Newsletter/2010Catchup
It's been a while since our last chapters report. We've just re-lauched our newsletter, which you can find at:
Below is a really quick summary of everything we've been up to from August 2009 until December 2010. There's a lot, so it might take you a while to catch up if you haven't been following our blog!
Programmes
November 2010: Our main event in the last year was GLAM-WIKI: a conference held at the British Museum in November 2010, bringing together the cultural sector and Wikimedia:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-06/GLAM-WIKI_London
- http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/announcing-the-%E2%80%9Cglam-wikiuk%E2%80%9D-conference/
August 2010: we launched our Microgrants scheme, offering grants between £5 and £100 to UK wikimedians:
- http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/08/wikimedia-microgrants-now-available-in-the-uk/
June 2010: Liam Wyatt was the first Wikipedian in Residence, at the British Museum. He organised various events, including a Backstage Pass and the Hoxne Challenge. The British Museum also offered prizes for new Featured Articles:
June 2010: we put out a press release on the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2009 competition:
June 2010: we put out a press release about the Pending Changes trial on the English Wikipedia:
April 2010: we helped the Open Knowledge Foundation organise the Open Knowledge Conference, which included our AGM as well as a Wikimedia track:
February 2010: we ran Britain Loves Wikipedia - a photo competition taking photos in 20 museums across the UK:
- http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/britain-loves-wikipedia-pictures-on-commons/
February 2010: we put out an appeal for new initiatives. We are still welcoming any new suggestions:
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/02/call-for-proposals-for-wikimedia-uk-initiatives/
- http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Proposals
February 2010: we put out a press release about reaching the 6 million files milestone on Wikimedia Commons:
January 2010: we announced a content partnership with the Mary Rose Trust, which saw the release of 50 previously unseen images of the Mary Rose and its artifacts:
December 2009: we put out a press release about Public Domain Day 2010:
November 2009: the photos from Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A were made available on Wikimedia Commons, after the prizes were announced in August 2009:
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/11/wikipedia-loves-art-at-the-va-photos-on-commons/
- http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/08/wikipedia-loves-art-prizes/
September 2009: we put out a press release about Wikimedia Commons reaching the 5 million file milestone:
August 2009: we put out a press release about the content partnership with Regionarkivet, Sweden:
Fundraiser
November 2010: The Annual Fundraiser 2010-11 started on 15 November. Our announcement, and target, is at:
May 2010: we hosted the very first Wikimedia Fundraising Summit in Bristol:
November 2009: we participated in the Annual Fundraiser 2009-2010. This raised ~£95,000 to support Wikimedia's activities both in the UK and internationally:
Administration
December 2010: the first of a new series of Wikimedia UK community IRC meeting happened on 7 December:
November 2010: Gemma Griffiths is now our Head of Public Relations, volunteering pro bono for us one day a week:
September 2010: We hired our first (part time) employee! Charles Matthews is our new Office Manager:
May 2010: we participated in the selection process for the chapter selected board members of the Wikimedia Foundation. We helped select Phoebe Ayers and Arne: