Reports/2013/May

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 31st May 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join a UK 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

Other activities

Microgrants

Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications.

UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160988
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10030060/Wikipedia-you-dont-get-to-decide-whos-interesting.html
• http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/about-our-charity/news/wikipedia-for-schools-2013-nearly-ready-for-release
• http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/8/wikipedia-views-stock-market

Blog posts this month

• 2nd May - British Library Wikipedian in Residence: conclusions This post was written by Andrew Gray, and was originally published on the British Library's blog
• 3rd May - Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK: a review of the exhibition
• 7th May - Oldham and new trainers This post was written by User:WormThatTurned about a Wikipedia training workshop held in Oldham

Upcoming activities in May and June

May

• 05 - Oxford meetup
• 11 - Board meeting (in-person, London)
• 12 - First Glasgow meetup
• 12 - First Nottingham meetup
• 12 - London meetup
• 15 - IRC office hours
• 18 - Liverpool meetup
• 18 - Cambridge meetup
• 19 - Lua on Wikimedia
• 20 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 20 May Wikipedia training]]
• 24–26 - Amsterdam Hackathon
• 25 - Academic Dress editathon, London (TBC)
• 28 - Education Committee conference call

June

• 08 - WikiConference UK 2013 & 2013 AGM, Lincoln
• 08 - Technology Committee - Time tbc UTC+1 (BST) in person at WikiConference UK 2013
• 09 - London meetup
• 19 - IRC office hours
• 22 - Editathon at the Royal Opera House
• 29 - Provisional - WWI editathon with the British Library\Europeana

For events in July 2013 and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

News from the Chief Exec

For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office.

Communications

Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in April.

If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk

Fundraising and Membership

Fundraising

This month, we received xx in one-off donations, with xx individual donations. The average donation amount was £xx - xx% 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 katherine.bavagewikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.

There were xx successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £xx.

Membership

Up to 30th April 2013:

• xx new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with 3 new join-ups in January.
• xx 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed)

This adds up to cc members who are eligible to vote