Dear community:
Below you will find the report of activities of the month of March done by
the volunteers of Wikimedia Mexico. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us
if you require extra information about this activities or only to make some
suggestions.
Best regards on behalf our chapter.
Salvador Alcántar
WMMX Treasurer.
*March 2014*
JournalMarch 1
- First General Assembly of Wikimedia México civil association, held at
Edificio Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
(Faculty of Philosophy and Literature) of the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.
March 3
- Talk about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects by Iván Martínez in the
Seminario de Humanidades Digitales of Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD).
Edificio Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
(Faculty of Philosophy and Literature) of the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.
Wikipedia monthly workshop at Telmex Hub, March 2014.
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March 4
- Presentation meeting about Wikimedia Mexico to Biblioteca Vasconcelos
staff.
- Talk about Wikipedia and Wikimedia by Iván Martínez at Escuela
Nacional de Música (National School of Music) of UNAM.
March 5
- Talk by Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs about "A translation on the left:
wikitranslators" (Círculo de Traductores/17, Instituto de Estudios
Culturales/Centro Cultural de España en México). Centro Cultural de España
en México, Ciudad de México.
March 8
- Meeting with Hacker Garage and Zapopan Lab representatives in
Guadalajara, Jalisco, to make possible alliances with Wikimedia México.
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Attendees to Wikimedia Mexico's talk in the International Simposium of
Engineering AXIS in Sonora.
March 14
- Official presentation of Mexico City's nomination for Wikimanía
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March 20
- Meeting with the Meetropers community in Guadalajara, state of
Jalisco, and preparation for Campus Party 2014.
March 22
- Editathon in Reynosa, state of Tamaulipas, to celebrate the 265th
anniversary of the foundation of the city of Reynosa, jointly with the
municipality's government.
March 27
- Talk "Wikimedia, technology and free knowledge" by Omar Sandoval
during the Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería, Sistemas y Tecnología
(International Symposium on Engineering, Systems and Technology) "AXIS
2014". Hermosillo, state of Sonora.
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Wikipedia workshop in Reynosa.
March 28
- Talk "What did humanity do to have a free encyclopedia?", by Christian
Cariño at the Centro Universitario de Economía y Ciencias Administrativas
(University Center of Economy and Administration Sciences) of the
Universidad de Guadalajara. Zapopan, state of Jalisco.
March 29
- Wikipedia monthly workshop at Telmex Hub, Mexico City.
- Reynosa's City Hall donation of historical photos event with the
presence of Iván Martínez, president of the chapter, and José Elías,
president of Reynosa's City Hall.
March 31
- Wikipedia edition workshop by Nohemí Chilpa at Autonomous Metropolitan
University Campus Iztapalapa (UAM-I) during the Semana de Talleres (Week of
Workshops) of UAM Iztapalapa Computer Sciences Chapter (CEUAMI). Mexico
City.
During March
- Wikimania 2015 bid for Mexico City: planning, research, meetings,
write and translations.
- Development of a new management and project management protocol for
the chapter
- Development of a content strategy for the wikimedia.mx website and for
the chapter's social networks
- Translation into Spanish of the contents of Wikimedia Foundation
social media channels.
- Diffusion tasks during
Migrahack<http://justicejournalism.org/es/events/ciudad-de-mexico-mexico…4/>,
a hack-a-thon to tell stories about migrations with open data.
HiglightsWikimania 2015 bid
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Identity of the Mexico City's bid
After at least six months of work about research, planning and meetings
among with the WMF staff, Wikimedia Mexico presents its bid for host
Wikimania in Mexico City. The bid was leaded by Iván Martínez and conduced
by Carmen Alcázar, Christian Cariño, Andrés Cruz y Corro and Omar Sandoval.
In March 21th, the staff of Wikimedia Mexico had an evaluation meeting with
the Judging Committee.
Reynosa's City Hall donation of historical
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Reynosa main place circa 1930
Reynosa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynosa> is a border city of
Mexico<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico>co>,
located in the state of
Tamaulipas<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaulipas>as>,
and neighbor of McAllen, Texas. Reynosa's City Hall performs some Wikimedia
events to commemorate the 265th anniversary of the foundation of the city.
First, performing the "Wiki Reynosa" photo contest during the month of
March. An edit-a-thon was organized on March 22, and then, on March 29, the
City Hall performs an official event to donate historical photos of Reynosa
to Wikimedia Commons from the City Hall archives.