Summary of key points:
- Participated on two exhibitions (in Havlickuv Brod and Olomouc)
- First edition of "Wikimedium" journal
- Free travel shirt was in Prague (national TV coverage included)
- We're on Facebook now.
== External ==
Wikimedia Czech Republic took part in another public exhibition. In
October, we presented Wikipedia and other projects at the Autumn Book
Fair in Havlickuv Brod, which was first association's presentation of
this kind outside Prague. Again in a cooperation with the Microsoft
Czech Republic, who provided the association with its "Microsoft
Surface" presentation equipment, the display was appraised again by many
of the visitors.
In August, Wikimedia Czech Republic published first edition of the
Wikimedium journal. On 14 pages, the magazine contained an interview
with Wikimedia Poland's member and Wikimedian Wojciech Pedzich,
information about Creative Commons-licensing of Wikipedia, gallery of
the best images of the Wikimedia Commons, reports from Wikimedia Czech
Republic activities, news from Czech and foreign projects and an
entertainment page with Michael Jackson trivia found on Wikimedia
projects and a quiz. Wikimedium will be published four times a year as a
full-color PDF document. It is available for download in Czech language
at wikimedium.wikimedia.cz .
In September, the Wikipedia symbol Free Travel-Shirt visited Prague
thanks to German Wikimedian Ukko. Members of the Wikimedia Czech
Republic first took part in the Czech Wikimedians with the shirt, one
day later the visit of the shirt in the Municipal Library of Prague was
organized, where several Wikimedians were received by Mr. Tomas Rehak,
the library's director. The Municipal Library will be the venue of the
first Czech Wikiconference at the beginning of the December.
The nation-wide broadcaster Czech Television's crew covered the visit of
the shirt in the Municipal Library, which was later reported at the
beginning of the 20-minutes teleview 'Milenium' (available in Czech at
www.ct24.cz/vysilani/2009/10/27/209411058031027-11:35-milenium/?streamtype=…
).
Wikimedia Czech Republic started promoting its activity at the social
network Facebook, which came out a potentially strong communication
medium. (Currently our page http://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR has 115
fans.)
In November, we also parcicipated on book exhibition LIBRI 2009 in Olomouc.
Preparations are under way for our first conference, which is going to
happen on 5th December in Prague Municipal Library. The main topic of
the conference are sources in Wikipedia.
== Inter-Chapter ==
Due to financial reasons, Wikimedia Czech Republic decided to cancel the
trip of its representative to the Wikimania 2009. Ad hoc inter-chapter
contacts were held by mail.
== Internal ==
The Board evaluated the first half of the year from the view of the
adopted Activities Plan for 2009. One third of the tasks had been
fulfilled at that moment and major steps were undertaken to fulfill
another one third of the tasks at a proper time.
This is an adapted translation of Wikimedia France's members newsletter.
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1. Photos and news accreditations
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* Wikimedians covered the Fête de la fraternité in Montpellier and The
"Festival de la chanson française" in Aix en Provence.
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2. Conferences, seminars and shows
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* Les étés TIC, Rennes, 1-3 July
Conference on « Collectes de mémoire, vivre ensemble: wiki de territoires,
expression multimédia et lien social »
http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-etes-tic-de-rennes-2009-747
* RMLL (Les Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre), Nantes, 7 - 11 July :
Several Wikimedians animated a booth to inform the public and answer questions.
Two presentations, by Schiste and Serein on Wikimedia Projects and
Wikipedia and expertise.
http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-debarque-aux-rmll-2009-728http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rmll-une-premiere-journee-de-liberte-764
* Wikimania 2009, Buenos Aires, 26-28 August : Schiste and Anthere
represented Wikimedia France there.
* Fête de l'Humanité 2009, La Courneuve, 11-13 September
Wikimedians animated a booth in the "Espace numérique".
*JDLL, journées du logiciel libre in Lyon (17 October 2009).
Otourly, Lorelei, Theoliane et Julien ont tenu un stand.
Julien a fait une conférence intitulée « Les différents projets Wikimédia ».
http://membres.wikimedia.fr/index.php/JDLL09
*Paris-Web, conference on the Web.
Participation of members of Wikimedia France and Wikipedians in a
workshop which topic was "An accessible Wikipedia? It is possible"
*Various presentations in schools and universities were led by
individual wikimedians.
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3. Multimedia Usability Initiative & Strategy
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In August 2009, Wikimedia France voted a budget of 45k€ for the
organisation of an international meeting focused on usability on
Commons, especially set on rewamping the interface, the upload process
and review community practices.
This meeting happened in Paris November 6th trhough 8th, gathered 30
people from different backgrounds, technical as well as users of
Commons, or people involved in partnerships with galleries, Libraries,
Museums and Archives (GLAM). The meeting, co-organised with the
Wikimedia Foundation was a success and yielded promising results.
Notes about the meeting can be found on meta, and notes taken and
conclusions reached during the meeting can be found on the usability
wiki.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Usability_Project_Meeting_Francehttp://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia:Meeting_in_Paris
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4. Websites revamped
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The external websites of Wikimedia France have been revamped, in a
partnership with a professional webdevelopment company. They consist
of three core websites, an institutional website, a donation website
and a blog). The institutional website runs on Drupal, an open source
CMS. (The White House copied us and adopted it for their own website a
month after us!)
Wikimedia France still uses Mediawiki as collaborative tool for
members and board members discussions.
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5. Wikimédia France Calendar
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Under the lead of Adrienne Alix (User:Serein), French community
members put together a beautiful week-calendar with photos of Commons
and quotes from various Wikimedia Projects. It can be found here:
http://www.inlibroveritas.net/agenda-wikimedia.html
Part of the proceeds will go to support Wikimédia France's activites.
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6. Fundraising
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The Wikimedia Foundation driven fundraiser started at the beginning of
November and lasts for two months. It is Wikimédia France's main
financing source, so it is important to make it a success.
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7. Press
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Three press releases have been sent:
*About the 5 million files on Commons
*About the 1.5 millionth article on Wikitionary
*About launching the Calendar sale
http://blog.wikimedia.fr/commons-5-millions-de-fichiers-930http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wiktionnaire-un-million-et-demi-dentrees-1025http://blog.wikimedia.fr/une-premiere-en-france-lagenda-wikimedia-1129
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8. Hiring
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Wikimedia France's board has voted the hiring of a permanent staff
member for 2010.
Their first great project will be the organisation of a Wikipedia
Academy-like event, around Humanities, and they will be gradually
taking over administration, PR, Communication and Member Management of
the association.
The hiring process is underway and things are looking good so far.
Final interviews will happen in January.
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9. Figures
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Wikimédia France counts 132 members (membership fees up to date), as
of November 1st.
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The original version of this newsletter is a collaborative work of
Wikimedia France's members.