[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Hungary Report – March 2011

Deal all, The March report of Wikimedia Hungary is available in English at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Ma… (and for your convenience, copied below). Translations, questions, comments, +1's, likes, etc. are appreciated. Best regards, Bence Damokos Wikimedia Hungary *Wikimedia Hungary Report* *Vol 5 Issue 3* *March 2012* *Prepared by: Bence Damokos* This is an update on Wikimedia Hungary's activities covering the March 2012 period. Our newest reports, originally written in English, are now translatable to any language, and we would appreciate if you found them worthwhile for translation. Earlier reports not originally published in English will not be prioritised for translation as long as the Translate extension does not support translation from source languages other than English (see bug 35489<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35489> ). Activities <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Hungary_Cake.JPG> Cake to celebrate the best articles of 2011 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meeting_1032012_Budapest_2.jpg> Group picture at the 10 March meetup <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Globus_Cannery_02.JPG> The Globus Cannery, an example of a picture taken of a building whose article was written as a result of the photowalk <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vince_f%C3%A9nyk%C3%A9pez.JPG> The ograniser of the tour is taking a picture of the interior of a church. - Building on the success of our 2010 maintenance competition we organised a big spring clean up competition<http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wikim%C3%A9dia_M… on Hungarian Wikipedia aimed at reducing the backlog in maintenance categories. In three weeks over 1700 maintenance issues were solved: over 500 articles were provided with sources, around 250 were given an infobox and at least 300 articles were expanded. The various tasks performed by the 38 competitors were assigned 1-5 points, and the editors with the most points in the end could choose from a number of Wikipedia-themed items and shopping vouchers as their prize, while all editors who participated will receive some small gift. - On 10 March we held a community meetup in Budapest, with about 40 Wikipedians, including three people invited from the Slovene Wikipedia community. At the meetup the writers of the best Wikipedia articles of 2011<http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Az_%C3%A9v_sz%C3%B3cikk… were acknowledged. The best articles, written or expanded in 2011, were nominated by the community and chosen by a vote. Wikimedia Hungary provided the diplomas and celebratory cake for the award ceremony. - Vince, a community member has volunteered to systematically photograph Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and to write some of the missing articles. To make the event more fun, he has started organising photowalks in Budapest,<http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wikital%C3%A1lkoz%… where participants photograph all the notable buildings and public features of a given part of the city. The first tour was held on 25 March with the participation of 5 people, who took about a hundred pictures<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedian_photowalk… and later about a dozen articles were written or improved about the buildings the photos show. The next tour is scheduled for 15 April and everyone is welcome. Wikimedia Hungary has supported the organiser in covering his transportation costs and we would be happy to fund other community-led projects<http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magy…et>, as well. - On 9 March Bence Damokos visited Bratislava to meet the Wikipedians behind the future Wikimedia Slovakia<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Slovakia> chapter. Wikimedia Slovakia held its first General Assembly with the three original members who were later joined by a few local and Austrian Wikipedians. At the meeting they discussed projects like Wiki Loves Monuments, and an outreach effort they initiated towards local schools and libraries, as well as the technicalities of running an NGO. Bence advised them that Wikimedia natonal organisations (or chapters) are usually approved when they have a membership of at least 15-20 people, but nevertheless the group could ask to be recognised as a User Group<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models>ls>, and get