''August, September and October 2008 (up to October 22)''':
== Tax deducible donations ==
The amount of tax deducible donations exceeded 140 000 PLN, much more
than it was expected by us. Therefore we started general discussion
how to spent these money. The wiki page was created to collect and
analyse the ideas: [
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekty_OPP].
The board has decided to transfer 50 000 PLN to safe bank investment
fund for 3 months and the other 50 000 PLN for 6 months. The rest of
tax deducible donation will be spent on current activities.
== Board meeting ==
On 13 August we had "real life" Board meeting (we meet on IRC every
Thursday, but for this time we wanted to meet face-to-face). We
discussed:
*What to do with tax deducible donations – it was decided to collect
as many as possible ideas, than analyze them and finally discuss
during General Asembly in September.
*To open a real office (now we have just a "virtual" address) with a
part-time secretary. It was decided to open a small office, at the
beginning of 2009 but, a the moment to avoid hiring regular staff at
least in 2009.
*To produce a professionally looking set of advertising materials for
various occasions and to hire a professional company or freelancer to
do it. We decided to spent 10 000 PLN on it.
*How to organize better summer Polish Wikimedia conference and how
much to spent on it – it was decided to announce sending proposals for
places by the end of the 2008, choose one and support it by hiring
paid main organizer of the conference – the head of local organizing
commitee.
*Wikikonkurs – it was decided to continue the contenst despite its
committee is actually not active. The duties of the committee is about
to be taken by Wikimedia Polska Board.
*Wikimania 2010 – it was discussed how to support the local organizing
committee in Gdansk, which is trying to start to contest for Wikimania
2010. It was decided that although it doesn't seem to be very probable
to have Wikimania 2010 in Poland, we must support local committee in
any way we can.
== Promotional activities ==
During GDJ meeting there was small celebration of 7 years of Polish
Wikipedia, which was covered by local TV station and several radio
stations.
On 20 September 2008 Wikimedia Polska organized its own stand during
Non-profit organizations picnic in Warsaw. This remainded us again
that we desperately need profesional looking advertising meterials.
After 2 months of looking for we had big problems to find a good
company or freelancer to project and produce a set of promotional
materials. Therefore it was decided to create a team of 3 volunteers
who are about to project the materials themselves and then find a
company which only will produce this stuff.
Press coverage (August 1st - October 22):
=== TV and radio stations ===
* 2008-09-28 [[RMF]] informacja o GDJ + wypowiedzi Maire i Ency'ego.
* 2008-09-28 18:00 "Teleskop" - program informacyjny [[Telewizja
Poznań|Telewizji Poznań]] nadaje
[
http://ww6.tvp.pl/15965,20080929800068.strona relację (cały program)]
[
http://ww6.tvp.pl/View?Cat=780&id=800096 (fragment programu z
relacją)] z [[m:GDJ 2008|GDJ 2008]]; wywiady z:
[[Wikipedysta:Nova|Novą]], [[Wikipedysta:Zwiadowca21|Zwiadowcą21]],
[[Wikipedysta:Maikking|Maikkingiem]],
[[Wikipedysta:Przykuta|Przykutą]] i [[Wikipedysta:Drozdp|Drozdpem]].
