Activity Report for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2014–15
Editing events
Wikimedia DC held ten edit-a-thons in this quarter, including three with the Smithsonian Institution and seven with other organizations. These events included:
- The National Museum of American History Edit-a-Thon on February 10;
- The Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon on February 19;
- The American Art Edit-a-Thon on February 24;
- A Black History-themed First Edit event at NPR on February 24;
- The African Americans in STEM edit-a-thon with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on February 24;
- Our third annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon on March 8 (as part of the broader Art+Feminism initiative);
- A Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon with the National Institutes of Health on March 13;
- The Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon with the DC Public Library on March 21;
- She Blinded Me With Science Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian Institution Archives on March 27; and
- WikiTurgy with the University of Maryland on March 30.
Hacking events
Wikimedia DC participated in the ArtBytes hackathon on February 6–8, where we promoted Wikidata in the use of hacking projects.
- ArtBytes hackathon february 6–8
Social events
Wikimedia DC implemented a meetup schedule for WikiSalons and social meetups for calendar year 2015, with WikiSalons on the second Wednesday of each month and dinner meetups on the last Saturday. The WikiSalons for this quarter were held on January 14, February 11, and March 11, and the dinner meetups were held on January 31, February 28, and March 28.
Grants
- Wiki Loves Small Museums (grant project) February 15
- She Blinded Me With Science grant
- Cascadia Wikimedians
- I Love To You
Governance
- Board meeting February 15