Thanks for a fantastic report!
Asaf
On Oct 15, 2011 4:49 AM, "Michael Peel" <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly
report<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports>for the period 1 to 30 September 2011.
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.
This report is also available, complete with pictures, on our website at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September .
Contents
- 1
Recruitment<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Recruitm…
- 2 Program
activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Program_a…
- 2.1 Education
projects<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Education_p…
- 2.2 GLAM
activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#GLAM_acti…
- 2.3 Other
activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Other_act…
- 2.4 UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects &
activities)<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#UK_press…
- 2.5 Upcoming activities in
October<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Upcoming_act…
- 3 Administrative
activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Administr…
- 3.1 Board
activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Board_act…
- 3.2 Charitable
status<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Charitable_st…
- 3.3
Fundraising<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Fundrais…
Recruitment
This month we completed our recruitment of our new Chief Exec: Jon
Davies<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/welcoming-our-new-chief-executive/>will
start work on 1 October. Andrew Turvey, who led the recruitment, blogged
about the process of recruiting our Chief
Exec<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/help-us-choose-our-chief-executive/>;
one of the last steps in this process was the presence of the final three
candidates at the 49th London
Meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/49>so that the community could
provide their input.
Our new full-time Office
Administrator<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Administrator>or>,
Richard Symonds, known as Chase me ladies, I'm the
Cavalry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chase_me_ladies,_I%27m_the_Cav…
Wikipedia, started work this month to assist specifically with the
fundraiser work, and also more generally with WMUK's administrative needs.
His contract runs until mid-January.
Program activities Education projects
On the 1st September, Martin Poulter and
User:Martinvl<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Martinvl>ran a
workshop for members of the Institute of
Physics<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Physics_Workshop>op>.
The event was written up in a blog
post<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikimedia-uk-at-the-institute-of-physics/>
.
We funded two
scholarships<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSym_Scholarships>to
attend WikiSym
2011 <http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/start> in October 2011. The
scholarships were awarded to Dr Mark Graham, and Han-Teng Liao, both from
the Oxford Internet Institute. Following from the visit, they will also
present about their work at the Wikimedia Foundation offices.
GLAM activities
Two ARKive project <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/ARKive_project> events
were held in Bristol on 15 September (one in the afternoon, the other in the
evening), led by Andy Mabbett
(
User:Pigsonthewing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>)g>),
details of which are at Wiki Wildlife
Bristol<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol>ol>.
These were part of a larger collaboration to improve Wikipedia articles on
threatened species, full information for which is available at
Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive>.
The events were covered by a number of local blogs and media organisations.
QRPedia saw extensive media coverage this month, mostly following from the WMF
blog post about
it<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/28/qr-codes-wikipedia/>a/>.
See below for links to the news stories.
A number of other GLAM activities also took place, including:
- 3rd - The Mayor of Derby awarded prizes by a webstream to winners in Russia,
France and
Indonesia<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F%7…
the Derby
Multilingual
challenge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual…
- 8th - the first Wikipedia editing training session at the British
Museum was, with nine BM people present (a mix of curators, curatorial
interns and volunteers) and three Wikimedians. More details are on the
Wikipedia project
page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_art/training…
.
- 14th - A workshop for
GLAMs<http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/somethin…
run at the Herbert
Art Gallery and
Museum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Art_Gallery_and_Museum>um>.
For more information on this, see the 'This month in GLAM' UK
report<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011…
.
- 27th - A presentation was given to all staff at the British Library
by Fae and Roger
- 30th - Fae meet with Museums Galleries
Scotland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_Galleries_Scotland>to talk about an
upcoming partnership.
Other activities
- UK Wikimeets this month:
London<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_49>(11t… and
Manchester <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester> (17th)
- 2nd-3rd - Mike Peel <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>presented at
Science
Online London <http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/> in the "How are
wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" session, and also
the 'Micro-attribution' session.
- 8th - Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin presented at TEDx
Bristol<http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246>
- 13th - Jimmy Wales uses QRpedia in
Indianapolis<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Septembe…
- 14th - Editathon in
Barcelona<http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/09/edit-thon-at…
articles to support QRpedia at Foundation Joan Miro
- 27th - Fiona Apps (
User:Panyd<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Panyd>)
spoke about Women and Wikipedia at Manchester Girl Geek
Dinner<http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/upcoming-event-girl-geek-dinne…
B-Hive, Manchester. A report
is available on the
wiki<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner#Girl_Geek_D…
.
- We have offered travel grants to support UK residents' attendance of
WikiConference India in
November<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikiconference-india-travel-grants/>
.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
Press coverage of Wikimedia in UK publications this month included:
- 1st - QRpedia and Lori on Indianapolis local
radio<http://www.wfyi.org/podcast/newscasts/NEWS_1108310830.mp3>
- 8th - Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio
festival<http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2011/09/08/wiki-creator-s-keynote-speech-at-radio-festival-61634-29384251/>,
JournalLive
- 9th - Wikipedia founder wows Cambridge Network
audience<http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=85087>-
*"Wikipedia attracts more readers than the top 20 newspapers in the
world combined. "*, also covered in
Cabume<http://www.cabume.co.uk/blog/running-wikipedia-possibly-not-as-easy-as-jimmy-wales-makes-it-look.html>(13th)
- 12th - Joan Collins Corrects Wikipedia
Entry<http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/270706>,
Express
- 14th - Johann Hari: A personal
apology<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html>,
Independent. Also covered in The
Guardian<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize>and
Periscope
Post<http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/09/johann-hari-apologises-for-pla…
.
