[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Estonia report April-June 2011

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you, Teele!  I like this style of report -- it is very easy to read.    SJ

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Teele Vaalma <teele.vaalma at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikimedia Estonia report April-June 2011
>
> ==Meetings==
>
> *April 1. Started regular biweekly wiki-meetings in Tartu Public Library.
> Following meetings were held on April 15, April 29, May 13, and May 27.
> Sadly participation was very low, starting time has to be changed in the
> autumn.
>
> *April 9. Board meeting via Skype.
>
> *June 4. Board meeting in Tallinn. There were 9 chapter members present
> (incl. 3 board members). (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/juunikuu-juhatuse-koosolek/)
>
> ==Other==
>
> *April 10. Started our chapter blog. (in Estonian,
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/)
>
> *April 20. Wikimedia Estonia and National Heritage Board signed an agreement
> concerning cooperation on Wiki Loves Monuments contest in Estonia.
>
> *May 3-7. European Year of Volunteering Tour in Tallinn. Wikipedian Andres
> Luure gave a talk on May 3 and chapter members were representing Estonian
> Wikipedia and our chapter on May 5-6. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/vabatahtlike-mess-ja-talgud/)
>
> *May 7. „Let’s do it“-day in Estonia. Chapter members took part in several
> events in different locations in Estonia and promoted especially the Wiki
> Loves Monuments contest. (see the previous link)
>
> *May 11-12. Teele Vaalma gave two talks on Wikipedia to students of Tartu
> Vocational Education Center.
>
> *May 13-15. Raul Kern and Robert Reisman were Estonian representatives at
> the Hackathon and Wiki Loves Monuments meeting in Berlin.
>
> *May 20. Award ceremony in Tallinn for the winners of Wikipedia article
> contest about Nordic countries cooperation that was held March 23 – April
> 30. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/pohjamaade-koostoo-teemalise-voistluse-voitjad-teada/)
>
> *June 8. Ivo Kruusamägi had a meeting with Estonian Institute about possible
> cooperation between the Institute and Wikimedia Estonia.
>
> *May 1 – June 10. Translation contest in Estonian Wikipedia. A list was
> compiled, that contained most important articles (from 1000 articles that
> every Wikipedia should have), which are good or featured in some other
> language version. Contestants chosed from that list articles they wanted to
> translate. On June 17 winners were announced. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/vikipeedia-tolketalgud-loppenud/)
>
> ==Press==
>
> *May 1. Wikipedian Ave Maria Mõistlik talked about her contributions in a
> radio broadcast „Kogu ja tegu“ (literally ’collection and deed’).
>
> *May 2. Press release for Wiki Loves Monuments.
> (http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/pressiteade-fotovoistlus-kultuurimalestised-vikipeediasse/)
>
> *May 3. News item about the Translation contest
> (http://www.postimees.ee/429055/eestikeelses-vikipeedias-algasid-tolketalgud/)
>
> *May 5. Longer article about the Translation contest
> (http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/estonia/rita-niineste-vikipeedia-loob-kohta-sellele-mis-on-enneolematu/)
>
> *May 27. News item about regular meetings in Tartu.
> (http://www.tartupostimees.ee/451044/tartus-peetakse-vikipeedia-taiendamise-talguid/)
>
> *June 29. Article about Wiki Loves Monuments in Estonia (Russian)
> (http://www.gazeta.ee/?p=19816).
>
> --
> Teele Vaalma
> MTÜ Wikimedia Eesti
> teele.vaalma at gmail.com
> +372 5814 5381
>
>
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