Reports/2013/January

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

GLAM activities

Robin Owain, Fae and Roger Bamkin met people in Aberystwyth to discuss the release of information into the public domain on the 11th January. This followed up on a number of initiatives that were launched as a result of contacts made as a result of Monmouthpedia. Leighton Andrews, the Welsh minister is encouraging Welsh cultural bodies to publish information more freely.

Other activities

Microgrants

• Approved this month: Microgrants/Wrecks on Doom Bar
• Updates this month: Microgrants/Core Contest (prizes)

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://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/notable-deaths-in-2012-as-rec.html
• http://mashable.com/2013/01/03/most-interesting-wikipedia-stories/
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257482/The-war-Wikipedia-fooled-years-Bicholim-Conflict-article-elaborate-4-500-word-hoax.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
• http://www.journalism.co.uk/press-releases/wikipedia-s-top-searches-for-2012-show-facebook-and-death-as-top-rankers/s66/a551678/
• http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3654239.ece
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/11/fake-wikipedia-researcher-hack-bumi-chairman
• http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/malaysia/bumi-chairmans-hackers-posed-wikipedia-writers-20130114
• http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/wikivoyage/
• http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2013/01/wywo-digital-rights/index.htm
• http://uk.news.yahoo.com/wikipedias-goan-war-unmasked-elaborate-hoax-081407983.html
• http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/infrastructure/3421482/wikipedia-may-face-disruption-as-it-migrates-data-centre/
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/18/wikivoyages_launches/
• http://www.cio.co.uk/news/3421552/wikipedia-may-face-disruption-as-it-migrates-data-centre/
• http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4756589/Website-publishes-page-of-hoax-entries.html
• http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/williamhenderson/100008717/why-were-about-to-discover-more-wikipedia-hoaxes/

Upcoming activities in January and February

January

• 08 - Board meeting - call
• 12 - Manchester meetup
• 13 - London meetup
• 13 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - AHRC Wikipedia training workshop at the British Library
• 16 - IRC office hours
• 20 - Reading Meetup

February

For events in March 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

Below are links to press coverage related to Wikimedia UK in January.

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. Further figures are pending the return of one of our staff members.

Membership

Up to 31st January 2013:

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

This adds up to xx members who are eligible to vote

• xx Expired members
• The first Membership Newsletter was sent around.