That's a really nice initiative indeed! Em 19/06/2013 08:16, "Patricio Lorente" <patricio.lore...@gmail.com> escreveu:
> Charles, this is an amazing initiative. Thanks for sharing, I think we > could probably try to do something similar in Argentina. > > Patricio > > 2013/6/19 Charles Andrès <charles.andres.w...@gmail.com>: > > Hello and thanks Bishaka, > > > > We planned two type of post about this story, today or tomorrow we > should publish a short one about the genesis of the project and the > relation volunteer/staff. > > > > As president of Wikimedia CH I'm very proud of the work accomplish by > Emmanuel and Chantal, and we would like to share more about this aspect of > the project. > > > > The second post will arrive later this year with more information about > the project itself and its usage. > > > > > > Thanks too, SJ, > > > > "unexpected" refers more to there eager of the newspaper. > > > > It's really rare, if not totally absent, to read positive things about > prisons. In this way, the public "expect" bad news when talking about > prison, and when a nice story about prison arise, it's unexpected. :-) > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > I use this email for mailing list only. > > > > Charles ANDRES, Chairman > > "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – > > www.wikimedia.ch > > Skype: charles.andres.wmch > > IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch > > > > Le 18 juin 2013 à 10:52, Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> a > écrit : > > > >> Fantastic - and fascinating. > >> > >> Would love to see a blog post by someone from the chapter or by one of > >> them. > >> > >> Bravo for reaching out to forgotten people. > >> > >> Bishakha > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Charles - How beautiful. Thank you for doing and sharing this. > >>> In what way was the partnership unexpected? Did the Bellevue prison > >>> approach Wikipedians? > >>> > >>> Here is the announcement page w/PDF from the WM-CH site: > >>> https://www.wikimedia.ch/%5Bi18n-termpath-raw%5D/wikipedia-jail > >>> > >>> SJ > >>> > >>> SJ > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> Now THIS is seriously clever! > >>>> Well done WMCH - that is a truly innovative way to provide access to > >>>> knowledge to a community who is often forgotten. > >>>> Can you link to the press release here, please? > >>>> > >>>> -Liam / Wittylama > >>>> > >>>> wittylama.com > >>>> Peace, love & metadata > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 17 June 2013 14:15, Charles Andrès <charles.andres.w...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership between a swiss > >>> prison > >>>>> and Wikimedia CH > >>>>> > >>>>> Following an initiative from Emmanuel Engelhart, with the support of > >>>>> Wikimedia CH CAO, Chantal Ebongué, since March 2013, prisoners who > >>> request > >>>>> can have an access to Wikipedia offline (Kiwix project). The idea is > to > >>>>> stimulate or to support the interest for education of prisoners who > >>> were, > >>>>> for a large majority, condemned to long-time sentences. > >>>>> > >>>>> After three months of pilot phasis, the project is successful : Among > >>> the > >>>>> 36 prisoners of the Bellevue’s prison in Gorgier, 18 possess or rent > a > >>>>> computer. All of them requested the upload of Wikipedia offline on > their > >>>>> PC. For security reasons, swiss prisoners have a very restricted > access > >>> to > >>>>> internet. > >>>>> > >>>>> More informations in the press releases (ENG, DE, FR, IT) that was > sent > >>>>> today to the swiss media > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> Charles > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ___________________________________________________________ > >>>>> Charles ANDRES, Chairman > >>>>> "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – > >>>>> www.wikimedia.ch > >>>>> Office +41 (0)21 340 66 20 > >>>>> Skype: charles.andres.wmch > >>>>> IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>>>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>>> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > 4266 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > -- > Patricio Lorente > Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar > Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l