Workshop
On December 19, a workshop on Wikimedia was organized for Wikimedians,
together with a workshop for OTRS agents. The workshop was visited, despite
the bad weather, by 11 people, including Lyzzy, who was involved in the
discussions on OTRS and explained the German Flagges Revisions system.
Translation Rally End 2009
VWN Sponsored two "*Translation Rallies*" at
translatewiki.net<http://translatewiki.net/wiki/>this year. The second
rally ran until the end of the year (UTC) and resulted
in over 33,000 new translations for MediaWiki and its extensions.
New Year cards
Snail mail New Year cards were sent to all members and the volunteers who
helped the chapter in the activities in the past year. The members were also
invited in a letter for the New Year drinks, and the volunteers were thanked
for their help with a hand written note. Also several organizations with
whom the chapter worked together in the past year received a card. Several
recipients expressed that they were very pleased by this gesture.
Wiki Loves Art exposition
In the maritime museum in Rotterdam, an exhibition has been placed of Wiki
Loves Art/NL photo's taken last summer. The exhibition is on sight until
March 2010 in the main hall of the museum.
New Year Reception
In cooperation with Creative Commons NL and the Tropenmuseum, on January 23
a New Year reception will be organized in the Tropenmuseum. This will be
combined with a tour through the Marron exhibition, a cooperation project
between Wikimedia Nederland and the Tropenmuseum. Wikimedians, cultural
heritage institutions and marrons are invited to participate the reception.
(want to come?
http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/ontmoeten )
Fundraising
Wikimedia Nederland was participating in the fundraising of end 2009, and
was able to offer iDEAL transactions, an online payment method used a lot in
the Netherlands. Results will follow later.
Coming Up
- New Year reception
- Fundraising results
- Thank you notes for donors
- Annual General Assemblee: March 13