Activity Report for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2013–14

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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)
  • February 11 american art edit-a-thon (SAAM, with Andrew's class)
  • February 25 nara scan-a-thon (with Andrew's class)
  • March 18 women scientists edit-a-thon (SIA, with Andrew's class)
  • March 30 women in the arts edit-a-thon (NMWA)

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