This is the chapters report for Wikimedia Sverige October 2012. It can also
be found in wikiformat on:
http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_reports/2012-10
Education
<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ylva_Pettersson_-_Katedralskolan_i_Skara_-_finalist_till_Guld%C3%A4pplet_2012.ogv>
Short video with Ylva Pettersson about the nomination (in Swedish).
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Former board member Einar Spetz demonstrating Wikipedia to Parliament
member Ibrahim Baylan (s).
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Secretary Jakob Hammarbäck at Mötesplats skola.
<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Wikipedia_i_utbildning_broschyr.pdf>
<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Wikipedia_i_utbildning_broschyr.pdf>
Wikipedia i utbildning
Sophie Österberg started working as Education manager this month.
The Internet days (Internetdagarna)
This years the internet days had a special track for internet use in
education. Board member Ylva presentation gave a presentation on how she
uses Wikipedia in the classroom and our Education manager Sophie Österberg
took seat in a panel discussion.
- Ylva's
presentation<http://prezi.com/qvamwu4jgvjb/what-do-you-like-about-ballet…
, video <http://bambuser.com/v/3082366#t=2427s> (in Swedish).
- Panel discussion, Video <http://bambuser.com/v/3087841#t=594s> (in
Swedish).
School forum (Skolforum)
Board member Ylva Pettersson, finalist to the Golden apple (Guldäpplet) for
her her use of Wikipedia gave a presentation on what teachers should think
on. Video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PocY67h9A3w> (in Swedish). More
pictures to be found on
Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Sverige_at_…
.
Meeting place school (Mötesplats skola)
Together with GR utbildning (GR education) we attended Mötesplats skola.
Informational material
We created some new materials for our Wikipedia Education Program, and also
reprinted some already existing material.
- Wikipedia i
utbildning<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Wikipedia_i_utbildning_brosc…
(Wikipedia
in education)
- Case studies (the WMF version)
Meetings
We had several meetings with Educational institutions discussing how we
could work with Wikipedia Education program, among these were:
- The Royal College of Music
- The Royal Institute of Technology
- The University of Gävle
Also, the Wiki skills project had a meeting in Athens.
Community driven projectsSwecon
As a community driven project some volunteers attended Swecon, a congress
for Sci-fi litterature. We gave som workshops and took pictures of authors,
which can be found on
commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Swecon_2012>12>.
Håkan Wester from Studiefämjandet made a short
interview<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9m7ax6LuZg> with
Chairman Jan Ainali on how Wikipedia can be used in popular education (in
Swedish).
Technology pool
The equipment was borrowed 11 times in October. To October, 251 quality
images, 12 valued images and 5 featured pictures have been produced by the
pool.
GLAMHembygdens Helg
We participated at Hembygdens helg at the National Historical Museum. Blog
post <http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/hembygd-hela-helgen/>
(in
Swedish). Some pictures were uploaded to
Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Hembygdens_h…
.
Workshops
- Workshop with staff at the Central museums in The Royal Armoury.
- Workshop with the staff at Ájtte Swedish mountain and Sámi museum.
Meetings
We had several meetings with GLAM institutions about a variety of projects:
- The National Maritime Museums
- The National Archives
- The Vasa Museum
- The Nordic Museum
- The Open Knowledge Foundation
Wiki Loves Monuments
The Swedish winners were announced. Blog
post<http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/vinnarna-i-wiki-lo…
about
that and one about the
statistics<http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/wiki-loves-m…
(both
in Swedish).
Other external eventsAda Lovelace edit-a-thon
[image: Skrivstuga Ada Lovelace 2012
grupp1.JPG]<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Skrivstuga_Ada_Lovelace_201…
<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil:Skrivstuga_Ada_Lovelace_2012_grupp1.JPG>
In remebrance of Ada Lovelace, we had an edit-a-thon in Stockholm with
focus on women in science and technology. Around 10 new editors were guided
by 6 experienced editors. 12 new articles were created and another 10
improved, a great acomplishment since there was little knowledge about
Wikipedia before at the attendees. One of them blogged about it on the
Wikimedia
Foundation
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/30/gendered-language-and-the-swed…r/>.
It was also noted by media:
- Att skriva
historia<http://feministisktperspektiv.se/2012/10/26/att-skriva-historia/>
(To
write history) - Feministiskt perspektiv (in Swedish)
- Vilken kvinna saknar du på
Wikipedia?<http://np.netpublicator.com/netpublication/n82203029>
(Which
women do you miss on Wikipedia?) - City Malmö (in Swedish)
Presentations
Chairman Jan Ainali gave an hour long presentation about Wikipedia for the
IT-consultancy company Kentor.
- Presentation <http://aina.li/kentor>, Video: high res, missing
ending<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7r6AN-aNQ>
full video but low res <http://bambuser.com/v/3085636> (in Swedish).
TEDxHornstull
We got a special invitation to attend a TEDx event with the theme: "Change
through collaboration".
InternalBoard meeting
We had one board meeting,
minutes<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tesprotokoll/Protokoll_2012-…
are
available (in Swedish).
Hiring
We hired a financial administrator, Suzan Tutak, on half time who will
start November 1.
Aniversary
The chapter turned five years old on October 20. Board member Bengt Oberger
wrote about the journey on the Wikimedia Foundation
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/31/the-expansion-of-wikimedia-sve…
(in
English and Swedish).
Review by accountants
In order to develop the organization we consulted KPMG to do a review of
the chapters financial routines. The preliminary report that was delivered
in October was very positive.
Informational material
We reprinted some already existing material.
- Välkommen till Wikipedia (Welcome to Wikipedia)
*Best,
Jan Ainali*
Chairman, Wikimedia Sverige <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida>