<p><b>Wikimedia Polska report: October-December 2009:</b></p>
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<td><br></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Financial_matters">Financial matters</span></h2>
<dl><dd>At the end of 2008: 146898.66 PLN (52230 USD, 35520 EUR)</dd><dd>Expenditures in 2009: around 150 000 PLN (53 000 USD, 36 000 EUR)<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/October_December_2009#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></dd>
<dd>Income in 2009: 296328.64 PLN (105 000 USD, 72 000 EUR)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/October_December_2009#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></dd>
<dd>Current balance: 293600.30 PLN (103 000 USD, 71 000 EUR)</dd></dl>
<dl><dt>1% tax deducible donations</dt><dd>1% tax deducible donation season is finished. In 2009 we have
collected around 260 000 PLN (92 000 USD, 64 000 EUR) which is 190 %
more than in 2008 (136636.05 PLN).</dd></dl>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Meetings">Meetings</span></h2>
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Meeting with Andrij Bondarenko from WMUKr</div>
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<dl><dt>Multimedia Usability Project Meeting France </dt><dd>Two members of Wikimedia Polska (Polimerek and Yarl) attended the
Multimedia Usability Project Meeting France in 5-8.11.2009. We
participated in several workshop groups.</dd><dt>Meeting with Andrij Bondarenko, president of Wikimedia Ukraina </dt><dd>The meeting of several wikipedians from Warsaw with president of
Wikimedia Ukraina, Andrij Bondarenko took place in Ganders Tea Room in
Warsaw, 16 October 2009. It was a good occasion to establish closer
links between Wikimedia Polska and Wikimedia Ukraina. It was also the
first meeting of local Warsaw Wikipedia team after several year's break.</dd><dt>Petersburg </dt><dd>On October 10, wikipedian Ency represented Wikimedia Polska on
Wiki-Conference Petersburg' 09 organized by WMRU. He gave a lecture
about Polish Wikipedia and Wikimedia Polska.</dd><dt>Annual Wikimedia Polska Conference 2010 </dt><dd><a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Konferencja_Wikimedia_Polska_2010" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Annual Wikimedia Polska Conference 2010</a>
mixed with Wikimedia Polska General Assembly is about to take place in
Warsaw, on March 27-28, 2010. At the moment the conference is in its
planning stage. The Conference venue and accommodation sites were
already chosen and booked.</dd></dl>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Promotion">Promotion</span></h2>
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Ency and PTJ - PTI award for Polish Wikipedia</div>
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<dl><dt>Bulletin </dt><dd>3 issues of Wikimedia Polska bulletins were published <a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/8-2009_%2810%29" class="external text" rel="nofollow">8/2009</a>, <a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/9-2009_%2811%29" class="external text" rel="nofollow">9/2009</a> and <a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/10-2009_%2812%29" class="external text" rel="nofollow">10/2009</a>.</dd>
<dt>Lecture during the Librarian Conference in Torun </dt><dd>On October 7th, Wikipedian Ency had a lecture "Wikimedia projects
and Open Education Resources. Differences and similarities" during The
Methodological Conference of teachers and school librarians "About
reading books and not only.." in Toruń.</dd><dt>Polish Informatics Association’s (PTI) award for Wikipedia </dt><dd>Polish Informatics Association awarded Polish Wikipedia for being
"the most innovative web service in last decade". The award was
received by wikipedian Ency and PTJ during XXV Jubilee Autumn Meeting
of PTI, which took place in Mrągowo, on October 12-16.</dd><dt>Lecture about Wikipedia in Warmia-Mazury Library </dt><dd>On November 18th, wikipedian Margoz had a lecture about Wikipedia
and other Wikimedia projects during the seminar "Open Education
Resources"</dd></dl>
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<dl><dt>Public Domain Day </dt><dd>Public Domain Day was co-organized with members of Coalition for
Open Education. The event took place in National Library in Warsaw, on
December 30 and gathered around 40 participants. It was a mixture of
