards,

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobwari@gmail.comwrote:

...

Steve , i agree with you >we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. Otherwise am glad you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE.

    My regards!

                           Branton.

On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

...

Hi Folks,

I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to 21st of March 2012 for reasons I don't know.

However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process is such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile it on Meta sounds ridiculous.

I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to do this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!)

Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The last time I checked, Chris had the copy.

Is he the one who still has it?

//Stephen.

On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:

...

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote:

> Hello Folks, > > I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was

still

...

...

> lacking. > > It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me

have

...

...

> it > until next week > hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the board > elections. > It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it

should

...

...

> take around 2hours to > have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. >

Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money on photocopying the whole thing.

Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic

list,

...

...

allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file?

Thanks for pursuing this!

Cheers,

Asaf

Asaf Bartov
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Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.

On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahosano@gmail.com wrote:

Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?].

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

...

sorry, i meant charges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

...

steve,how much are the chareges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

...

Hello Folks,

Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email.

We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there.

The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning.

What to Bring:

1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

See you soon.

PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

//Stephen

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com wrote:

...

Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last meet-up. Regards,

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari bruceobwari@gmail.com wrote:

...

Steve , i agree with you >we don't need a separate meeting to do that ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so can we do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him.                                                     Otherwise am glad you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE.

My regards!

Branton.

On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to > 21st > of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. > > However,  I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this process > is > such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to compile > it > on Meta sounds ridiculous. > > I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on how to > do > this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). > Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet in > covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have F2F > meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of resources that > volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) > > Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the syllabus. The > last time I checked, Chris had the copy. > > Is he the one who still has it? > > //Stephen. > > On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau >> wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote: >> >>> Hello Folks, >>> >>> I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that was >>> still >>> lacking. >>> >>> It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to allow me >>> have >>> it >>> until next week >>> hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after the >>> board >>> elections. >>> It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages otherwise it >>> should >>> take around 2hours to >>> have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. >>> >> >> Excellent!  If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter money >> on >> photocopying the whole thing. >> >> Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum topic >> list, >> allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? >> >> Thanks for pursuing this! >> >> Cheers, >> >>    Asaf >> -- >>     Asaf Bartov >>     Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org >> > > > -- > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* > http://uwanja.wordpress.com > uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >

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Hello,

From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will

definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles!

As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added!

The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be <4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week.

//Stephen

1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

oh!okay.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

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Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.

On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahosano@gmail.com wrote:

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Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges [?].

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com

wrote:

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sorry, i meant charges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

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steve,how much are the chareges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

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Hello Folks,

Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email.

We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic

intro

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to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification

Drive

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(see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi

at

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Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there.

The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning.

What to Bring:

1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

See you soon.

PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a

short

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private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

//Stephen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

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> Regards, > > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari <

bruceobwari@gmail.com>

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>> >> list, >> >> allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? >> >> >> >> Thanks for pursuing this! >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Asaf >> >> -- >> >> Asaf Bartov >> >> Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* >> > http://uwanja.wordpress.com >> > uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WikimediaKE mailing list >> > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > -- > Chris A. Riwa > Research Specialist and Consultant > Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 > e-mail: > chriwaustin@gmail.com > otieno_chris@yahoo.com > chriwaustin@facebook.com > Skype: chriwaustin > Twitter: @chriwaustin > Facebook: facebook.com/chriwaustin > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >

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From: abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

Thanks for this update, Stephen.

I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution.

Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now?

Cheers,

Asaf

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

Hello,

From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles!

As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. Note that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added!

The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be <4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week.

//Stephen

1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

oh!okay.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.

On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahosano@gmail.com wrote:

Grace,

I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

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sorry, i meant charges?

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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau

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Hello Folks,

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Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's

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edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of

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this Email.

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We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic intro

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to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

...

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...

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification Drive

...

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(see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

...

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...

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi at

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Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

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...

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list

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for prior arrangements on how to get there.

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The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night

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till Sunday Morning.

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What to Bring:

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1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

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See you soon.

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PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a short

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private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this

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edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

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//Stephen

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Hello Nice people,

It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia.

One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently.

It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address.

At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania.

Regards,

Stephen.

PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on?

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Hello nice people!

The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below.

Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project.

Thank you everyone who has been working on this!

//Stephen

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools... 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Sc...

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The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Develop...

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From: abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

Thanks for this update, Stephen.

I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution.

Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now?

Cheers,

Asaf

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

Hello,

From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles!

As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added!

The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be <4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week.

//Stephen

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.comwrote:

oh!okay.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.

On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahosano@gmail.com wrote:

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Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .

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sorry, i meant charges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote:

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steve,how much are the chareges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote:

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Hello Folks,

Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject of this Email.

We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic

intro

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to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia.

My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification

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(see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well.

The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in Nairobi

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Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club.

For those who do not know how to get there please contact me off-list for prior arrangements on how to get there.

