[Wikimediaindia-l] [Offline-l] Arrangements for Wikimedia Offline Session today

Thu Sep 8 17:10:44 UTC 2011

Dear Mr Yadava

Unfortunately, I am in Pune today and tomorrow. I'll SMS you my contact details - and I look forward to catching up with you.  I'll call you tomorrow in any case.

I look forward to taking this initiative forward.  It's incredibly exciting.

Warmest Regards,

hisham

On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:44 PM, M K Yadava IFS wrote:

> Dear Jessie,
> Thanks a lot. I am currently in Delhi for a day. Pl pass my mobile number
> (099541-90280 & 09435012458) to Mr. Mundol. Though I am very badly
> preoccupied, I am available at Assam Bhawan, S.P. Marg, New Delhi (at the
> crossing of SP Marg & Kautilya Marg) from 8.00 Am to 11.30 AM. He is
> welcome during this period. Just request him to send an SMS. I will be in
> Room No. 106.
> 
> Regards,
> Yours,
> MK Yadava
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>> Well, thank you for the resonse: certainly better late than never! And in
>> this case, though the deadline is upon us, it is fortunately not *too*
>> late!
>> 
>> The work you are doing is very incredible, and we would be happy to be a
>> part of it. I think our content would be an invaluable addition to your
>> suite of materials provided, and we'd love to make that a reality.
>> 
>> Currently, the solution we can offer you is two-fold:
>> 
>>   - Kiwix <http://www.kiwix.org/>: a reader of the Wiki content that can
>> be
>>   installed on your Ubuntu system
>>   - English Wikipedia Offline
>> Edition<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPRV>:
>>   this is a set of  ~45K articles which are filtered for both quality and
>>   "importance."
>> 
>> If this is of interest to you, we can provide you with a package bundling
>> these and indexing them etc. This would only give you a couple weeks to
>> test, of course, but we trust you will find it incredibly useful.
>> 
>> I will pass these instructions along to you in a separate email so that
>> you
>> can begin prototyping. Meanwhile, Hisham Mundol - the head of our India
>> Programs, who is based in Delhi, would be happy to meet with you in person
>> to talk through any questions regarding the project. Please do let us know
>> what you would prefer!
>> 
>> Thanks and thrilled about the potential here!
>> Jessie
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM, M K Yadava IFS <in at amtron.in> wrote:
>> 
>>> Corrigendum:
>>> Please insert "NO" appropriately after "been" in the following sentence
>>> "There has been carry home stuff for students who are
>>> aspiring to become economists, historians, psycholo..."
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>>>> Dear Jessie,
>>>> I am sorry for responding almost more than a week late as i had been
>>>> mostly traveling and attending a series of meetings. I wish I could
>>>> responded little earlier.
>>>> 
>>>> We distribute free computers (all based on GNU/Linux, currently on
>>>> Ubuntu), and from last two years, laptops, to meritorious students of
>>> the
>>>> State of Assam (India) who secure >=60% marks in the 10th standard
>>>> examination. Every year about 15-20,000 systems are distributed. So
>>> far,
>>>> we have distributed 92,000+ system, and this year about 19000+
>>> students
>>>> are about to get benefited.
>>>> 
>>>> The current year's scheme is scheduled for launch on the 23rd of
>>>> September, 2011. Along with Ubuntu we bundle a host of application
>>>> software and content for the benefit of the students. Mostly, so far
>>> we
>>>> have ben very successful in providing rich application level content
>>> for
>>>> science students. There has been carry home stuff for students who are
>>>> aspiring to become economists, historians, psychologists,
>>> anthropologists,
>>>> English literature etc.. Further, broadband penetration being poor in
>>> the
>>>> remote areas of the state (a survey tells that 58% of the recipient
>>>> students belong to remote areas and come from poor families), we have
>>> been
>>>> thinking how we could provide wiki kind of content to the students
>>> offline
>>>> on the laptops to be distributed.
>>>> 
>>>> We shot an email several months back, and it has generated lot of
>>>> enthusiasm. However, my programme is to start from the 23rd of
>>> September,
>>>> 2011. I am not sure whether, this year also we shall be able to
>>> provide
>>>> some offline content. As a language, ENGLISH is okay. We can think of
>>>> translation at a later date.
>>>> 
>>>> Pl tell us how to proceed further on the issue. We have now very
>>> little
>>>> time to organize...
>>>> 
>>>> Yours,
>>>> MK Yadava IFS,
>>>> MD, AMTRON
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>>>> 
>>>>> Hi MK Yadava -
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for passing along this email!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am the project manager for the Offline Wikipedia work. I'm very
>>>>> interested
>>>>> in supporting your efforts in content circulation, and I am eager to
>>>>> learn
>>>>> more about your project referenced below. Who are you distributing
>>> your
>>>>> computers to? What sort of software are you looking for? Where
>>> exactly
>>>>> are
>>>>> you hoping to distribute?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks so much; I'd love to help out with this as much as possible!
>>>>> Jessie
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:26 AM, M K Yadava IFS <in at amtron.in> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>> Sounds great! If we have sizeable content for school children from
>>>>>> standard V-XII in humanities, science and mathematics in English
>>> alone,
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> will be a great service for bridging the digital divide. We shall be
>>>>>> glad
>>>>>> to put such a content in our PC distribution program and make it
>>>>>> operational by middle of September, 2011.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>> MK Yadava
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks Manuel!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think this will be a good group. I just put together a brief
>>>>>>> presentation
>>>>>>> with kind of the general overview of Offline and how all the
>>> pieces
>>>>>> fit
>>>>>>> together, but I can go through it quickly and allow the different
>>>>>> pieces
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> fill in the blanks throughout?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm attaching it in case others want to take a look. I put it
>>>>>> together
>>>>>>> quickly so if there are errors please forgive me (and correct me!)
>>> :)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jessie
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Manuel Schneider <
>>>>>>> manuel.schneider at wikimedia.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi offline folks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> we will have our Wikimedia Offline session today at 15:15 in room
>>>>>> Tavor
>>>>>>>> (in Beit Hecht, 1st floor)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>> http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimedia_Offline
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The session was planned as an interactive workshop for all people
>>>>>>>> interested in the offline issues. This means that YOU are invited
>>> to
>>>>>>>> present your project, your ideas and ask your questions.
>>>>>>>> Interesting topics are selection of content, publishing, storage,
>>>>>> reader
>>>>>>>> applications... and what you think is.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> There will be at least three people talking today:
>>>>>>>> * Jessie Wild from Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>> * Shiju Alex from Malayallam Wikipedia
>>>>>>>> * me from openZIM
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> See you there! If you have questions or want to coordinate in
>>>>>> advance
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> please contact me.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> /Manuel
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> Manuel Schneider
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
>>>>>>>> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
>>>>>>>> www.wikimedia.ch
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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Jessie Wild
>>>>>>> Global Development, Manager
>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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>>>>> --
>>>>> *Jessie Wild
>>>>> Global Development, Manager
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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