lectures and workshops about recognizing public domain content, using
free licenses and related issues. <a href="http://koed.org.pl/dzien-domeny-publicznej/english/" class="external autonumber" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></dd></dl>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Outreach_activities">Outreach activities</span></h2>
<dl><dt>National In-Service Teacher Training Center Wikiacademy </dt><dd>Wikiacademy for librarians from Warsaw area was organized in
cooperation with National In-Service Teacher Training Center in
Sulejówek, near Warsaw. Masti conducted a workshop about Wikipedia
editing for around 50 librarians and teachers. The system of Wikipedia
categorization of articles and quality evaluation and management was
discussed in details and compared with digital librarian catalogues
systems.</dd><dt>Wikicontest </dt><dd>A "Wikicontest" - a micro-grant system for editors of Wikimedia
projects analyzed 13 applications in 2009, of which 12 were accepted,
and the 1 was refused. 11 of the mirco-projects are successfully
continued and the 1 was suspended. The total sum of accepted grants was
1638 PLN (600 USD, 400 EUR)</dd><dt>Labstryk 2010 </dt><dd><a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/LabPstryk_2010" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Labstryk 2010</a>
is the project initiated by Masur in cooperation with MPI-CBG Max
Planck Institute in Dresden. The idea is to take as many as possible
good quality pictures of biochemistry lab equipment which is poorly or
not represented in Wikimedia Commons. The project is about to happen in
the first quarter of 2010.</dd><dt>Wikifoto </dt><dd><a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiwarsztaty_fotograficzne" class="external text" rel="nofollow">WikiFoto 2010</a>
is the workshop for Wikimedia photographers from Poland. The workshop
is about to take place in Lodz, on May 1-3 2010. Till now, the
preliminary meeting agenda was prepared, lecture rooms, and
accommodation were booked.</dd><dt>Wikiexpedtion 2010 </dt><dd><a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiekspedycja_2010" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Wikiexpedtion 2010</a>
is about to take place just before Wikimania 2010 and cover the
Kashubian and Warmia areas. Actually, the project is in its planning
stage.</dd></dl>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Others">Others</span></h2>
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New office - just freshly furnished - not so large, but nice</div>
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<dl><dt>Kul's visit in Warsaw</dt><dd>Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Business
Development, visited Poland on 11-14 December; Polimerek and Masti
participated with him in Wirtualna Polska/Orange talks regarding mainly
Polish mirror of Wikipedia on Wirtualna Polska and future uses of
Wikipedia content on Orange mobile devices in Poland. Polimerek and
Mast talked with Kul about general issues regarding
WMPL/Foundation/Orange/Wikimania relationships.</dd><dt>New tools server </dt><dd>New tool server was launch at the end of October. It is dedicated
machine hired from OVH company. It has 8 GB RAM and 2 x 1 TB HD space.
Except for launching bots and other editing tools it is also host for
test wiki, Polish Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Wiki, Internal
Wikimedia Polska wiki, Coalition for Open Education Wordpress based
web-service, and several related E-mail lists.</dd><dt><a href="http://wikipedia.pl">wikipedia.pl</a> domain </dt><dd>After long discussion it was decided to redirect <a href="http://wikipedia.pl">wikipedia.pl</a>
domain (which is registered by Wikimedia Polska) to search page
directly maintained by WMPL. The search page is based on Wikiwix engine
and provides searching of polish, cashubian and silesian Wikipedias, as
well as Wikimedia Commons.</dd><dt>New employee </dt><dd>On December we have hired a secretary to our new office. The
secretary is about to work for 4 hours per day (1/2 of full daily
employment). The secretary is a young lawyer just staring her attorney
training/scholarship. Among other experiences she was a treasuer of
Amnesty International Polska-Lodz's division, and a volunteer secretary
of Polish division of European Law Student's Association. See her
