Reports/2013/April

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 30th April 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.

Upcoming activities in April and May

April

• 06 - Manchester meetup
• 07 - Coventry meetup
• 10 - Martin Poulter delivering a workshop on "Improving Psychology Articles on Wikipedia: An opportunity for education and impact" at British Psychological Society Conference 2013, Harrogate
• 12–14 - GLAM-WIKI 2013
• 13 - EGM 2013
• 14 - London meetup
• 17 - IRC office hours
• 18 - Technology Committee - 1900 - 2100 UTC+1 (BST) on Mumble (joining details here)
• 18–21 - Wikimedia Chapters Meeting, Milan
• 26 - Wikidata workshop, British Library
• 27 - Oldham Wikipedia training
• 28 - First ever Brighton meetup
• 30 - University of Oxford Zoology Department Wikipedia training day

May

• 05 - Oxford meetup
• 11 - Board meeting (in-person, London)
• 12 - First Glasgow meetup
• 15 - IRC office hours
• 24–26 - Amsterdam Hackathon

For events in June 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

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