We herewith inform you about happenings in September 2013. Enjoy and if you have any questions or remarks, please contact us on i...@wikimedia.ch. If you prefer to read the Newsletter on our members wiki, you can do this here: https://members.wikimedia.ch/Newsletters/#September_Newsletter_2013
===Association's life=== ====General Information==== The date for the General Assembly of Wikimedia CH is set: Please mark March 23, 2014 in your agendas! More details about the exact time and location will follow ASAP. ====FDC Application of WMCH==== Wikimedia CH successfully submitted the FDC (Funds Dissemination Committee) application on October 1, 2013 in order to apply for the funds for WMCH projects in 2014. Thanks to Charles Andres, our newly hired Chief Scientific Officer, we were able to deliver a complete and promising submission: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Wikimedia_CH/Proposal_form ===What has happened in September=== 30.08.2013: Aare-Stammtisch, Bern; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Aare 01.- 30.09.2013: Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, Wikimedia Commons; http://www.wikilovesmonuments.ch 09.09.2013: Kick-Off Event for Wikipedia-Trainers, Bern; https://members.wikimedia.ch/Workshop_Introducing_Wikipedia/de/Minutes_vom_Meeting_09.09.2013 14. - 15.09.2013: OER Conference, Berlin; http://www.wikimedia.de/wiki/OERde13 OER Conference 16.- 18.09.2013: Open Knowledge Conference, Geneva; http://okcon.org 19.09.2013: Re:Public Domain Walk, Geneva; http://republicdomain.ch/walk/ Re:Public Domain Walk 27.09.2013: Re:Public Domain Night, Zurich; http://republicdomain.ch/night/ 28.09.2013: Zurich Stammtisch, Zurich; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zürich Zürich-Stammtisch ===Coming Soon=== 20.10.2013: Re:Public Domain Matinée, Aarau; http://republicdomain.ch/matinee/ 09. - 10.11.2013: Wikimedia Diversity Conference, Berlin; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference 15.11.2013: Zürich/Aare-Stammtisch, Bern; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zürich & http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Aare 23.11.2013: Re:Public Domain Show, Bern; http://republicdomain.ch/day/ 22.-24.11.2013: WikiCon 2013, Karlsruhe; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2013 WikiCon 2013 November 2013: 10th anniversary of the Alemannic Wikipedia; http://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:10_Johr_Alemannischi_Wikipedia 30.11.2013: Wiki Loves Monuments Ceremony, Swiss National Library in Bern; http://wikilovesmonuments.ch/de 23.03.2014: General Assembly of WMCH, location to be announced ===Recurrent meetings Italian Switzerland=== The Italian community is organizing a recurrent meeting every two weeks in bookstore Libri al Centro, Via Vegezzi 4, Lugano. The time and the starting date will be communicated to the Italian speaking members by email. Anyhow, if you're interested in attending these meetings, you can write to our Community Liaison Ilario Valdelli on ilario.valde...@wikimedia.ch. ===Projects=== ====Labisalps and history of Alps project==== The project is still uploading the first three journals of the International Society for Alpine History in Wikisource: * https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Labi_1996.djvu * https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Labi_1997.djvu * https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Labi_1998.djvu The community of Wikisource is working to proofread them. In the meantime we received the material of Domenico Rudatis (1898 - 1994), one of the first alpinists, to be uploaded in Commons and Wikisource. ====Wikipedian in Residence in Federal Archives==== As many other Wikimedians and Wikipedians, also Micha Rieser (our Wikipedian in Residence in the Federal Archive ) participated at OKCon in Geneva in September. He gave much appreciated insights into the Wikipedia World. We strongly recommend to have a look at the presentation ''How GLAM can support Wikipedian'' [https://www.dropbox.com/s/dnq8gf88uqfr9ck/OKCon.pptx] he gave. Enjoy! ====Wiki Loves Monuments==== Wiki loves Monuments was going on throughout September. The Swiss contest was ending successfully with having around 4.000 uploaded images and 188 participants. The winners will be announced during the award-ceremony on November 30 in the National Library in Bern. Don't miss it, because a fantastic frame program is waiting for you: A guided tour through the archives of the Swiss National Library, Workshops and a photo exhibition. To get more information, see the WLM website http://wikilovesmonuments.ch/de. === Community: Scholarships for WikiCon === Wikimedia CH is granting scholarships to WMCH members to attend the Wikicon in Karlsruhe. As usually, WMCH offers to reimburse the costs for entry-fee, travel- and accommodation-costs. We're looking forward to get your application on i...@wikimedia.ch. ===Working Groups=== See their reports: https://members.wikimedia.ch/Working_groups For everybody who's especially interested in GLAMs: Beat Estermann gave an Interview [http://www.dock18.ch/en/medienkultur/2013/09/29/im-dienst-des-freien-wissens/] about the potential and possibilities that arise if GLAM institutions like Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums cooperate with Wikimedia. ====Staff: CSO, CIO & Community Liaisons==== See their reports: https://members.wikimedia.ch/Staff/Reports Furthermore we are glad to announce that Charles Andres, our new Chief Scientific Officer, started to work on September 1 and already took care of the annual FDC Application. Charles will not only oversee GLAM activities but also be the responsible person for for the development of WMCH's education program. Feel free to contact him and talk with him or ask him about his new role - he's looking forward to get in touch with you. ===Board=== As Charles Andres is our new CSO, Patrick Kenel is the new president (ad interim) with Frédéric Schûtz as new Vice-President. A board meeting took place on Monday, September 30. The minutes of this meeting are available here [https://members.wikimedia.ch/Board/Meeting_of_the_30_September_2013].
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