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

Content programs

Edit-a-thons

During the quarter, Wikimedia DC held eight edit-a-thons: seven in Washington, DC, and one in Frederick, MD. We provided support to an additional edit-a-thon held at the University of Delaware. All of these events were held in partnership with other institutions, including universities and libraries. A total of 73 volunteers participated in the six edit-a-thons where we were able to collect data, 155.3% of the attendance rate of the last quarter. This includes:

• 22 who created Wikipedia accounts this quarter;
• 4 who created accounts at an edit-a-thon and have attended at least one additional edit-a-thon; and
• 28 who have attended at least two edit-a-thons this fiscal year, including 7 who attended two or more edit-a-thons this quarter alone.

In total, as of the end of the quarter, a total of 124 volunteers have participated in Wikimedia DC edit-a-thons, which is 248% of the goal set for the fiscal year and an increase of 39.5% since the last quarter.

• National Museum of the American Indian edit-a-thon (1 of 6) (16 out of 20 veterans)
  • 20140401190000 to 20140401213000
  • Larry McNeil, Rick Bartow, Emmi Whitehorse, Norval Morrisseau, Washington Redskins name controversy, George Morrison, Edgar Heap of Birds
• Africa Collection edit-a-thon (X)
• Colored Conventions edit-a-thon (X)
• Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon (X)
• Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon (2 of 6) (2 out of 3 newcomers; 9 out of 10 veterans)
  • 20140510153000 to 20140510210000
  • Newcomers: South Asian Journalists Association, Nam June Paik
  • Veterans: Peter Kwong, Massive resistance, Foreign relations of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Pritam Singh Kasad, Tractatus Politicus, History of Palestine, Politics of the Palestinian National Authority, Federal territory, 1824 Constitution of Mexico, Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization, Heaven Below, Old Waldorf, The World Trade Center Tapestry, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jimmy Robinson, Track Record Studios, Burger Wars, Tragic Kingdom World Tour. Rosemary's Billygoat, Jerry Blair, List of York University people, Agoura Hills, Walls of the Sun and the Moon, Philo, Bernice Bing, Jeffrey Broadbent, Indian American, The Hope of a Condemned Man, Nathaniel Mackey, Christ Church, Daniel G. C. Wu, Shoson Nagahara, The Harlequin's Carnival, Anu Garg, Ruth Gikow, William Passavant, South Asian Journalists Association, Little Tokyo, Les Aspin Center for Government
• Federal Register edit-a-thon (3 of 6) (5 newcomers; 16 veterans)
  • 20140523140000 to 20140523210000
  • Newcomers: Executive order, USNS Henry Gibbins, Government procurement in the United States, Electoral College, Federal Register
  • Veterans: Title 49 Part 600, Title 49 CFR Part 600 - 699, Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, List of CFR Sections Affected, Title 4 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• Frederick County History edit-a-thon (4 of 6) (2 newcomers; 6 veterans)
  • 20140614150000 to 20140614200000
  • Newcomers: Hessian Barracks
  • Veterans: Digital anthropology, Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Landon House, Frederick, Catoctin Furnace, Monocacy National Battlefield, 14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry monument, Cody Lundin, MedChi
• Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon (5 of 6) (6 out of 8 newcomers; 5 out of 8 veterans)
  • 20140624173000 to 20140624203000
  • Newcomers: Foggy Bottom – GWU, Tidewater Lock, Foggy Bottom, James V. Herring, Langston Terrace Dwellings
  • Veterans: Town Center East, Dumbarton Oaks, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, Tenleytown, Aqueduct Bridge, Exorcist steps, Billy Simpson's House of Seafood and Steaks
• Phillips Collection edit-a-thon (6 of 6) (2 newcomers; 9 veterans)
  • 20140629150000 to 20140629210000
  • Newcomers: Stuart Davis, Migration Series
  • Veterans: Barnett-Aden Gallery, Ilya Bolotowsky, James V. Herring, Kenzo Okada, Bernice Cross, Bernice cross, George L.K. Morris, Ilya Bolotowsky, Willem De Looper, Alexander Calder, Oscar Florianus Bluemner, Sherman Lee, Social Science History, The Phillips Collection, Doris Lee, Kevin MacDonald, Isabel Bishop, Kenzo Okada, Kevin McDonald, Jacob Lawrence

Technology programs

• Open Government WikiHack

Community programs

• May 15 WikiSalon
• May 17 meetup
• June 11 WikiSalon
• June 21 meetup

Public policy

• Wiki Loves Capitol Hill
• Joining Congressional Data Coalition

WikiConference USA

• Held in New York successfully
• We ran the scholarship program

Organizational development

The Board of Directors held meetings on May 3 and June 8. During these meetings, we joined the Congressional Data Coalition, adopted a fundraising plan for the remainder of the fiscal year, and cast votes for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

We appointed Emily Temple-Wood as Vice President during a special meeting on June 19 following Kristin Anderson's resignation as Vice President and from the Board. We also hired Leo Zimmermann as our Project Manager for Wikipedia Summer of Monuments, effective June 1. Congratulations to both!

Wikimedia DC had X members as of June 30, representing an increase/decrease of Y over the last quarter.

As part of our effort to provide organizational support to emerging Wikimedia groups in the United States, we signed a fiscal agent agreement with New England Wikimedians, authorizing us to serve as their payment processors. We also registered domain names and set up a website on their behalf, to be located at ne-wikimedians.org.

During the last quarter we completed our transition to Insightly for constituent relationship management services. As of the end of the quarter there were over 800 contacts in our database. We prepared this exhaustive database of contacts following a massive reconciliation of over two years' worth of records. There are still challenges but we expect the CRM to be a crucial component in our effort to build institutional memory.