Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Nederland reports

2012-01-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Ah - things happen. Thanks for the note.
Ziko

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland

This is the chapter report for Wikimedia Nederland for December 2011.

== Cultural heritage ==

The Tropical Museum has put out a call for volunteers and will also be
interested in appointing a Wikipedian in Residence. This will be the
first such position in the Netherlands.

== Conferences etc. ==
A barcamp is selforganizing at the day

GLAMcamp Amsterdam (GLAmsterdam for short) was held December 2-4 and
hosted several presentations on Friday to a mixed public of
Wikipedians and representatives from various cultural institutions.
Europeana presented the GLAM statistics project which should make it
easier for outside parties to track usage of Wikimedia Commons
donations. The Amsterdam Stedelijk museum presented their efforst to
keep a dialog alive with the public even though the museum has been
under renovation for several years. One of the most interesting
challenges for a modern art collection is the copyright status of
photographic images of works of art. Even though the Museum is the
owner of the works, they cannot publish photographs of the works
without the permission of the artists. They have done pioneering work
in engaging artists and their heirs to grant such permissions. The
Tropical Museum gave a repeat performance of the presentation that
Frank Meijer gave at the WCN in November.

One of the presentations given was on the results of the Wiki Loves
Monuments contest, and included an announcement to go ahead with a
world-wide WLM photo contest in September 2012.

The WLM organizers had held a small evaluation on December 1st, the
day before the GLAMcamp began. Though not all of the conclusions have
been drawn up, there are two main areas of concern; for a larger
number of countries there will need to be a better task management
system in place and better documentation such as clearer instructions
(in more languages) for uploaders, organizers, and Wiki Takes
volunteers. Not to mention coordinating partnerships with cultural
heritage organizations.

== Press and outreach ==

Annual report 2010 printed.

Discussions on a new Wikipedia flyer began.

== Upcoming ==

January: Nieuwjaarsborrel
February: Strategy weekend
April: General Assembly




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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Nederland reports

2012-01-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello,

Wikimedia Nederland is reporting monthly on its activities. We just
completed December, and for convenience I send you here the link to
the whole list of reports.

Kind regards
Ziko van Dijk
president


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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation chosen #1 global NGO of 100 by The Global Journal

2012-01-23 Thread Jay Walsh
Today we were pleased to be notified that the Wikimedia Foundation was
chosen #1 among a list of 100 global NGOs.

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/23/wikimedia-foundation-voted-1-global-ngo-by-the-global-journal/


From their press release on the announcement: Recognizing the significant
role of NGOs as influential agents of change on a global scale, The Global
Journal has sought to move beyond outdated clichés and narrow conceptions
about what an NGO is and does. From humanitarian relief to the environment,
public health to education, microfinance to intellectual property, NGOs are
increasingly at the forefront of developments shaping the lives of millions
of people around the world.

The top 100 list can be found here:
http://theglobaljournal.net/top100NGOs/

And the entry on the Wikimedia Foundation here:
http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/476/

Our thanks to the Global Journal for recognizing Wikimedia, our global
community, and our mission.

-- 
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
blog.wikimedia.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw
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