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Also in his [[Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador|Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador]] capacity, Martin attended a day event on "enhancing discoverability" of digital resources such as scanned documents. He and other speakers shared perspectives on how to promote the finding and use of small collections of scholarly digital content in universities and cultural institutions. His in-person presentation and written briefing are feeding into national advice which will be published in the coming months. He also spoke to the Jisc Innovation Group - a meeting of programme directors and managers - about new developments in Wikimedia and the role of free and open content in Wikimedia's success. | Also in his [[Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador|Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador]] capacity, Martin attended a day event on "enhancing discoverability" of digital resources such as scanned documents. He and other speakers shared perspectives on how to promote the finding and use of small collections of scholarly digital content in universities and cultural institutions. His in-person presentation and written briefing are feeding into national advice which will be published in the coming months. He also spoke to the Jisc Innovation Group - a meeting of programme directors and managers - about new developments in Wikimedia and the role of free and open content in Wikimedia's success. | ||
Following Robin Owain's meeting with Prof. Iwan Davies, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Swansea University in August, he | Following Robin Owain's meeting with Prof. Iwan Davies, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Swansea University in August, he has now met Dr Tom Cheesman and Dr Rhys Jones, other lecturers and students representatives. Tom's WikiProject, hopefully, will use crowd sourcing to gather and organise knowledge of worldwide versions of the Works of Shakespeare: [[Water_cooler#.22WOW.21.22_Will_in_Other_Words|"WOW!" Will in Other Words]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 10 January 2014
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 30th November 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
Community
The second Cardiff wikimeet took place at the beginning of the month with around twenty Members turning up as well as a few local non-Members.
Microgrant outcome
GLAM activities
BBC Open Content
For the first time, the BBC have dipped their toe into open content waters, releasing three extracts from Radio 4 programmes from their archives, 'Desert Island Discs and 'Today' under CC-by licences, as a prelude to releasing around 200 more at an event London on 18 January 2014 (book via that link). The donation came at the behest of Wikimedian Andy Mabbett, who is running the project with the BBC and has written about the initiative on his blog.
Mining for information
The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of an edit-a-thon relating to the institute's collection. Robert Forsythe delivered a report on the event, which included a tour round the collections, and there was enthusiasm for the topic, with one attendee travelling from the other side of the country to be there. The institute is considering a future event based around their collection so there may be more to come!
Scotland
The Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland organised an edit-a-thon on the subject of early photography. Topics included the Edinburgh Calotype Club, the oldest photography club in the world, and participants were able to access the Library's digital collections. An editing session with the University of Edinburgh's PhotoSoc is also being considered. In Glasgow an edit-a-thon was run on the topic of Scottish women on Wikipedia on Sunday 16th November. Details of the outcomes can be found here.
Photography
There was a strong photography theme in November. Building on the success of Wiki Loves Monuments, a Wiki Takes event was organised based around London's tube system. The idea was to take photographs of Grade I and II* listed buildings which weren't covered on Commons and were within easy reach of tube stations. Towards the end of the month there was an edit-a-thon-cum-photography-session at Conway Hall in London, with nine articles created.
Education and expert outreach
The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield hosted a workshop on "Wikimedia: linking research impact and open education". This is part of a series being delivered by Martin Poulter in universities around the country as part of the collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK. The goal is to make educators, researchers and other people in universities aware of ways they can work productively with the Wikimedia projects, and to get them to commit to specific "next steps". Among the 27 attendees from across the university were some MA students in topics such as public engagement and digital librarianship. Evaluation forms and reflections are written up on the Wikimedia UK wiki. A quickie version of the workshop also took place at the EduWiki conference.
Also in his Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador capacity, Martin attended a day event on "enhancing discoverability" of digital resources such as scanned documents. He and other speakers shared perspectives on how to promote the finding and use of small collections of scholarly digital content in universities and cultural institutions. His in-person presentation and written briefing are feeding into national advice which will be published in the coming months. He also spoke to the Jisc Innovation Group - a meeting of programme directors and managers - about new developments in Wikimedia and the role of free and open content in Wikimedia's success.
Following Robin Owain's meeting with Prof. Iwan Davies, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Swansea University in August, he has now met Dr Tom Cheesman and Dr Rhys Jones, other lecturers and students representatives. Tom's WikiProject, hopefully, will use crowd sourcing to gather and organise knowledge of worldwide versions of the Works of Shakespeare: "WOW!" Will in Other Words.
EduWiki Conference 2013
On 1-2 November we have delivered an annual education conference. To watch a brilliant video summary of the event please see below.
Technology
Other activities
Wiki Loves Monuments
Planning for the WLM UK prize giving took place in November. Scheduled for 10th December, the prize giving was part of a community day with a photography session in the afternoon followed by an open day in the evening.
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)
Blog posts this month
Upcoming activities in October and November
October
For events in December 2013 and onwards, please see Events.
Administrative activities
Board 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 November and blog posts published during the same period.
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 5 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.bavage
wikimedia.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 November 2013:
- xx new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with xx new join-ups in October.
- xx 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed)
- This adds up to xx members who were eligible to vote
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Background
Prior to the appointment of Fundraising Manager in July 2012 no public report of membership numbers was made on a monthly basis. This was changed from August 2012 and had been included in Wikimedia UK's monthly movement reports. No formal reporting template was requested, and so the numbers presented have altered over time.
