1. Training at the Buenos Aires City Legislature
2. Wikipedia's 13th birthday 3. Publication of GLAM brochure 4. Resignation of our Executive Director
=== Training at the Buenos Aires City Legislature === On January, Wednesday 15, we carried out a training for the team of Modernization of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. The aim of this meeting was to transfer basic skills on wiki editing to the team coordinated by Natalia Carfi, as well as transmitting to them the collaboration logics of Wikipedia. Through the dialogue with this institution, that began in mid 2013 when we developed the First Legislative Editathon, we continue our work to promote the wiki culture.
The Legislative Modernization Office is working on the development of a ''Legislative Wiki'', a project that aims at enhancing the dialogue among the different Legislative Powers on a national level. Through this kind of tutoring initiatives, we promote the engagement of new users in wiki projects, bringing more editors to Wikipedia and its sister projects.
=== Wikipedia's 13th birthday === On Wednesday, January 15, we celebrated Wikipedia's birthday in a very special way. In a joint action that included Wikimedia México and other Spanish-speaking chapters, we launched a one-day communication campaign to show the impact and reach of Wikipedia in different cities. We also highlighted certain aspects of the free encyclopedia that speak of its benefits as far as local culture and heritage promotion goes in each country.
The action had a great impact on Twitter, where «#GraciasWikipedia» (Thanks Wikipedia) became a trending topic in Mexico, on top of also being a hot topic in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Spain. As a whole, the sum of efforts of all chapters reached 7,860,000 potential users, only on Twitter. On Facebook, Wikimedia Argentina reported a total reach of 836 users and a record of engagement on that network.
=== Publication of GLAM brochure === During December and January, we created a brochure to promote the participation of GLAM institutions through wiki projects. This document aims to describe the many ways GLAM organizations can collaborate with our community, getting benefits for the spread of their heritage. "Promotion og Cultural Institutions" includes several images of different GLAM activities, illustrating the different actions that can be developed together with the GLAM institutions and a gallery of successful cases.
With this document, we not only have more resources when the time comes to meet a new cultural partner, but we are also providing the associates of our organization with new tools to understand the way we face these projects.
Osmar Valdebenito, current Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina, announced this month his ressignation and his return to his home country, adducing personal and professional reasons. The position will be vacant as of March 30, 2014.
This is why, we have an open call to fulfill his position. Read the official call (in Spanish only) to know more about the requisites and responsibilities of this position: http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DirectorEjecutivo.pdf. People who are interested in this position should be bilingual in Spanish and English. Applications are accepted through email before February 15th, by submitting CV and letter of interest to correo@wikimedia.org.ar. Help us spread the news of this call by sharing it with anyone whose professional profile matches our search.