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348: 262: 187: 537: 117: 107: 235:). According to the organizers, "Rather than an open community conference like Wikimania, this is a workshop targeting a small group of community-focused and technology-focused Wikimedians to kickstart the key elements of the glamwiki.org project. Attendees will also include key representatives of GLAM (and related) institutions who have a strong relationship with Wikimedia already." 33: 127: 87: 137: 97: 438:(following work and discussions undertaken by Wikimédia France). During the debate at the National Assembly (in presence of the Minister of Culture), the amendment was dubbed the "Knowledge (XXG) amendment" by an opposing MP. One of the two MPs proposing the law responded by talking a bit about Knowledge (XXG). See 460:
has been released. The financial report covers July 1 2010 through June 30 2011, and determines the Foundation's financial position for the coming year. It was an excellent year for the Wikimedia Foundation from a financial perspective. The 2010–11 plan had called for a 28% increase in revenue, to $
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explained, "It was harder than we thought – to record three days, in five simulation high-definition cameras, and than edit, upload and tag them...what we thought will take us few weeks, took about two months – but I'm happy that we finish with that finally." The HDD footage will be sent to the
288:(or lack thereof) in France and archaeology and its compatibility with Wikimedia. Parallel sessions during the day included how to initiate a GLAM program in a new country, how to improve internal communication, and drafting a "freedom declaration". There were also sessions on 304:. The final day of the event saw the last few lightning talk submissions before breaking out for the penultimate parallel sessions, which covered improving documentation, best practices, statistics and metrics. The evening was spent on a guided tour of the 217:, was "a workshop targeting a small group of community-focused and technology-focused Wikimedians to kickstart the key elements of the glamwiki.org project." The meeting was attended by over 40 Wikipedians from 22 different countries, and was hosted by 617: 586: 576: 591: 571: 581: 340:
of Susan Hewitt, highlighting the importance of thousands of dedicated contributors. To date, donations have brought in over 15 million US dollars for the Foundation and its Chapters, according to
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20.4 million, and to double spending to the same amount. In reality, the Foundation both over-earned and underspent, closing with $ 12 million in reserve, up from $ 7 million the previous year.
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Wikimedia Foundation next week for archival and uploading to Commons; links to all the videos and resources from attendees can be found on Wikimania 2011's
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Next came the three keynote speeches. The first was from Dr. Margriet Schavemaker, Head of Collections and Research at the
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Does anyone know if the Knowledge (XXG) part of the debate has been translated? It'd be interesting to read. --
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on "Tricks and traps of sharing modern collections online". Next, David Haskiya, a product developer for
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Saturday began with a set of lightning talks on topics ranging from the GLAM newsletter to
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GLAMcamp Amsterdam is the second such workshop of its kind, and follows on the heels of
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Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
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in 2012. In the evening Wikimedians were given a backstage tour of the
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and an announcement of a free content search interface from developer
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on December 2 about his background and the WMF's legal strategy; the
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Grats to all the new admins! I wish you success in your new role.
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this week, on December 2–4. The event, which took place at the
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reached 15,000 entries, a 10-fold increase in only four days.
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For expanded coverage, see the upcoming December edition of
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The Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums initiative (
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The lightning talk submission board that anyone could edit