The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the Night till Sunday Morning.

What to Bring:

1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;)

See you soon.

PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a

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private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians.

//Stephen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

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On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last

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> Regards, > > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari <

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>> do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with him. >> Otherwise am

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>> you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. >> >> My regards! >> >> Branton. >> >> On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: >> > Hi Folks, >> > >> > I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated to >> > 21st >> > of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. >> > >> > However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this

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>> >> list, >> >> allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? >> >> >> >> Thanks for pursuing this! >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Asaf >> >> -- >> >> Asaf Bartov >> >> Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* >> > http://uwanja.wordpress.com >> > uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WikimediaKE mailing list >> > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > > > > -- > Chris A. Riwa > Research Specialist and Consultant > Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 > e-mail: > chriwaustin@gmail.com > otieno_chris@yahoo.com > chriwaustin@facebook.com > Skype: chriwaustin > Twitter: @chriwaustin > Facebook: facebook.com/chriwaustin > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >

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Hello!

I will send the school the latest release of Kiwix (which is version 0.9 RC1). BTW,am informed that it will be released today. It has some new nice feats that I bet they will find useful some plus bug fixes.

To mention just but a few;

- Has a new theme that a user can switch to called ''Evolution'' - Html5 Video support - Indexing improvement......so much more

To view the change log go to [1] and you are also welcome to test the new version that can be downloaded here [2]

Cheers, //Stephen

1. http://changelog.kiwix.org 2. http://download.kiwix.org/bin/nightly/latest/

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Branton Obwari bruceobwari@gmail.comwrote:

indeed its encouraging to note that we having positive feedback from the WFS ,now i have encountered three cases in Western emanating from Kakamega pilot ,managed to reinstall the same having formatted their PCs , For the Mombasa one because of the logistical matrix involved i explored possibility of sending the DVD via dropbox n other large file sending methods but she could not understand how to go about that . My Question: Now that we are in the process of updating our Kiwix is it still prudent to continue re installing that one ?

, regards

bruce.

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

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Hello Nice people,

It is really reassuring when you receive that phone call from someone with thirst for free knowledge which is the main mission of Wikimedia.

One teacher from a school that benefited from the Wikipedia for Schools pilot that was accomplished in Mombasa, Kenya, gave a call to Bruce (Member of WMKE) and she requested for a copy of the DVD plus the manual of how to make the offline package functional. She had misplaced the copy we left after the pilot and she would like a new copy to install in new computers that the school acquired recently.

It is very satisfying to learn that someone found the package useful. I will be sending her a copy during the week plus a manual via a courier service since she availed the school’s mailing address.

At this point, I think it is wise for her school to partake in the story telling tour that will be executed by Victor Grigas who will be visiting Kenya after Wikimania.

Regards,

Stephen.

PS: Dennis, How far have you reached with the Syllabus you were working on?

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Stephen Wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

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Hello nice people!

The Geography, History and CRE addition of non existent topics to the current SOS version of off-line Wikipedia is done! As at [1] below.

Dennis is still working on the business studies syllabus and as he promised he will be done by the end of this Month. I would suggest we use the talk page [2] for further communications with regards to the off-line project.

Thank you everyone who has been working on this!

//Stephen

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools... 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Sc...

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:

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Asaf,

The list of the contributors can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Offline_Projects/Content_Develop...

--Abbas.

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From: abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:15:33 -0700 To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Offline Wikipedia: Kenyan Curriculum

Thanks for this update, Stephen.

I'd like to encourage you guys to make progress on this work, so we can finally prepare a new ZIM file (we'll figure out the size problem if we have too. Probably by removing a few pictures.) and start working on distribution.

Are you and Deonte the only ones working on this right now?

Cheers,

Asaf

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

Hello,

From my mathematical point of view, I believe that this new set will definitely generate more other articles into our new custom package. My argument being, every new article we request to be added will come with its new blue links which means more articles than what we already have in our not yet completed compilation of topics. This blue links mean more articles!

As of now there are 500+ requested additions on [1] and if I do some maths by assuming that each new requested article has a minimum of 10 blue links then we are talking about 5000+ articles being added onto the SOS version of off-line WIkipedia. *Note* that the list is still a Work-In-Progress with more subjects to be added!

The SOS version of the offline Wikipedia is 5500 articles which means that our new additions would not fit as an addition to the SOS version and still be <4gb. I met Deonte today and he requested for some pages of the Agriculture syllabus which he is working on right now. I still have the Business Education syllabus and the C.R.E. syllabus which I secured last week.

//Stephen

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.comwrote:

oh!okay.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM, stephen wanjau < stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke> wrote:

Thanks Sarah for the Clarifying.

//Stephen.

On 4/17/12, Sarah Osano sarahosano@gmail.com wrote:

...

Grace, I think he is talking about laptop chargers not charges .

