<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Workshop">Workshop</span></h2>
<p>On December 19, a workshop on Wikimedia was organized for
Wikimedians, together with a workshop for OTRS agents. The workshop was
visited, despite the bad weather, by 11 people, including Lyzzy, who
was involved in the discussions on OTRS and explained the German
Flagges Revisions system.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Translation_Rally_End_2009">Translation Rally End 2009</span></h2>
<p>VWN Sponsored two "<i>Translation Rallies</i>" at <a href="http://translatewiki.net/wiki/" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:">translatewiki.net</a>
this year. The second rally ran until the end of the year (UTC) and
resulted in over 33,000 new translations for MediaWiki and its
extensions.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Year_cards">New Year cards</span></h2>
<p>Snail mail New Year cards were sent to all members and the
volunteers who helped the chapter in the activities in the past year.
The members were also invited in a letter for the New Year drinks, and
the volunteers were thanked for their help with a hand written note.
Also several organizations with whom the chapter worked together in the
past year received a card. Several recipients expressed that they were
very pleased by this gesture.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Wiki_Loves_Art_exposition">Wiki Loves Art exposition</span></h2>
<p>In the maritime museum in Rotterdam, an exhibition has been placed
of Wiki Loves Art/NL photo's taken last summer. The exhibition is on
sight until March 2010 in the main hall of the museum.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Year_Reception">New Year Reception</span></h2>
<p>In cooperation with Creative Commons NL and the Tropenmuseum, on
January 23 a New Year reception will be organized in the Tropenmuseum.
This will be combined with a tour through the Marron exhibition, a
cooperation project between Wikimedia Nederland and the Tropenmuseum.
Wikimedians, cultural heritage institutions and marrons are invited to
participate the reception. (want to come? <a href="http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/ontmoeten" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/ontmoeten</a> )</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Fundraising">Fundraising</span></h2>
<p>Wikimedia Nederland was participating in the fundraising of end
2009, and was able to offer iDEAL transactions, an online payment
method used a lot in the Netherlands. Results will follow later.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Coming_Up">Coming Up</span></h2>
<ul><li>New Year reception</li><li>Fundraising results</li><li>Thank you notes for donors</li><li>Annual General Assemblee: March 13</li></ul>