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* Andy Mabbett convinced {{w|The Bartons Arms}} to make use of QRpedia codes, see [[:commons:Category:QRpedia codes at The Bartons Arms]]. | * Andy Mabbett convinced the historic {{w|The Bartons Arms|Bartons Arms}} to make use of QRpedia codes, see [[:commons:Category:QRpedia codes at The Bartons Arms]]. | ||
* Andy | * On 24-26 August, Andy will <!-- Tense? -->represent Wikimedia-UK at ''[[:de:Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte/2|Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte/2]]'', a workshop (editathon) at ''[[:en:Hamburgmuseum|Hamburgmuseum]]'' in Germany, where he will assist in the deployment of QRpedia, about which [http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/glam-wikipedia-qrpedia-amsterdam-hamburg/ he spoke in Hamburg last December]. | ||
** The evening before, he'll give a [http://kultwerkwest.de/content/volunteering-wikimedia-why-work-free-evening-andy-mabbett-pigsonthewing talk on Wikimedia QRpedia and more] at ''Kultwerk West'' in that city. | |||
* Andy is also proposing to [http://maketheshift.uservoice.com/forums/168487-ideas-submission/suggestions/3032206-wolvopedia-make-wolverhampton-a-wikipedia-city make Wolverhampton into a Wikipedia City]. | |||
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Revision as of 20:52, 14 August 2012
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 August 2012. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join our mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.
Program activities
Community
- Jimmy Wales
- Eisteddfod
(Summary to be imported here from Visit report - National Eisteddfod 8 Aug 2012.)
Education and Research
GLAM activities
- See also the This Month in GLAM UK report for this month.
- QRpedia
- Andy Mabbett convinced the historic Bartons Arms to make use of QRpedia codes, see commons:Category:QRpedia codes at The Bartons Arms.
- On 24-26 August, Andy will represent Wikimedia-UK at Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte/2, a workshop (editathon) at Hamburgmuseum in Germany, where he will assist in the deployment of QRpedia, about which he spoke in Hamburg last December.
- The evening before, he'll give a talk on Wikimedia QRpedia and more at Kultwerk West in that city.
- Andy is also proposing to make Wolverhampton into a Wikipedia City.
Technology
Recruitment for our first developer position continued throughout this month.
Miscellaneous
- 2013 activity planning
(Summary of 2013 Activity Plan/Ideas)
Upcoming activities in September
- (To be copied here from Events at the end of this month)
For events in August and onwards, please see Events.
Administrative activities
Fæ
Board activities
News from the Chief Exec
- For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office.
Communications
Fundraising and Budgeting
This month, we received £X in one-off donations, with X individual donations. The average donation amount was £X. X of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with richard.symonds
wikimedia.org.uk and let him know your requirements.
As for direct debit donations, there were N successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £X.