This montly activity report covers october, november, and december 2008

==Program activities== * WM-Fr rewarded the winners of the Wikiconcours "Cross project" category with 100€ gift checks for books. *Funded the numerization of pictures of Gandhi.

== Public activities and interventions == *Workshops given **Le Cube, Greater Paris Area, Oct 11th. **Bibliothèque Marguerite Yourcenar, Paris, Dec 14th and Nov 9th. **La Cantine (dedicated to senior citizens), Paris, Nov 21st. **Nanterre, Nov 29th. *Conferences attended **Creative Commons France, Paris, Oct 15th. **JDLL (free software meeting), Lyon, October 17 & 18th. **Salon de l'éducation/Educatice, Paris, Nov, 27 to 29th. **Open World Forum, Paris, Dec 1st and 2nd.

*Talks given ** 21 October: talk about "Free knowledge and Wikimedia" to students from "IEP Toulouse" (policital sciences school, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27%C3%A9tudes_politiques_de_Toulouse ) ** 17 October: presentation to Auvergne librarian association (Brioude)

==Fundraising== *Partner of Wikimedia Foundation for the annual fundraiser. *Developed a new donation website with online payment system *Improvement of previous, as well as creation of new promotional material (leaflets, fundraising buttons...) *Raised approximately 50 000 euros (last donations not included)

==Press== *Supported the set up of the Wikiposter project with a [http://wikimedia.fr/index.php/Communiqu%C3%A9s_de_presse/Et_si_vous_pouviez_... press release] (creation and purchase of poster from our images)

== International events/happenings/news == *Anything on an international level that touches the chapter/interests the chapter ** 16 October: presentation to "From illiteracy to computer illiteracy : an equal form of exclusion ?", European Meeting of Social Press ** 2-3 October: presentation at "3rd Conference on Cultural Economics" [http://www.jec-culture.org/?id_page=accueil&lang=en&PHPSESSID=b0af20...] (UE) ** December: two presentations at the Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv. Was the opportunity for chapter (French and Israel) contact and for a wikimeet in Tel Aviv **Funding of the Zeus Web Server for the Toolserver.

== Lobbying/Political == * Assisted to the announcement of the French "Plan du Numérique 2012" (action plan of the government) * First contacts with reporters without borders in november (they publish a yearly book with pictures to support the press, we presented them commons). * The council of Île-de-France, a French region ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France_(region) ) voted to become a member of Wikimédia France. * Anthere received her award from the hands of the minister in charge of digital economy. Was the opportunity to gather French actors of the open source.

==Tools== * Monthly IRC meeting for the members and the Board to discuss current issues * Phone conferences will be tested in January * WM-Fr new website development ongoing, based on TYPO3. * Hosting of our tools was migrated in september on a dedicated server. * Wikimédia France now on Viadeo (French social network) and LinkedIn (previously on Facebook).

==Planned== *General Assembly planned mid march in Paris: will feature approval of financial data and election of new board.