personal info on Wikimedia Polska wiki: <a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/U%C5%BCytkownik:J.stepien" class="external autonumber" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></dd><dt>New office </dt><dd>A new office is in its organizational stage. It is just a tiny - 12 m<sup>2</sup> room in newly renovated office building, located in nice, green area of Lodz, second largest city in Poland.</dd>
<dt>New bank account </dt><dd>Due to the problems with former bank, a new bank account was open,
and the funds were gradually transferred. The new bank account has
easier on-line access and lower operational costs.</dd></dl>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Press_and_media">Press and media</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Mainstream_media">Mainstream media</span></h3>
<ul><li>2009-12-05 <i>Rzeczpospolita</i> - 3rd largest Polish daily
newspaper - "Knowledge does not depend on voting" - long interview with
Paweł Jochymem - a founder of Polish Wikipedia (<a href="http://www.rp.pl/artykul/401574_Wiedza_nie_zalezy_od_glosowania.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">link</a>)</li><li>2009-12-01 <i>Przekrój</i> - weekley news magazine (one of the biggest in Poland) "Wikipedia is not shrinking", numer s. 8</li>
<li>2009-10-16 <a href="http://lookr.tv">lookr.tv</a> <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Masti" title="User:Masti">masti</a> and <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sp5uhe" title="User:Sp5uhe">Sp5uhe</a> about privacy policy in Wikimedia projects <a href="http://lookr.tv/player.php?id=1090" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Część 1.</a> i <a href="http://lookr.tv/player.php?id=1094" class="external text" rel="nofollow">część 2.</a></li>
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<h3><span class="editsection">I</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Internet_portals">nternet portals</span></h3>
<ul><li>2009-12-31 <a href="http://www.heise-online.pl/newsticker/news/item/26C3-goraca-debata-na-temat-jakosci-Wikipedii-894107.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">heise online Polska</a> - "26C3: gorąca debata na temat jakości Wikipedii"</li>
<li>2009-12-28 <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,82232_cid_5065629,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Deutsche Welle</a> - "Niemieckojęzyczna Wikipedia przekroczyła milion"</li><li>2009-12-28 <a href="http://webhosting.pl/Niemieckojezyczna.Wikipedia.ma.juz.ponad.milion.artykulow" class="external text" rel="nofollow">webhosting.pl</a> - "Niemieckojęzyczna Wikipedia ma już ponad milion artykułów"</li>
<li>2009-12-20 <a href="http://www.polskieradio.pl/wiadomosci/internet/artykul127638.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">polskieradio.pl</a> - "Wikipedia dostała pół miliona dolarów w ciągu doby"</li><li>
2009-12-13 <a href="http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,82011,7352769,Polskojezyczny_Wikislownik_teraz_bez_wandalizmow.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">gazeta.pl</a> - "Polskojęzyczny Wikisłownik teraz bez wandalizmów"</li>
<li>2009-12-11 <a href="http://di.com.pl/news/29781,0,Wersje_przejrzane_w_polskim_Wikislowniku.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">di.com.pl</a> - "Wersje przejrzane w polskim Wikisłowniku"</li><li>2009-12-10 <a href="http://www.chip.pl/news/internet-i-sieci/witryny-internetowe/2009/12/polskojezyczny-wikislownik-teraz-bez-wandalizmow" class="external text" rel="nofollow">chip.pl</a> - "Polskojęzyczny Wikisłownik teraz bez wandalizmów"</li>
<li>2009-12-04 <a href="http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,401574.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">rp.pl</a> - "Wiedza nie zależy od głosowania"</li><li>2009-11-30 <a href="http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,101562,7311483,A_jednak_jest_darmowy_lunch.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">wyborcza.biz</a> Wojtek Orliński, Witold Orłowski "A jednak jest darmowy lunch" - o ekonomii i Wikipedii</li>
<li>2009-11-27 <a href="http://di.com.pl/news/29626,0,Wikipedia_szuka_redaktorow_i_nie_umiera.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">di.com.pl</a> – "Wikipedia szuka redaktorów i nie umiera"</li><li>2009-11-27 <a href="http://www.komputerswiat.pl/nowosci/internet/2009/48/wikipedia-ma-problemy-z-redaktorami.aspx" class="external text" rel="nofollow">komputerswiat.pl</a> – "Czy Wikipedia ma problemy z redaktorami?"</li>