* 2008-08-01 TV Toya (łódzka kablówka) -
[
http://moya.toya.net.pl/skaner/index.php?module=21ade5cfd28b2c2986e585e2525…
Wszystko o Wikipedii w TOYAnet]
=== Papers and journals ===
* 2008-10-10 [[:w:pl:Głos Szczeciński]] <small>[[Głos Szczeciński|Głos
nad morzem - tygodnik kamieński]]</small> "Sonda:Czy korzystamy z
Wikipedii?" nr 41 (362) str. 2
* 2008-08-24 [[:w:pl:Gość Niedzielny]] nr 34/2008 — "Wiki na
papierze", s. 51
([
http://goscniedzielny.wiara.pl/?grupa=6&art=1219749146&dzi=11054877…
link])
=== Internet news media ===
*2008-10-22 [
http://www.webinside.pl/news/5340 webinside.pl] -
"Kosmiczne liczby Wikipedii"
*2008-10-21
[
http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Wikipedia-10-miliardow-wywolan-miesiecznie-…
heise-online.pl] - "Wikipedia: 10 miliardów wywołań miesięcznie"
*2008-10-10
[
http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,5794897,Wikipedia_przechod…
gazeta.pl] (z serwisu
[
http://webhosting.pl/Wikipedia.przechodzi.na.Ubuntu webhosting.pl]) -
"Wikipedia przechodzi na Ubuntu"
*2008-10-10
[
http://dobreprogramy.pl/index.php?dz=15&n=9983&Wikimedia+migruje+na…
dobreprogramy.pl] - "Wikimedia migruje na Ubuntu Server"
*2008-10-01 [
http://www.internetstandard.pl/news/168910.html
internetstandard.pl] - "Najsilniejsze marki w polskiej sieci"
*2008-09-30 [
http://www.press.pl/newsy/pokaz.php?id=16215&rss=1
press.pl] - "Z dziesiątki największych serwisów tylko Wikipedia
straciła w lipcu użytkowników"
*2008-09-27 [
http://www.radiomerkury.pl/index.php?art=29718
radiomerkury.pl] - "Wikipedia świętuje w Poznaniu" - wywiad z
[[Wikipedysta:ABX|ABX]]-em
*2008-09-27 "Siódme urodziny polskiej Wikipedii"
([
http://www.telix.pl/artykul/siodme-urodziny-polskiej-wikipedii-3,24505.html
telix.pl],
[
http://dobreprogramy.pl/index.php?dz=15&n=9895&Siodme+urodziny+pols…
dobreprogramy.pl],
[
http://media21.pl/software/programy/siodme-urodziny-polskiej-wikipedii/
media21.pl],
[
http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/wikipedia_obchodzi_siodme_urodziny_77104…
wiadomosci24.pl], [
http://www.pcworld.pl/news/168430.html pcworld.pl],
[
http://inwestycje.pl/it_ebiznes/siodme_urodziny_polskiej_wikipedii;37170;0.…
inwestycje.pl])
*2008-09-26 [
http://histmag.org/?id=2101 histmag.org] - "Wikipedia –
krótka historia największej encyklopedii świata"
*2008-09-26 [
http://media2.pl/rss/internet/40990-7-lat-polskiej-wikipedii.html
media2.pl] - "7 lat polskiej Wikipedii"
*2008-09-25
[
http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,5729882,Wikipedia__Wiedza_…
Wikipedia: Wiedza w zasięgu ręki czy idealne narzędzie manipulacji?]
*2008-09-23 [
http://www.marketing-news.pl/message.php?art=18562
marketing-news.pl] - "Marki internetowe w natarciu – zmierzch mediów
tradycyjnych?" - Wikipedia jest w Polsce jedną z najbardziej
inteligentnych i pomocnych, praktycznych, oraz najlepiej łączących
rozrywkę z edukacją marek. Dla internautów jest jedną z
najsilniejszych - zaraz po Google.
*2008-09-22
[
http://miasta.gazeta.pl/olsztyn/1,35189,5721606,6_tys__hasel_w__Wikipedii_W…
gazeta.pl] - "6 tys. haseł w Wikipedii Warmii i Mazur".
*2008-09-20
[
http://www.sport1.pl/Wikipedia-niebezpiecznym-narzedziem-dla-dziennikarzy-/…
sport1.pl] - "Wikipedia niebezpiecznym narzędziem dla dziennikarzy?"
