<br><div class="gmail_quote"><h2><span>New Years Reception</span></h2>
<p>The new years reception at January 23 was organized together with
the Tropenmuseum and Creative Commons NL. The reception, held in the
Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, was preceded by a guided tour through the
exhibition "Kunst van overleven" (Art of survival) about the Maroon
culture and history in Suriname. The reception was well visited with
40-50 visitors: not only Wikimedians, but also people from cultural
institutions and other enthousiasts.</p>
<h2><span></span><span>CoSyne</span></h2>
<p>The University of Amsterdam organized a cooperation between 7
organizations that will develop software under a free license which
will make it easier to maintain a multilingual wiki. The idea is that a
change in one language will lead to changes in the same page in the
other languages. The project under the name CoSyne with participants
such as the Dutch institute "Beeld en Geluid" (Sound and Vision),
Deutsche Welle and Wikimedia Nederland is exploring the usefulness. The
European Commission has approved the funding request.</p>
<h2><span></span><span>National Archive / Spaarnestad</span></h2>
<p>The "Nationaal Archief" (National Archive) is the larges public
archive in the Netherlands and has a large collection around several
themes. The National Archive has sought contact with Wikimedia
Nederland and we will probably be able to announce a project where the
National Archive and Spaarnestad Photo release a part of a photo
collection under a free license for use on Wikimedia Commons. More to
follow!</p>
<h2><span></span><span>Library Association</span></h2>
<p>Wikimedia Nederland is cooperating with the Vereniging Openbare
Bibliotheken (Association of Public Libraries) on a joint project
around media literacy and cultural heritage. The expectation is that a
pilot can be launched in 2010 in the province of Zeeland.</p>
<h2><span></span><span>Board Interest Meeting</span></h2>
<p>In February, Wikimedia Nederland will organize a special meeting for
people who are interested in candidating for the board during the
elections in March. This meeting will give an opportunity to get to
know the other candidates, to ask questions to the current board about
how the board works.</p>
<h2><span></span><span>Coming Up:</span></h2>
<ul><li>February 20: Board Interest Meeting</li><li>Until March 7: Exposition of Wiki Loves Art/NL photos in the Maritime Museum</li><li>March 13: Annual General Assemblee, election of new board</li></ul>
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