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Wikimedia DC Annual Report for 2011-12
by Kirill Lokshin 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

Hello everyone, Wikimedia DC has just published its annual report for the 2011-12 fiscal year (which covers the period from October 2011 to September 2012). The report is available on our chapter wiki at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_report_(2011-2012). We will also be uploading a copy to meta shortly. As always, any questions or comments are very welcome! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc

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Dominic McDevitt-Parks joins Wikimedia DC as Cultural Partnerships Coordinator
by Kirill Lokshin 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hello everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that Dominic McDevitt-Parks will be joining Wikimedia DC as our new Cultural Partnerships Coordinator! I expect that most of you already know Dominic, who has been a long-time Wikimedian and a regular participant in events both within the DC area and elsewhere. Dominic has graciously offered us the benefit of his immense experience with building partnerships between cultural institutions and the Wikimedia movement, most notably in during his tenure as the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration. In his new position as Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic will report directly to the Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC. He will have number of responsibilities, including serving as a point of contact for DC-area cultural institutions and professionals looking for guidance from Wikimedia; facilitating communication and sharing of best practices among professionals and Wikimedians and between the two groups; helping to initiate and evaluate partnerships between institutions and Wikimedia DC, as appropriate, in the interest of the chapter's goals and the Wikimedia movement as a whole; and serving as the bridge between the Wikimedia DC community and the global GLAM-Wiki community. Please join me in welcoming Dominic to his new role! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc

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Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2012-13
by Kirill Lokshin 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Hello everyone, At our meeting today, the Wikimedia DC Board adopted an Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2012-13, which is now published at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_plan_(2012-2013). Over the next few days, there will be some additional announcements regarding specific elements of the plan; in the meantime, we invite everyone to review the plan and to submit any ideas you might have regarding how we can best put it into action over the course of the coming year. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc

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Wikipedia Day @ NYU Feb 23
by Pharos 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi Wiki-Capitolians, The Wikipedia Day NYC 12th Birthday Bash is a celebration and mini-conference to be held on Saturday February 23, 2013, hosted at ITP at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and also supported by Wikimedia New York City, Free Culture @ NYU and other Free Culture Alliance NYC partners. The NYC celebration is one of a number of Wikipedia Day being held in the United States and worldwide. You can register for the Wiki-Conference here: http://bit.ly/wikidaynyu See full event details and schedule (and add your own lightning talk!) at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

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Upcoming events in January and February
by Kirill Lokshin 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

Hello everyone, Now that people have returned from whatever exciting vacation destinations they traveled to for the holidays, I'd like to update everyone on some of the events we have planned for the next few months: - On January 8, the Digital Humanities Winter Institute is hosting an edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland. The event will focus, unsurprisingly, on digital humanities. - On January 12 and January 26, we're holding informal Wikipedia editing workshops at the Baltimore Free School. - On February 15, the wonderful folks at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are hosting "The Civil War and American Art", an all-day event that will include new editor training, special tours, and an edit-a-thon. You can find more information on each event at our upcoming events page ( http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Upcoming_events). As always, if you have any questions or suggestions for future events, please don't hesitate to contact me or another member of the Board. Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc

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Extra swag that I could use for a Kansas Event
by Alex Stinson 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Greatings from the Center of the Country, I am currently living in Kansas, and we are holding our first event in the region on January 15 in Topeka ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day ). Does WMDC or anyone who has organized events have extra Wikimedia swag lying around? Since it is a first event, it would be nice to have something that makes the volunteers feel that it is official. I am going to be coming back to the DC area from the 22nd to the 5th and could pick it up anywhere accessible via Metro. Otherwise, I will order some via the Foundation. Alex Stinson User:Sadads

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Fwd: [GLAM-US] Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Digital Humanities Winter Institute, University of Maryland / Tuesday, January 8, 2013 / 5:30-7:00 PM
by Nicholas Bashour 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

