Hi all,
It's been a while since our last chapters report. We've just re-lauched our
newsletter, which you can find at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access/2011/January
Below is a really quick summary of everything we've been up to from August 2009 until
December 2010. There's a lot, so it might take you a while to catch up if you
haven't been following our blog!
== Programmes ==
November 2010: Our main event in the last year was GLAM-WIKI: a conference held at the
British Museum in November 2010, bringing together the cultural sector and Wikimedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-06/GLAM-W…
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/announcing-the-%E2%80%9Cglam-wikiuk%E2…
August 2010: we launched our Microgrants scheme, offering grants between £5 and £100 to UK
wikimedians:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/08/wikimedia-microgrants-now-available-in…
June 2010: Liam Wyatt was the first Wikipedian in Residence, at the British Museum. He
organised various events, including a Backstage Pass and the Hoxne Challenge. The British
Museum also offered prizes for new Featured Articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM
June 2010: we put out a press release on the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2009
competition:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/wikimedia-commons-picture-of-the-year-…
June 2010: we put out a press release about the Pending Changes trial on the English
Wikipedia:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/pending-changes-trial-on-the-english-w…
April 2010: we helped the Open Knowledge Foundation organise the Open Knowledge
Conference, which included our AGM as well as a Wikimedia track:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2010_AGM
http://okfn.org/okcon/2010/
February 2010: we ran Britain Loves Wikipedia - a photo competition taking photos in 20
museums across the UK:
http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/britain-loves-wikipedia-pictures-on-co…
February 2010: we put out an appeal for new initiatives. We are still welcoming any new
suggestions:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/02/call-for-proposals-for-wikimedia-uk-in…
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Proposals
February 2010: we put out a press release about reaching the 6 million files milestone on
Wikimedia Commons:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/02/wikimedia-commons-reaches-6-million-fi…
January 2010: we announced a content partnership with the Mary Rose Trust, which saw the
release of 50 previously unseen images of the Mary Rose and its artifacts:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/01/mary-rose-trust-releases-photographs-o…
December 2009: we put out a press release about Public Domain Day 2010:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day…
November 2009: the photos from Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A were made available on
Wikimedia Commons, after the prizes were announced in August 2009:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/11/wikipedia-loves-art-at-the-va-photos-o…
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/08/wikipedia-loves-art-prizes/
September 2009: we put out a press release about Wikimedia Commons reaching the 5 million
file milestone:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/09/wikimedia-commons-5-million/
August 2009: we put out a press release about the content partnership with Regionarkivet,
Sweden:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/08/regionarkivet/
== Fundraiser ==
November 2010: The Annual Fundraiser 2010-11 started on 15 November. Our announcement, and
target, is at:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/wikipedia-launches-annual-global-fundr…
May 2010: we hosted the very first Wikimedia Fundraising Summit in Bristol:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/05/wikimedia-fundraising-summit-bristol-m…
November 2009: we participated in the Annual Fundraiser 2009-2010. This raised ~£95,000 to
support Wikimedia's activities both in the UK and internationally:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/11/support-wikimedia-uk-donate-now/
== Administration ==
December 2010: the first of a new series of Wikimedia UK community IRC meeting happened on
7 December:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_IRC_meetings
November 2010: Gemma Griffiths is now our Head of Public Relations, volunteering pro bono
for us one day a week:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/wikimedia-uk-welcome-new-head-of-publi…
September 2010: We hired our first (part time) employee! Charles Matthews is our new
Office Manager:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/09/charles-matthews-appointed-office-mana…
May 2010: we participated in the selection process for the chapter selected board members
of the Wikimedia Foundation. We helped select Phoebe Ayers and Arne:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/07/08/wikimedia-announces-new-board-app…
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/05/wikimedia-foundation-board-member-cand…
Thanks,
Mike Peel
on behalf of Wikimedia UK