Activity report (Q2 2013–2014)

This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014.

Content programs

• February 1 art and feminism edit-a-thon (NMWA)
  • Newcomers:
    • Articles created/improved: Anastasia Ryabova, Asian American Women Artists Association, The Three Soldiers
  • Veterans:
    • Articles created/improved: Beverly Semmes, Bice lazzari, Bice Lazzari, Central Park North – 110th Street, Eva Zeisel, Fiona Tan, Frances Stark, Ghada Amer, Janet Cardiff, Johanna Drucker, Joyce J. Scott, Linda Lee Alter, Maren Hassinger, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, MyRA, Patti Warashina, Renee Stout, Sonya Clark

• February 11 american art edit-a-thon (SAAM, with Andrew's class)
  • Andrew's students; attendance list prepared after-the-fact
  • Articles created/improved: Lola Alvarez Bravo, Ferdinand Pettrich, James Hampton, Art jewelry, Miriam Schapiro, Arline Fisch, José Campeche, Beverly Pepper, Paul Cadmus, Bessie Callender, Wichita, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, John William "Uncle Jack" Dey, Ferne Jacobs, Marilyn Moore, Will Barnet, Asher Brown Durand, John Valentine Haidt

• March 18 women scientists edit-a-thon (SIA, with Andrew's class)
  • Andrew's students; attendance list augmented with data collected after-the-fact
    • Articles created/improved: Edna H. Fawcett, Wanda Kirkbride Farr, Charlotte Gower Chapman, Margaret Eliza Maltby, Mary Hagedorn, Marjorie Van de Water, Nellie A. Brown, Ida Mellen, Margaret Harwood, Jane Stafford

• March 30 women in the arts edit-a-thon (NMWA)
  • Newcomers: 12 (this was a lot!)
    • Articles created/improved: Barbara London, Helena Almeida, John Koskinen, Mabel May, Mary Anne Barkhouse
  • Veterans: 8
    • Articles created/improved: Barbara London, Barbara London, Barbara London, Cecilia Beaux, Cornelia Butler, Ellen Day Hale, Feminist art movement in the United States, Harriete Estel Berman, Helena Almeida, Joan Danziger, Joan Danzinger, Kirsten Justesen, Wack, WACK!, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution

• February 25 nara scan-a-thon (with Andrew's class)
  • Awaiting information from Dominic

Technology programs

• Some of us attended the Art Bytes Hack-a-thon at Walters on January 24–26

Community programs

• January 25 meetup at Capitol City Brewery
• February 23 WikiSalon and dinner
• March 12 WikiSalon
• March 23 meetup

Organizational development

• January 11 board meeting
• February 8 board meeting
• March 8 board meeting
• March 29 board meeting

Mid-year assessment

How much progress have we made on our goals?

• Events with eight institutions
  • Including at least two new institutions
  • One edit-a-thon in NARA's innovation hub
• Six events with Smithsonian
• At least 50 volunteers
  • Logging at least 700 volunteer-hours
  • and creating/improving at least 175 articles
• Two scanathons at National Archives
  • at least 50 digitized documents
• Three hackathons
  • Completion of at least two technical projects
• Stable set of analytics tools
• Two social events per month
• Four flagship events
• Seeking WMF grants
• Seeking event sponsorships
• Seeking small donations
• Modifications to advisory committee structure
• Partnership coordinators
• Volunteer workflow
• Restructuring of website
• A more interactive website
• Internal communication technology
• Constituent relationship management
• Teleconferencing technology