Please find below the chapters report for Wikimedia Nederland on September 2010. The report is as usual also posted on meta: <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201009">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201009</a><br>
<br>If you have any questions, please let me know. <br><br>Best, Lodewijk<br><h2><span>Wiki Loves Monuments</span></h2>
<p>September was Monument Month for Wikimedia Nederland, with Wiki
Loves Monuments as main activity. The photo-contest around
rijksmonumenten (Dutch national monuments) yielded more than 12.000
images from over 200 participants from all over the country. You can
find more information about the general outlines of the project in this
<a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/08/29/a-monument-month-for-wikimedia-nederlands/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog post</a>.
The biggest win in this project is perhaps not even so much the images
themselves but the awareness that has been created with the contestants
and the lesson that an extremely simplified upload form on Wikimedia
Commons helps a lot to lower the threshold for uploading. The jury is
now going through all these images and will announce the winners by
November 20.</p>
<p>For more information, please take a look at <a href="http://www.wikilovesmonuments.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wikilovesmonuments.nl</a> (in Dutch)</p>
<h2><span>Wiki takes Haarlem</span></h2>
<p>Haarlem is a province capital near Amsterdam, and a major city when
it comes to numbers of rijksmonumenten. The city has 1148
rijksmonumenten, of which many had no photo before September. We
organized as part of Wiki Loves Monuments an effort to photograph as
many monuments as possible within one day - Wiki takes Haarlem. You can
see the results in <a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.nsesoftware.nl%2Fwiki%2Fdyn10.kml&source=embed&ll=52.378298,4.642239&spn=0.01378,0.034804&t=h&z=15" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this google map</a> - a yellow pin means there is a photo, blue means there isn't. 1064 images have been uploaded thanks to Wiki Loves Haarlem.</p>
<h2><span>Wiki Loves Vlissingen</span></h2>
<p>The library of Vlissingen (Americans, you might find Flushing a more
recognizable pronunciation) has raised the stakes for photographers
participating Wiki Loves Monuments within the municipality of
Vlissingen even more. Besides the prizes that are already available
through the general competition, they put up an iPod Touch and an
e-book reader for people taking photos for Wiki Loves Monuments in
Vlissingen! They created their own local jury and will also announce
the prizes on November 20.</p>
<h2><span>Nationaal Archief</span></h2>
<p>Nationaal Archief (the Dutch National Archive) and Spaarnestad Photo
have released some 1000 very relevant political images under a free
license. This release was announced in the international political
Press Center Nieuwspoort in The Hague with a panel of former and
current politicians present. These politicians shared with us their
memories and thoughts with the images, giving a lot of background
information on the meaning of the images. You can find more information
about this collaboration in <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/13/dutch-national-archive-joins-wikipedia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.</p>
<h2><span>Meetings, conferences etc</span></h2>
<p>Besides what was already mentioned earlier in this report, there was
also a Summer Barbecue on September 4 in the southeast part of the
country. Even through the number of participants was moderate, the
atmosphere was great.</p>
<h2><span>Coming up:</span></h2>
<ul><li>October: Europeana brainstorm meeting & conference</li><li>October 9: General Assemblee, Fundraiser meeting</li><li>November 20: Wikimedia Conference & Prize ceremony Wiki Loves Monuments</li><li>January 15: Wikipedia 10 years anniversary</li>
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