Reports/2012/January

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 January 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

Expert outreach

11th Wikipedia Birthday cake

• Girl Geeks, Bristol, 11th Wikipedia Birthday (cake!)

Other activities

• Microgrants approved this month include ...

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

• Monmouthpedia
  • Wikipedia launches new QR code project to document daily life in Monmouth, UK Qrcodepress.com, 2 January
  • Monmouth becomes the world’s first Wikipedia town monmouthshire.gov.uk, 2 January
  • Wikipedia as travel guide (Croatia) IT Vesti, 2 January
  • Wikipedia names Monmouth for new cultural project, Women in Technology, 3 January
  • Wikipedia brengt dorpsleven in beeld De Morgen (Dutch) 4 January
  • Wikipedia Takes Tourism Mobile business 2 community, 4 January
  • Is Monmouthpedia The Future Of Wikipedia?, TechDirt, 5 January
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  • Council Backs Creation Of Monmouthpedia e-government bulletin, 12 January

• Wikimedia fundraiser
  • Wikipedia raises record $20million in fundraising as annual campaign ends, Metro, 3 January
  • Wikimedia reaches funding targets, fights SOPA, Wired, 3 January
  • Wikipedia attracts $20m from donors, The Times, 3 January
  • Wikipedia meets $20 million fundraising target, TechRadar, 3 Jan
  • Wikimedia raises record-breaking $20m, CivilSociety, 4 January

• PR company and Stella Artois
  • The lobbyists, the Russians, Google and “wife beater”, Tom Watson's blog, 2 January
  • Lobbying company tried to wipe out 'wife beater' beer references, Independent, 4 January
  • Lobby firm tries to get ‘wife beater’ nickname for Stella wiped off Wikipedia entry for beer, Daily Mail, 4 January
  • Stella Artois hires PR firm to get rid of "wife beater" nickname on Wikipedia., Mirror, 5 Jan

Upcoming activities in February

• (To be copied here from Events at the end of this month)

For events in March and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

Board activities

Board meetings

• 3 January 2012 (Board)
• 24 January 2012 (Executive)

News from the Chief Exec

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

Staff

This month the chapter began recruiting for a Communications Organiser.

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