FYI Sincerely, Nicholas Michael Bashour Anfang der weitergeleiteten E‑Mail: > Von: Trevor Muñoz <trevor.munoz(a)gmail.com> > Datum: 14. Dezember 2012 17:02:57 MEZ > An: glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Kopie: Jennifer Guiliano <jenguiliano(a)gmail.com> > Betreff: [GLAM-US] Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Digital Humanities Winter Institute, University of Maryland / Tuesday, January 8, 2013 / 5:30-7:00 PM > Antwort an: North American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Hello, > > I wanted make the Wikimedia community aware of an event that Melanie Kill of the University of Maryland Department of English and MITH are running next month as part of our Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI): > > Public Digital Humanities: Wikipedia DH Edit-a-thon > Tuesday, January 8, 2013 > 5:50-7:00 PM > http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ > All are welcome. > > DHWI is delighted to partner with Melanie Kill of the Department of English at the University of Maryland to offer a Public DH Event: the Wikipedia DH Edit-A-Thon. > > We invite DHWI attendees—as well as Wikipedians and digital humanists in the DC region—to join us for an evening of Wikipedia editing. We’ll talk a bit about the core content policies of Wikipedia and guidelines relevant to contributing in one’s area of expertise, offer some tips and tricks for navigating the resources, and then get online and begin sharing our knowledge and skills. > > All experience levels are welcome. Tables will be organized so that those interested in particular tasks (copyediting, wikifying, linking out to GLAM and DH resources, etc.) or articles (see ideas below) can team up. Adventurous souls can even start a new article. > > Please see http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ for more information. > > Best, > > Trevor > > on behalf of DHWI > > --- > Trevor Muñoz > Assistant Dean for Digital Humanities Research, University of Maryland Libraries > Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) > 301.405.9528 | @trevormunoz on Twitter | http://trevormunoz.com > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM-US mailing list > GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us

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Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Digital Humanities Winter Institute, University of Maryland / Tuesday, January 8, 2013 / 5:30-7:00 PM
by Trevor Muñoz 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Hello, My name is Trevor Muñoz and I work for the University of Maryland Libraries and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). I want to introduce myself to this list and also to make the local Wikimedia community aware of an event we are running next month as part of our Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI): Public Digital Humanities: Wikipedia DH Edit-a-thon Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:50-7:00 PM http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ All are welcome. DHWI is delighted to partner with Melanie Kill of the Department of English at the University of Maryland to offer a Public DH Event: the Wikipedia DH Edit-A-Thon. We invite DHWI attendees—as well as Wikipedians and digital humanists in the DC region—to join us for an evening of Wikipedia editing. We’ll talk a bit about the core content policies of Wikipedia and guidelines relevant to contributing in one’s area of expertise, offer some tips and tricks for navigating the resources, and then get online and begin sharing our knowledge and skills. All experience levels are welcome. Tables will be organized so that those interested in particular tasks (copyediting, wikifying, linking out to GLAM and DH resources, etc.) or articles (see ideas below) can team up. Adventurous souls can even start a new article. Please see http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ for more information. Best, Trevor --- Trevor Muñoz Assistant Dean for Digital Humanities Research, University of Maryland Libraries Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) 301.405.9528 | @trevormunoz on Twitter | http://trevormunoz.com

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee needs you!
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Apologies for the inevitable cross-posting but I just wanted to get this out to those of us in the US, which currently has no members on the Affiliations Committee despite being a major region for potential new chapter development in the coming years. Please consider volunteering! Dominic ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bence Damokos <bdamokos(a)gmail.com> Date: 12 December 2012 07:48 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee needs you! To: wikimediaannounce-l <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations ("affiliates" in short) and approving them when they are ready is looking for about 6 new members. The main focus of AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the group is large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups. This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically: * Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide * Willingness to work in a sometimes bureaucratic, sometimes political process * 4 hours per week availability[2] * International orientation * Very good communication skills in English * Ability to work and communicate with other cultures * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF * Communication skills in other languages are a major plus * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus With the help of the Affiliations Committee, 2012 has been an exciting year of transformation for the movement with the introduction of new types of affiliation. This means that the workload of the Committee has increased and diversified and help is wanted! Currently many applications to become a Chapter, Thematic Organization or User Group are in the pipeline and can use your attention and dedication! You can send your applications with your name, contact data (e-mail, wiki username), experience and motivation to join to the AffCom email address, affcom AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org by January 12, 2013. You will get a confirmation that your application came through. Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two year terms. The applications will be considered by the current members and outgoing members and Committee advisers, who are not seeking re-selection. Since I will be a candidate for re-selection myself, this process will be managed by another committee member, Lodewijk Gelauff. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or Lodewijk[3] privately. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_… [3]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Effeietsanders _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Party it up with the National Press Club: Friday, December 14
by James Hare 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Hello everyone! Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity. The festivities are going down this Friday evening from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th St. NW near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. Wikimedia DC will also be displaying the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest. Hope to see you there! Regards, James Hare

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