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Wikimedia DC organized the first Open Government WikiHack on April 5–6, our first hack-a-thon since the Open Data Hack-a-thon in 2011. The event was held in partnership with the Sunlight Foundation and included experienced Wikipedia editors and attendees from various government agencies. The goal: to bridge the gap between open data repositories and Wikimedia projects, namely Wikidata. The work surrounding the event represented Wikimedia DC's largest outreach project to the open data and open government communities to date, as well as our first large effort in recruiting technical volunteers.
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Revision as of 22:41, 9 July 2014


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.

Scientific claims wiki

Technology programs

Wikimedia DC organized the first Open Government WikiHack on April 5–6, our first hack-a-thon since the Open Data Hack-a-thon in 2011. The event was held in partnership with the Sunlight Foundation and included experienced Wikipedia editors and attendees from various government agencies. The goal: to bridge the gap between open data repositories and Wikimedia projects, namely Wikidata. The work surrounding the event represented Wikimedia DC's largest outreach project to the open data and open government communities to date, as well as our first large effort in recruiting technical volunteers.

[note outcomes from survey responses]

[incorporate challenges from personal notes]

[note feedback from survey responses]

Community programs

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

Public policy

Wikimedia DC volunteers participated in the "Wiki Loves Capitol Hill" training on April 12, followed by a subsequent meeting with Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. [Peter: add more here]

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.

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