[[File:Assemblea_Firenze_2014_150.jpg|400px|thumb|center|''The new board of Wikimedia Italia'', by Ilario (own work) - [CC-BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons]]
== 5 x 1000 to Wikimedia Italia: THANK YOU! ==
[[File:LIBERASI.jpg|200px|thumb|left| <p align=center> Postcard for devolving your 5x1000 to Wikimedia Italia, by Jollyroger</p>]]
Our gratitude is not mere politeness! Your support is really fundamental, as it allows us and our volunteers to fuel the projects aimed to spread the free culture in Italy. That's the reason we invite you to write again this year our fiscal code '''94039910156''' in your income declaration (or to instruct your business consultant to do so) and [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Cinque_per_mille '''to sign to devolve your 5x1000 quote to Wikimedia Italia'''].
== Wikimedia Italia members’ meeting: election of the new board ==
The Wikimedia Italia members’ meeting took place in Florence, hosted by [http://florence.impacthub.net/ The Hub] on April 5th. The schedule was dense of topics, among which the election of three new board members.
As usual, the morning was dedicated to discuss topics of general interest for the community; we had the first official presentation of [http://openstreetmap.it/ OpenStreetMap] project, whose members updated the audience about the forthcoming creation of the Italian chapter.
The meeting was also the chance to announce a new, international, candidature: [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Frieda Frieda Brioschi], the historical ex-president of Wikimedia Italia, communicated to the attendees her intention to apply for one of the two vacant [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats Affiliate-selected board seats (ASBS)] in the Wikimedia Foundation Board. Frieda expressed her wish and availability to candidate herself and the Wikimedia Italia Board welcomed this decision with enthusiasm, ensuring its official support for the candidature!
In the last issues of Wikimedia News we gave ample reports about the [http://www.archeowiki.it/ Archeowiki project], about the activities put in place with students of first and second grade secondary school and with the seniors of the AUSER groups.
We are almost at the end of this adventure and it’s time to involve you, our members and sympathizers.
From next May to the beginning of June, the volunteers archaeologists and wikipedians will be glad to '''accompany groups of people to visit some of the museums related to the project'''.
The entrance to the museums is '''free''', attendants are only asked to reach the place by themselves.
If you are interested, please '''sign up for the event by filling the online form''' (one for each event), where you can also express your eventual preference for a collective meal; Wikimedia Italia will do the organization work.
For the moment, Archeowiki is a project focused in Lombardy. We understand that people living too far would find it difficult to attend. We apologize, and hope that in the future similar initiatives can be offered in other areas of Italy as well.
Here there are the proposed dates for the four meetings in the museums, with their link for signing up. The visits will take place in the afternoon, but for all the details we kindly ask you to wait until the days immediately before the trip.
Please answer as soon as possible, in order to organize the Wikitrips at their best! For any questions feel free to contact us at [mailto:segreteria@wikimedia.itsegreteria@wikimedia.it]
== Wiki Loves Monuments 2014: let's go! ==
The '''2014 edition''' of the World's Largest Online Photo Contest has begun! Aspiring photographers, lovers of art and monuments, people who love their city, tourists, and of course shooting professionals are called upon to unleash the cameras and to challenge with their shots: [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it '''Wiki Loves monuments'''] is an initiative that sets ambitious goals, first of all to '''create a great online database that collects photos of all the monuments in Italy''', even and especially those less famous. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia has the great merit of awakening the interest of citizens for those monuments often forgotten, that are part of the everyday landscape of everyone, but often ignored and not valued.
# Are you a photographer, are you part of an association of enthusiasts or do you know photographers who would be interested in participating? Let us know or let them visit our website. Don't miss the opportunity to take part with one or more photos: the Italian cultural heritage is everybody's wealth!
== Wikimedia Conference 2014 in Berlin ==
Sunday, April 13th was the final day of the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 Wikimedia Conference 2014], the worldwide meeting of the experts of the Wikimedia movement, which takes place once a year. After the Italian exception of 2013, the conference returned to Berlin and was organized by the experienced team of the local chapter, [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland Wikimedia Deutschland]. For Wikimedia Italia attended [[User:Frieda|Frieda Brioschi]], [[User: Aubrey|Andrea Zanni]] (''Chairman'') and [[User: BOINCstats|Cristian Consonni]] as member of the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Funds_Dissemination_Committee FDC] (Funds Dissemination Committee).
After returning from Berlin, Zanni said: "It was an opportunity for Wikimedia Italia to talk and to discuss with other national chapters. We discovered some of our strengths: our relationship with libraries and librarians, for example, is peculiar and to our knowledge no other chapter has established a deep and fruitful dialogue as we did. [http://www.eagle-network.eu/ EAGLE] also seems to be the first project that uses the Wikibase software out of [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page Wikidata], and the same Wikidata team has proven very interested."
Finally, in the words of Andrea Zanni we also learnt of the sad incident that happened during the days of the conference in Berlin: "It was very sad to learn of the death of [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Cynthia Cynthia Ashley-Nelson], American Wikipedian, just a few days ago appointed vicechair of the Affiliation Committee. We all saw her on the first day of the conference, and knew of her death in the hotel during the night. The conference was greatly shaken by this event and all the works have been dedicated to her. "
[[File:HOT_changesets_west_africa_2014-04-05.png|200px|thumb|left|<p align="center">The changeset of HOT intervention in West Africa </p>]]
* If you want your city, state or country have better OSM data, you need more local mappers. Some [http://weait.com/mappy-hour-matchmaker important tips] by Richard Weait.
* In just 29 hours, a small number of users mapped [https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mamou-tracing/ the entire town of Mamou] (20105 buildings), the place of the hearth of the epidemic Ebola.
* Through a partnership between DigitalGlobe and Mapbox it is now possible to track the satellite photos of this well-known commercial supplier; it also promises to release new images from area of 500,000 square kilometers! [http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2014/04/09/mappingtheworldinosm/ This is the announcement on the blog Digital Globe] .
* The project [http://wikiskills.net/ WikiSkills], sponsored by Wikimedia Sverige, which aimed to educate teachers on how to use the Wiki products at school, ended on December 2013. The initiative, co-financed by the European Union, has met a great success. On the site you can find [http://wikiskills.net/the-project-deliverables/ the results and the materials produced].
* The internet world has been shaken in recent days by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed Heartbleed] bug, which makes it potentially vulnerable much of the information included in the internet over the past two years. A young - only 19 - Italian Wikipedian, Philip Valsorda, has not panicked and first created a [https://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ test site] to verify the reliability of a server and, if needed, to remedy the problem. Many developers have followed him, creating different tools for the same purpose.
== Flash news: Easter closure ==
Wikimedia Italia office will be '''closed''' next week for Easter holidays; we'll be back on April 28th. A happy Easter and a happy April 25th to all of you.
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'''Notice: this newsletter is exclusively intended for information about Wikimedia Italia, both to its members and to the general public; as per Art. 1, Comma 2, Legge 7 marzo 2001 no. 62, it is not an editorial product'''