WMI, imho

Frieda BrioschiWikimedia Italia

Wikimedia ConferenceBerlin, 30/03-1/04/2012

Year in #wmi/1• March 2011: General assembly in Bologna, partnership with “Adotta una parola” (“adopt a word”)• April: Launch of “Merde” (“Shit”, short cartoon in CC)• May: “Wikipedia e didattica” (“Wikipedia & didactics”, conference in Vicenza)• June: contacts with MiBaC for WLM• July: summer schools• August: holidays (WMI project coordinator calls me every 2 days!)

Year in #wmi/2• September: partnership “Adotta una parola va a scuola” (“Adopt a word goes to school”)• October: Wikicamp @Riva del Garda, Festival delle Libertà digitali (Digital Freedoms Festival), hired a Chaos Manager (TM)• November: TedxLakeComo• December: partnership “Autori in Wikipedia” (“Editors @Wikipedia”), general assembly in Rome (“new” board)

Img by Niccolò Caranti, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Year in #wmi/3• January 2012: hired a fundraiser consultancy firm• February: partnership “Istituto degli Innocenti” (historic orphanage in Florence)• March: hired a pm for WLM, looking for an office!

In few days we’ll launch Wikiquote!

WikiGuide

MembershipFee is still 25€ (was fixed in 2005).

MoneyIncome:• 140k (2012 budget) • 70k (2011 balance)

Expenditure:• 200k (2012 budget)• 200k (2011 balance)

What’s next..

Img by Niccolò Caranti, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

• WLM• many projects financed by different organizations• interns (one shortlisted for fundraising)• WikiGite (“WikiTrips”)• WIR• Whitening party• ..perhaps change avatar?!?