Definition of terms
- Members eligible to vote: On the last day of the month, the number of members who would be eligible to vote on that date
- Members in Grace: On the last day of the month, the number of members eligible to vote but whose 12 month membership term has ended and are in the 6 month grace period prior to expiry
- New sign-ups in month: Between first and last day of month, number of membership created
- Memberships expiring in-month : Between first and last day of month, number of membership that finally expired 18 months after membership was created
Statistics
We are currently in the process of migrating our membership data, and are also reviewing our membership renewals procedures. From 1st November 2018 we shall be publishing the current numbers on a quarterly basis.
| Month | Members eligible to vote or pending approval | New sign-ups in quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 1st November 2019 | 466 | 10 |
| 1st August 2019 | 470 | 14 |
| 1st May 2019 | 456 | 6 |
| 1st February 2019 | 515 | 17 |
| 1st November 2018 | 512 | 19 |
Historic Statistics
| Month | Members eligible to vote or pending approval | Members in Grace | New sign-ups in month | Memberships expiring in month | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | 515 | 47 | 2 | 7 | - |
| September 2017 | 509 | 42 | 3 | 2 | - |
| August 2017 | 507 | 39 | 5 | 3 | - |
| July 2017 | 505 | 41 | 17 | 10 | - |
| June 2017 | 498 | 39 | 355 | 4 | - |
| May 2017 | 147 | 39 | 0 | 5 | - |
| April 2017 | 152 | 46 | 0 | 6 | - |
| March 2017 | 159 | 42 | 1 | 7 | - |
| February 2017 | 165 | 39 | 3 | 6 | - |
| January 2017 | 167 | 45 | 1 | 11 | - |
| December 2016 | 177 | 47 | 5 | 4 | - |
| November 2016 | 174 | 49 | 3 | 4 | - |
| October 2016 | 173 | 48 | 2 | 9 | - |
| September 2016 | 180 | 45 | 4 | 16 | - |
| August 2016 | 185 | 50 | 2 | 13 | - |
| July 2016 | 196 | 58 | 6 | 8 | - |
| June 2016 | 198 | 58 | 11 | 4 | - |
| May 2016 | 191 | 58 | 3 | 4 | - |
| April 2016 | 192 | 68 | 2 | 1 | - |
| March 2016 | 192 | 68 | 1 | 6 | - |
| February 2016 | 200 | 49 | 1 | 17 | - |
| January 2016 | 216 | 49 | 6 | 13 | - |
| December 2015 | 220 | 50 | 5 | 5 | - |
| November 2015 | 220 | 55 | 4 | 4 | - |
| October 2015 | 220 | 50 | 5 | 10 | - |
| September 2015 | 225 | 62 | 5 | 31 | - |
| August 2015 | 251 | 93 | 4 | 1 | - |
| July 2015 | 248 | 78 | 6 | 0 | - |
| June 2015 | 244 | 64 | 8 | 6 | - |
| May 2015 | 242 | 75 | 3 | 5 | - |
| April 2015 | 244 | 80 | 2 | 9 | - |
| March 2015 | 237 | 82 | 4 | 8 | - |
| February 2015 | 247 | 64 | 1 | 7 | - |
| January 2015 | 252 | 61 | 2 | 7 | - |
| December 2014 | 259 | 60 | 4 | 8 | - |
| November 2014 | 260 | 57 | 6 | 6 | - |
| October 2014 | 254 | 64 | 0 | 5 | - |
| September 2014 | 260 | 58 | 6 | 10 | - |
| August 2014 | 275 | 61 | 19 | 11 | - |
| July 2014 | 267 | 61 | 14 | 2 | Reports/2014/July |
| June 2014 | 254 | 71 | 7 | 17 | Reports/2014/June |
| May 2014 | 276 | 90 | 4 | 7 | Reports/2014/May |
| April 2014 | 276 | 91 | 21 | 26 | Reports/2014/April |
| March 2014 | 279 | 107 | 52 | 3 | Reports/2014/March |
| February 2014 | 242 | 77 | 3 | 4 | Reports/2014/February |
| January 2014 | 238 | 79 | 3 | 3 | Reports/2014/January |
| December 2013 | 237 | 66 | 9 | 4 | Reports/2013/December |
| November 2013 | 238 | 57 | 4 | 8 | Reports/2013/November |
| October 2013 | 238 | 34 | 13 | 6 | Reports/2013/October |
| September 2013 | 225 | 32 | 9 | 6 | Reports/2013/September |
| August 2013 | 220 | 35 | 11 | - | Reports/2013/August |
| July 2013 | 214 | 34 | 6 | - | Reports/2013/July |
| June 2013 | 215 | 39 | 7 | - | Reports/2013/June |
| May 2013 | 229 | 55 | 5 | 49[1] | Reports/2013/May |
| April 2013 | 285 | 96 | 8 | 23 | Reports/2013/April |
| March 2013 | 272 | 94 | 13 | 10 | Reports/2013/March |
| February 2013 | 279 | 117 | 13 | 4 | Reports/2013/February |
| January 2013 | 276 | 117 | 3 | - | Reports/2013/January |
| December 2012 | 261 | - | - | - | Reports/2012/December |
| November 2012 | 265 | - | - | - | Reports/2012/November |
| October 2012 | 249 | - | - | - | Reports/2012/October |
| September 2012 | 255 | - | - | - | Reports/2012/September |
| August 2012 | 254 | - | - | - | Reports/2012/August |
| February 2012 | 330 | - | - | - | 2012 Annual Report |
| November 2011 | 242 | - | - | - | Old register of members[2][3] |
| February 2011 | 165 | - | - | - | 2011 Annual Report |
| February 2010 | 56 | - | - | - | 2011 Annual Report |
| November 2008 | 5 | - | - | - | Incorporation |
Graph
Notes
You can also view full membership figures over a longer period here
- Membership Brochure
The first brochure in Welsh was published in time for the EduWiki at Cardiff.