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Sadly the CDs are with banks. 242:, the first major event was the 135: 125: 115: 105: 95: 85: 657:http://moveyourmoneyproject.org 497:reached 20,000 text units, the 398:Wikimania 2011 videos published 623:add the page to your watchlist 454:2011 Foundation audit released 193:attendees on a guided tour of 1: 501:reached 300,000 entries, the 377:talked with community members 680:12:21, 8 December 2011 (UTC) 669:18:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC) 646:00:58, 7 December 2011 (UTC) 487:to the administrator ranks. 351:Foundation General Counsel 763: 318:Fundraising 2011 continues 181:, which is excerpted here. 444:Wikimédia France coverage 400:: The video footage from 322:two new community banners 503:Burmese Knowledge (XXG) 620:. To follow comments, 540: 367:: This week saw three 360: 266: 198: 36: 539: 458:2011 Foundation audit 381:article feedback team 350: 264: 189: 35: 616:from this article's 334:2011 Mumbai bombings 440:the complete debate 436:freedom of panorama 369:office IRC meetings 342:preliminary figures 286:freedom of panorama 219:Wikimedia Nederland 607:Discuss this story 587:Arbitration report 577:WikiProject report 541: 528:"News and notes" → 507:Tagalog Wiktionary 465:New administrators 428:is also available. 409:has been published 361: 267: 207:GLAMcamp Amsterdam 199: 191:GLAMcamp Amsterdam 178:This month in GLAM 169:GLAMcamp Amsterdam 42:← Back to Contents 37: 631:purging the cache 592:Technology report 572:Discussion report 499:Korean Wiktionary 495:Polish Wikisource 292:, development of 240:Jessica Tangelder 47:View Latest Issue 754: 730: 634: 632: 626: 605: 582:Featured content 559: 551: 544: 527: 520:"News and notes" 519: 473:CharlieEchoTango 357:IRC office hours 302:Amsterdam Museum 271:Stedelijk Museum 195:Amsterdam Museum 165: 139: 138: 129: 128: 119: 118: 109: 108: 99: 98: 89: 88: 59: 57: 55: 762: 761: 757: 756: 755: 753: 752: 751: 737: 736: 735: 734: 733: 732: 731: 726: 724: 719: 714: 709: 704: 697: 686: 685: 636: 628: 621: 610: 609: 603:+ Add a comment 601: 597: 596: 595: 552: 549:5 December 2011 547: 545: 542: 531: 530: 525: 522: 517: 485:MichaelQSchmidt 413:YouTube channel 314: 252:public workshop 248:Maarten Dammers 171: 166: 148: 147: 146: 145: 136: 126: 116: 106: 96: 86: 80: 77: 66: 62: 60: 54:5 December 2011 50: 49: 44: 38: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 760: 758: 750: 749: 739: 738: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 699: 698: 688: 687: 684: 683: 682: 672: 671: 649: 648: 611: 608: 600: 599: 598: 594: 589: 584: 579: 574: 569: 564: 562:News and notes 558: 546: 534: 533: 532: 523: 514: 513: 512: 511: 510: 488: 462: 448: 447: 429: 402:Wikimania 2011 392: 391: 390:on December 4. 362: 345: 313: 310: 211:MediaMatic Lab 184: 183: 170: 167: 151:Resident Mario 144: 143: 133: 123: 113: 103: 93: 82: 81: 78: 72: 71: 70: 69: 65:News and notes 64: 63: 61: 58: 45: 40: 39: 30: 29: 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 759: 748: 745: 744: 742: 729: 723: 718: 713: 708: 703: 695: 693: 681: 678: 674: 673: 670: 666: 662: 658: 654: 651: 650: 647: 644: 643: 638: 637: 633: 624: 619: 615: 604: 593: 590: 588: 585: 583: 580: 578: 575: 573: 570: 568: 565: 563: 560: 556: 550: 543:In this issue 538: 529: 521: 508: 504: 500: 496: 492: 489: 486: 482: 478: 474: 470: 466: 463: 459: 455: 452: 451: 450: 445: 441: 437: 433: 430: 427: 426:Flickr stream 423: 422:main schedule 418: 414: 410: 407: 403: 399: 396: 395: 394: 389: 386: 382: 378: 374: 373:Geoff Brigham 370: 366: 363: 358: 354: 353:Geoff Brigham 349: 343: 339: 335: 331: 330:Karthik Nadar 327: 323: 319: 316: 315: 311: 309: 307: 303: 299: 295: 291: 287: 282: 280: 276: 272: 263: 259: 257: 256:Thijs de Boer 253: 249: 245: 241: 236: 234: 232: 227: 222: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 196: 192: 188: 182: 179: 176: 173: 172: 168: 164: 163:Jean-Frédéric 160: 156: 152: 142: 134: 132: 124: 122: 114: 112: 104: 102: 94: 92: 84: 83: 75: 56: 48: 43: 34: 23: 19: 692:The Signpost 691: 653: 640: 561: 555:all comments 490: 469:The Signpost 468: 464: 453: 449: 431: 397: 393: 365:Office hours 364: 317: 294:glamwiki.org 283: 279:Tropenmuseum 268: 237: 230: 226:GLAMcamp NYC 223: 200: 197:on Saturday. 180: 174: 728:Suggestions 661:67.6.163.68 642:Philosopher 614:transcluded 567:In the news 388:held theirs 312:Brief notes 306:Rijksmuseum 491:Milestones 481:Tom Morris 477:Guerillero 359:this week. 258:followed. 79:Share this 74:Contribute 22:2011-12-05 722:Subscribe 618:talk page 471:welcomes 275:Europeana 246:, led by 215:Amsterdam 159:Skomorokh 155:Rock drum 741:Category 717:Newsroom 712:Archives 694:archives 677:Dcoetzee 518:Previous 233:coverage 231:Signpost 121:LinkedIn 101:Facebook 20:‎ | 290:QRpedia 111:Twitter 456:: The 336:, and 131:Reddit 91:E-mail 707:About 417:Itzik 406:Haifa 16:< 702:Home 665:talk 526:Next 483:and 442:and 424:. 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