...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki gkariuki99@gmail.com

wrote:

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sorry, i meant charges?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Grace Kariuki <gkariuki99@gmail.com

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wrote: > > steve,how much are the chareges? > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, stephen wanjau > stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: >> >> Hello Folks, >> >> Hope you are doing great and bracing yourselves for this Saturday's >> edittathon that shall evolve around but not limited to the subject

of

...

...

>> this Email. >> >> We shall cover the remaining bit of the Kenyan syllabus as a basic

intro

...

...

>> to Wiki and later on do more editing on Wikipedia. >> >> My proposal is we could as well engage in the April Wikification

Drive

...

...

>> (see [1] below) but of course not limit ourselves to that as well. >> >> The venue of the Meet up is at the environs of Upper-hill in

Nairobi at

...

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>> Mugo's place which is near the public Service Club. >> >> For those who do not know how to get there please contact me

off-list

...

...

>> for prior arrangements on how to get there. >> >> The edittathon starts at 600PM local time and runs through the

Night

...

...

>> till Sunday Morning. >> >> What to Bring: >> >> 1. Laptops plus the chargers of course;) >> >> See you soon. >> >> PS: There is an experienced Wikipedian who is in the country on a

short

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>> private visit and he tells me that he would like to be part of this >> edittathon on 21st and to meet other awesome Wikipedians. >> >> //Stephen >> >> 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stephenwanjau#Invitation_to_the_April...

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>> >> >> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chris Riwa chriwaustin@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi steve, I gave the syllabus copies to Dennis during our last

meet-up.

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>>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Branton Obwari <

bruceobwari@gmail.com>

...

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>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Steve , i agree with you >we don't need a separate meeting to do

that

...

...

>>>> ,for starters like ME ,we need the 10minutes 'how to' demo ,so

can we

...

...

>>>> do it right here?, Chris has a copy of it, i can catch up with

him.

...

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>>>> Otherwise am

glad

...

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>>>> you are back & i love the positive energy you inject into WMKE. >>>> >>>> My regards! >>>> >>>> Branton. >>>> >>>> On 4/7/12, stephen wanjau stevewanjau@wikimedia.or.ke wrote: >>>> > Hi Folks, >>>> > >>>> > I understand that the syllabus compilation was procrastinated

to

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>>>> > 21st >>>> > of March 2012 for reasons I don't know. >>>> > >>>> > However, I have a concern about this. The 'how-to' of this

process

...

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>>>> > is >>>> > such a cinch and having a separate meeting to learn how to

compile

...

...

>>>> > it >>>> > on Meta sounds ridiculous. >>>> > >>>> > I remember it took me 10minutes to give a demo to Dennis on

how to

...

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>>>> > do >>>> > this. (Dennis correct me if wrong). >>>> > Folks it is wise to maximise on the time that we usually meet

in

...

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>>>> > covering/discussing all of our projects since we do not have

F2F

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>>>> > meetups that often and they are expensive in terms of

resources that

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>>>> > volunteers put into attending these meetings. (sad truth!) >>>> > >>>> > Without much ado, I would like to get my hands on the

syllabus. The

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>>>> > last time I checked, Chris had the copy. >>>> > >>>> > Is he the one who still has it? >>>> > >>>> > //Stephen. >>>> > >>>> > On 3/26/12, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote: >>>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, stephen wanjau >>>> >> wanjaustev@gmail.comwrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> Hello Folks, >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I have finally secured a copy of the Geography Syllabus that

was

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>>>> >>> still >>>> >>> lacking. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> It is a 130 page document and I will talk to the owner to

allow me

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>>>> >>> have >>>> >>> it >>>> >>> until next week >>>> >>> hoping that you will find time to work on it on 31st after

the

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>>>> >>> board >>>> >>> elections. >>>> >>> It is so detailed and that's why it is at 130 pages

otherwise it

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>>>> >>> should >>>> >>> take around 2hours to >>>> >>> have the list on meta once apportioned among the attendees. >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> Excellent! If need be, you might perhaps spend some chapter

money

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>>>> >> on >>>> >> photocopying the whole thing. >>>> >> >>>> >> Would this conclude the preparation of the Kenyan Curriculum

topic

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>>>> >> list, >>>> >> allowing to move forward with preparing a new ZIM file? >>>> >> >>>> >> Thanks for pursuing this! >>>> >> >>>> >> Cheers, >>>> >> >>>> >> Asaf >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Asaf Bartov >>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* >>>> > http://uwanja.wordpress.com >>>> > uwanja https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > WikimediaKE mailing list >>>> > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chris A. Riwa >>> Research Specialist and Consultant >>> Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850 >>> e-mail: >>> chriwaustin@gmail.com >>> otieno_chris@yahoo.com >>> chriwaustin@facebook.com >>> Skype: chriwaustin >>> Twitter: @chriwaustin >>> Facebook: facebook.com/chriwaustin >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >

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