Internal:Annual report (2023–2024)

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This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia during Fiscal Year 2022–23, covering the period from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Programs

Institutional partnerships and public editing events

Wikimedia DC continues to hold collaborative editing events (edit-a-thons), which is our main institutional partnership program activity. Most of these are public events organized by our staff and include training for new editors and users. Our partner organizations typically request themes that align with their missions, upcoming events, or initiatives.

During the 2023–24 fiscal year, Wikimedia DC ran or supported ### events in partnership with ### institutional partners and two for-profit companies seeking a rewarding volunteer experience. Partners included a broad spectrum of cultural, academic, and government institutions, and non-governmental organizations. These events are listed below:

• October 4, 2023: Women in Environmental Justice, Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum
• November 17, 2023: Indigenous Peoples Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Tennessee State University and University of South Florida
• December 8, 2023: History of Statistics Edit-a-thon, American Statistical Association
• January 13, 2024: Aurora Hills Library (Arlington, Virginia) Women's Biographies edit-a-thon
• January 28, 2024: American Meteorological Society Conference Wikipedia a Edit-a-thon
• February 15, 2024: Tennessee State University and University of South Florida Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• March 15, 2024: Georgetown University Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• March 19, 2024: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• March 21, 2024: Tennessee State University and University of South Florida Women's History Month Edit-a-thon
• March 27, 2024: Smithsonian American Women's History Museum's Becoming Visible Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
• May 11, 2024: History of Shakers edit-a-thon, Capitol Hill Chorale
• May 14, 2024: Mastercard Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage edit-a-thon
• June 20, 2024 - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
• July 20 , 2024- National Museum of Women in the Arts Disability Activism Edit-a-thon
• September 24, 2024: Tennessee State University and University of South Florida Hispanic Heritage Month Edit-a-thon 2024
• September 28, 2024: Aurora Hills Library (Arlington, Virginia) Banned Books Edit-a-thon

Additional FY23 and FY25 events and initiatives (for the purpose of grant reporting)

• September 14, 2023: Tennessee State University and University of South Florida Hispanic Heritage Month Edit-a-thon
• September 21, 2023: Mastercard Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage edit-a-thon

• October 28, 2024: Women's Independence and Financial Power Edit-a-thon, a Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
• November 21, 2024: Tennessee State University and University of South Florida Native American Heritage Month Edit-a-thon
• December 13, 2024: FAIRly Obscure Anthropology Edit-a-thon

Other projects

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Board

• Peter Meyer President
• John Sadowski Vice President
• Diane Shaw Secretary
• Sara Snyder Treasurer
• Robert Fernandez Board member
• Kevin Payravi Board member
• Kevin Li, Board member

Conferences and workshops

• We supported WCNA, the conference and the user group, and the effort to combine with other North American user groups to conduct more activities under the North American (WNCA) umbrella.

Organizational development

Update for FY 2023-24

• We conducted our regular board election in fall 2023. For the first time we did it with an online software platform instead of by postal mail, following the lead of WMNY. This went smoothly overall. It made the election quicker and easier for the voting members, and reduced costs.
• We budgeted for strategic planning, intended to take place in summer 2024, for the first time in many years
• We regained tax-deductible nonprofit status in early 2023, retroactively back in time completely covering the period when it was in question.
• We filed for two grants and completed two contract projects: the ARTT Guide and WikiCred's small grants program for 2023.

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