*2008-09-09 [
http://www.computerworld.pl/artykuly/58959.html
computerworld.pl] - "Przeżyć Zagładę w Wikipedii"
*2008-09-08 [
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1506075,720,1,swiat_w_stylu_wiki,kioskart.html
onet.pl] - "Świat w stylu wiki"
*2008-09-04 [
http://www.idg.pl/news/165306/Wiki.dla.biznesu..do.wyboru..do.koloru.html
idg.pl] - "Wiki dla biznesu: do wyboru, do koloru"
*2008-09-02
[
http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Wikipedia-zablokowany-artykul-o-Sarah-Palin…
heise-online.pl] - "Wikipedia: zablokowany artykuł o Sarah Palin"
*2008-08-28
[
http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,5638499,Internauci_obrazaja_…
gazeta.pl] - Internauci obrażają Obamę na Wikipedii
*2008-08-26
[
http://dobreprogramy.pl/index.php?dz=15&n=9675&Wikipanion++mobilna+…
dobreprogramy.pl] - "Wikipanion - mobilna wersja Wikipedii dla
urządzeń Apple"
*2008-08-22 [
http://osnews.pl/ponad-140-000-zl-dla-wikipedii/
osnews.pl] - "Ponad 140 000 zł dla Wikipedii"
*2008-08-20 [
http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Nagroda-Quadriga-dla-Wikipedii--/5439
heise-online.pl] - "Nagroda Quadriga dla Wikipedii"
*2008-08-19 [
http://republika.onet.pl/25286,25,1,fabryka.html onet.pl]
- "Projekty fundacji Wikimedia"
== Meetings ==
27 September 2008 General Assembly took place in Poznań. Before and
after the Assembly there was workshop of Polish Wikipedians -
[[meta:GDJ|GDJ]] called ''Where are we? Where do we aim? How?'' There
was around 80 participants of GDJ of which roughly 50% were our
chapter members. The main reason to organize General Assembly was to
make minor changes to our bylaws and discuss projects on spending
money from tax deducible donations. Changes to bylaws have been
discussed and successfully accepted. Discussion about projects was
quite hot. All proponents could briefly explain their ideas, and then
it was discussed by others. Finaly a survey was made, which projects
were found most interesting. The results of survey is placed on Polish
Wikimedia page: [
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Projekty_OPP].
== Cooperation with other organization ==
The idea to create "Edukonf" – an informal group of free-content
producing organizations is in its final stage. The group consists of
Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, Polish Librarian Associations, CC-Polska
and us. Although it is still not formally organized, we already
coordinate some actions. Among others we sent several, exactly the
same opinions about proposed changes in Polish copyright law and
organized a promotional action during Open Access Day:
[
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Day]
== Others ==
As the result of General Assembly discussion there are currently
preparation to organize this year:
*A contest called "Hufiec harcerski"
[
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Konkurs_%22Hufiec_harcerski%22] –
"Scouts writing contenst" in which several groups of Polish scouts
from two largest scouting organizations will be writing articles in
Wikipedia about their organizational structures and notable people
involed in it. Wikimedia Polska together with authorities of both
scouting organizatons is going to create a jury and donate around
2000 – 5000 PLN for prizes for best articles. (probably books or some
scouting equipment)
*Wikipstryk 2008/2009 [
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipstryk_2008] –
a contest for amateur photographers from Wrocław, for photographs of
notable objects in this city sent to Wikimedia Commons. The jury is
about to consist of Polish Wikimedia Board members and professional
photographers. The prizes are cameras, photo-accessories and books
about photography. The cost is estimated to around 5 000 - 10 000 PLN
Next year:
*Wikiekspedycja (Wikijourney) – the idea is to organize several teams
of wikipedians with laptops, cameras and cars and send them to regions
in Poland which are not well photographed and described in Wikipedia.
[
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiekspedycja]
On 30 September 2008 we had a meeting with City Major officials in
Gdansk. We discussed how they can support us in organizing Wikimania
2010. They found idea to have Wikimania in Gdansk very interesting and
suggested various ways how they can support us. The details of this
talks cannot be made public at the moment.
One of Wikipedians applied for funds to participate in Russian
Wikimedia Conference and give a lecture about Polish Wikipedia and
Wikimedia Chapter. The Board has accepted this application.
--
Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html