general support from the Wikimedia Foundation. - Gergő Tisza and Bence Damokos have participated in the Berlin Wikimedia Conference <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2012>. Our annual State of the Chapter presentation is available here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_HU_State_of_the_Chapt… . - We have signed an agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation that allows us to ask Hungarian visitors of the websites operated by the Foundation to allocate one percent of their income tax to Wikimedia Hungary. Subsequently, a landing page <http://wiki.media.hu/wiki/1%25> was set up to solicit these donations, and we plan to start a short banner campaign in May. - A number of merchandise items have finally been produced, including Commons-themed yo-yos, Wikipedia themed textile shopping bags and stickers and buttons. These will be used as give-aways at community events and prizes in our smaller competitions. - A laptop was purchased for our employee. - One new member has joined Wikimedia Hungary in March. Finances The following financial data is provided for informational purposes only. The data presented is not audited and may change slightly as all invoices come in. Amounts are in Hungarian Forints. For convenient calculation about 300 HUF = 1 EUR, and 220 HUF = 1 USD. Expenses <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hungary_expenses_in_2012.png> Expenses by month of Wikimedia Hungary in 2012 *Category**January* *February**March* *January–March**Plan 2012*postage fees 18 286 Ft2 315 Ft4 655 Ft25 256 Ft30 000 Ft server maintenance34 375 Ft34 375 Ft34 925 Ft103 675 Ft 420 000 Ftemployee17 705 Ft235 038 Ft251 459 Ft 504 202 Ft2 500 000 Ftoffice space13 875 Ft9 398 Ft 4 699 Ft27 972 Ft60 000 Ft telephone11 553 Ft - Ft5 135 Ft16 688 Ft100 000 FtPrinter and printing costs 33 610 Ft- Ft6 223 Ft39 833 Ft70 000 Ft Debt to Wikimedia Austria61 100 Ft- Ft- Ft61 100 Ft 50 000 FtBanking costs7 165 Ft3 850 Ft3 000 Ft 14 015 Ft50 000 Ftcommunity travel4 320 Ft21 504 Ft 26 799 Ft52 623 Ft1 725 000 Ftboard travel- Ft 119 200 Ft46 926 Ft166 126 Ft650 000 Ftboard meeting - Ft46 818 Ft- Ft46 818 Ft100 000 FtSmall grants programme - Ft3 200 Ft- Ft3 200 Ft100 000 Ft Accountant13 208 Ft- Ft- Ft13 208 Ft300 000 Ft Community budget- Ft- Ft30 550 Ft30 550 Ft 250 000 FtIT equipment- Ft- Ft127 890 Ft 127 890 Ft250 000 Ftsupport for the creation of chapters in neighbouring countries- Ft - Ft7 074 Ft7 074 Ft250 000 Ft*Total:**215 197 Ft**475 698 Ft* *549 335 Ft**1 240 230 Ft* The overspending in case of the debt repayment to Wikimedia Austria (to cover the costs of the 2011 Fundraising Summit) is due to the change in exchange rates and a rounding error in the original plan. It is expected that our accounting fees will exceed the target by about 50% as we transition to an accountant that better suits our needs and from a yearly payment schedule to a monthly one, meaning that we will have to cover this year the accounting costs of both 2011 and 2012. Due to increased ticket prices and the number of international events, we project that travel spending both for community members and the board will exceed planned levels. Banking and printing costs are at expected levels, however, we have under-budgeted for postage fees. Due to the cancellation of the Belgrade Management Congress, the 300 000 HUF allocated to support it will not be spent; however we are still committed to support the Central and Eastern European Wikimedia meetup to be held in Belgrade. Revenues <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hungary_income_in_2012.png> Revenues by month of Wikimedia Hungary in 2012 *Income category**January* *February**March**January–March* *2012 Plan* donations9 500 Ft113 000 Ft11 000 Ft133 500 Ft- Ft interest39 705 Ft36 406 Ft36 954 Ft113 065 Ft- Ftmembership fees19 000 Ft6 000 Ft6 000 Ft31 000 Ft100 000 Ft other- Ft23 985 Ft39 900 Ft63 885 Ft- Ft*Total**68 205 Ft**179 391 Ft **93 854 Ft**341 450 Ft* Other revenue includes the conversion of food vouchers and the reimbursement of a plane ticket issued by the bankrupt Malév airline. Planned income for 2012 includes categories of revenue (e.g. 1% income tax allocation) that will only be realized later in the year and is therefore not shown in the table. Our full budget plan is available here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magyarorsz%C3%A1g/201… . ------------------------------ The completion of this report has taken approximately 2,5 hours of work. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l