- 15th - QR Codes at the National Archives: National archives
news<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm>&
GovernmentNews<http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>
- 16th - coverage of ARKive event:
- Life’s wild editing
Wikipedia<http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wiki…a/>,
Bristol Wireless
- Bristol ‘Wikipedians’ taught to edit online
encylopaedia<http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-ta…9/>,
Bristol 24/7
- ARKive on the Road: Wiki ‘Wildlife editathon’ in Bristol,
UK<http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildl…k/>,
ARKive blog.
- 24th - QRpedia on Spanish Discussion
programme<http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/para-todos-la-2/para-todos-2-23-09-11/1205515/>as
part of 40 minute programme on Wikipedia - one of three Spanish TV
interviews
- 28th - 维基百科推出可能有史以来最酷的QRpedia »
竹筱杰<http://zhuxiaojie.sinaapp.com/?p=2086>QRpedia and also in two other places.
- 29th - coverage of QRPedia (a project developed by UK wikimedian and
Terence Eden):
- Wikipedia launches QR code creation service to assist museum
visitors <http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/79515/>, PanArmenian
- QRPedia: Wikipedia makes visiting museums more
fun<http://memeburn.com/2011/09/qrpedia-wikipedia-makes-visiting-museums…n/>,
MemeBurn
- QRpedia creates multilingual QR codes for Wikipedia
articles<http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/09/29/qrpedia-creates-multilin…s/>,
The Next Web
- QRPedia: Wikipedia launches QR code tool for
museums<http://www.techworld.com.au/article/402669/qrpedia_wikipedia_launches_qr_code_tool_museums/?fp=16&fpid=1>,
Australian Techworld
- Several others that day
- 30th More coverage of QRpedia
- How Wikipedia Is Making QR Codes Useful
Again<http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/how-wikipedia-is-making-qr-codes-useful-again/>
- 维基百科二维码移动应用 QRpedia,简单并且好用,堪称应用典范! |
TechFrom科技源<http://www.techfrom.com/16401.html>TechFrom and several others that day
Upcoming activities in October
- 1st - Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage
Pass<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Backstage_Pass>
- 1st - Warwick University Freshers fair - Panyd organising stall
- 1st - Edinburgh
meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3>- run
by Fæ and Brian McNeil
- 1st - Tom Morris attending Over the
Air<http://overtheair.org/blog/category/about/about-over-the-air/>at Bletchley Park
where Terence Eden did keynote on QRpedia
- 5th - Martin Poulter speaking on "Common pitfalls in engaging with
Wikipedia" at Bathcamp #26, the Innovation Centre,
Bath<http://bathcamp.org/events/event/open-spirit/>
- 5th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Europeana Conference at Austrian
National Library on "WLM, GLAM and QRpedia"
- 7th - 13.30-17.00 British Museum internal training workshop.
- 7th - Meeting with Central Midlands Archives, Derby City Council re
QRpedia
- 8th - Andy Mabbett - "GLAM and QRpedia" at Library Camp UK in
Birmingham
- 8th - Cambridge meetup
- 11th - Board meeting <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11Oct11>
- 13th - 10.00-17.00 British Museum Ice Age art "Behind the Scenes"
event.
- 15th - Largest Joan Miro exhibition for 20 years in Barcelona uses 17
QRpedia codes which access English articles (Oh and some in Catalan)
- 16th - London
meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/50>
- 16th - EGM - see below
- 24th - 10.00-18.00 Wikipedia Lounge at The University of
Manchester<http://manclounge.eventbrite.com/>
- 28th - Meeting scheduled in Monmouth to try and launch partnership
with the town
For events in November and onwards, please see
Events<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events>
.
Administrative activities Board activities
We held an In-person executive board
meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_18Sep11>on 18 September in Derby.
Discussions focused on plans for our upcoming EGM
(see below) and on the induction process for our new chief exec.
Draft reports from board members on their recent activities are available
on the WMUK wiki <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports_11Oct11> in
preparation for the next board meeting on 11 October.
Charitable status
Our application to be recognised as a charity by the UK's Charity
Commission was significantly progressed this month. We will be holding an Extraordinary
General Meeting on 16 October 2011 <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2011>to pass a
special resolution to change our Objects to bring them in line
with the Charity Commission's view of what a charity is. See our blog post
on this
subject<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/egm-16th-october-help-us-become-a-charity/>for
more information.
Fundraising
In preparation for the upcoming fundraiser, we have run a series of
fundraising tests this month. The tests and their outcomes are described
on meta <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Local_testing/GB>
.
We received £3624.73 in paypal donations from 272 donors this month - more
than twice what we received in August. We have also started accepting monthly
and quarterly Direct Debits <http://directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk/>: this
month we recieved eight new Direct Debit instructions, averaging £22/month.
All but one of these came in during the hour-long fundraising test on 28
September.
For more information please see our monthly fundraising report at Fundraising
Report - Monthly Totals
2011<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_Report_-_Monthly_Totals_20…
.
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