<li>2009-11-27 <a href="http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9102,398344_Wikipedia_nie_traci_redaktorow.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">rp.pl</a> – "Wikipedia nie traci redaktorów?"</li><li>2009-11-26 <a href="http://pl.informatyka.wikia.com/index.php?title=InforNews:Wikipedia_traci_coraz_wi%C4%99cej_autor%C3%B3w&rcid=3367&redirect=no" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Informatyka wiki</a> - Wikipedia traci coraz więcej autorów</li>
<li>2009-11-26 <a href="http://www.dobreprogramy.pl/Wikipedia-traci-coraz-wiecej-autorow,Aktualnosc,15515.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">dobreprogramy.pl</a> - "Wikipedia traci coraz więcej autorów"</li>
<li>2009-11-26 <a href="http://www.chip.pl/news/wydarzenia/trendy/2009/11/czy-to-koniec-wikipedii" class="external text" rel="nofollow">chip.pl</a> - "Czy to koniec Wikipedii?"</li><li>2009-11-25 <a href="http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80277,7296188,Wikipedia_masowo_traci_swych_redaktorow.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">gazeta.pl</a> - "Wikipedia masowo traci swych redaktorów"</li>
<li>2009-11-23 <a href="http://www.heise-online.pl/newsticker/news/item/Wikipedia-coraz-mniej-autorow-866538.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">heise-online.pl</a> - "Wikipedia: coraz mniej autorów"</li>
<li>2009-11-20 <a href="http://www.chip.pl/artykuly/trendy/2009/11/wikipedia-encyklopedia-ktora-powstaje-za-darmo" class="external text" rel="nofollow">chip.pl</a> - "Wikipedia - encyklopedia, która powstaje za darmo"</li>
<li>2009-11-18 <a href="http://di.com.pl/news/29541,1,0,Buzdygan_po_raz_drugi_przegral_z_Wikimedia.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">di.com.pl</a> - "Buzdygan po raz drugi przegrał z Wikimedią"</li><li>
2009-11-17 <a href="http://www.prw.pl/articles/view/14013/wyrok-ws-wpisu-do-wikipedii-prawomocny-posluchaj" class="external text" rel="nofollow">prw.pl</a> - "Wyrok ws. wpisu do Wikipedii prawomocny"</li><li>2009-11-17 <a href="http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35751,7262671,Nie_dostanie_odszkodowania_od_Wkipedii_za__trolla_.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">gazeta.pl</a> - "Nie dostanie odszkodowania od Wikipedii za "trolla""</li>
<li>2009-11-14 <a href="http://www.chip.pl/news/wydarzenia/prawo-i-polityka/2009/11/zabojca-ktory-nie-chce-wystepowac-w-wikipedii" class="external text" rel="nofollow">chip.pl</a> - "Zabójca, który nie chce występować w Wikipedii"</li>
<li>2009-11-13 <a href="http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,82011,7251469,Morderca_chce_usuniecia_jego_nazwiska_z_Wikipedii.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">gazeta.pl</a> - "Morderca chce usunięcia jego nazwiska z Wikipedii"</li>
<li>2009-11-05 <a href="http://wielkopolska.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/64627,pila-kogo-razi-pulkownik-w-wikipedii,id,t.html?kategoria=687" class="external text" rel="nofollow">NaszeMiasto.pl</a> - "PIŁA - Kogo razi pułkownik w Wikipedii?"</li>
<li>2009-10-18 <a href="http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,7157495,Torysi_walcza_o_Kaminskiego_w_internecie.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">wyborcza.pl</a> "Torysi walczą o Kamińskiego w internecie"</li><li>
2009-10-16 <a href="http://tech.wp.pl/kat,1009789,title,Kieszonkowa-elektroniczna-Wikipedia-offline,wid,11595237,wiadomosc.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Wirtualna Polska</a> - "Kieszonkowa elektroniczna Wikipedia"</li>
<li>2009-10-14 <a href="http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/nauka/wikipedia-w-kieszeni,47251,1" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Newsweek</a> - Wikipedia w kieszeni</li><li>2009-10-13 <a href="http://www.bankier.pl/lifestyle/wiadomosc/Wikipedia-w-kieszeni-2031675.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bankier.pl</a> - Wikipedia w kieszeni</li>
</ul><br><br>-- <br>Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz<br><a href="http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek">http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek</a><br><a href="http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/">http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html">http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html</a><br><br>