Hi all,
please find below the summaries of the activities of WMNL in december. The
activities are somewhat lower, since the end of the year involved a lot of
things that are not worth while reporting (financial statements, annual
report blabla). This will most likely be the last report from this board,
because on January 31 there is a general assemblee with board elections.
The annual chapter report for 2008 can probably be expected around
march/april this year (hopefully before the chapters meetup in Berlin).
Evaluation of the annual national conference will also be concluded this
month, and if interest is there, I can translate the core results in
English.
If you have any question, please let me know.
Yours,
Lodewijk
Content Online Platform
On the suggestion of Angela (and Wikimedia Nederland), Esther Hoorn has been
invited as an expert to the Content Online Platform. Topics include
protection of minors and cultural diversity online.
Legal
Wikimedia Nederland has won the legal case against Sijthoff. This because
the judge agreed with Wikimedia Nederland that Wikimedia Nederland has no
legal or technical influence on the content of the projects.
New year cards
Wikimedia Nederland has sent new year cards to its members and allies.
People who has meant something special to the association received a hand
written note. Besides this, invitations have been sent for the new year
drink on January 17, which is organized in Amsterdam together with Creactive
Commons Nederland and Open Streetmap NL. We have already had quite some
positive feedback on them.
Press
Quite some attention (side news) for the outcome of the legal case. Mostly
positive'ish towards Wikimedia. Also interest for the 10k articles for the
Frysian Wikipedia (including interview on Omrop Fryslan) and some minor
subjects for more foreign issues.