Wikimedia Conference 2015: Challenges and opportunities for WMF and affiliates
By Pine
24 June 2015
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- Schedule:
- May 13 (half a day): Pre-conference introductory topics: data, tracking resources, tools and designing a SMART proposal.
- May 14 (full day): Pre-conference applied workshops: Reporting and Storytelling, Designing an Annual Plan, Wikimetrics, Survey Design, Program Toolkits
- May 15-17: Main WMCON sessions
- May 13 (half a day): Pre-conference introductory topics: data, tracking resources, tools and designing a SMART proposal.
- Location: offices of Wikimedia Deutschland and nearby venues in Berlin, Germany
- Group meetings:
- Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
- Affiliations Committee (Affcom)
- Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)
- Regional, language and thematic meetups
- Affiliate board chairpersons
- Paid executive directors
- User group affiliates
- The Chapters Dialogue
- Number of participants: 165 including WMF employees
- Staff, contractors and volunteers from WMDE:
- 3 event staff: Daniela, Alice, and Wenke
- 2 program staff: Nicole (WMDE Advisor to the ED for International Relations) and Cornelius (WMCON Program and Engagement Coordinator)
- 2 facilitators: Anna Lena and Andreas
- 3 food service "special agents"
- 3 volunteers who took notes in the conference sessions: Robin, Leon and Martin
- 1 volunteer who led tours of Berlin and Potsdam: Martin
- Number of countries represented: 53
- Number of affiliates: 39 chapters, 1 thematic organization, and 17 user groups
- Budget: $119,412 (actual cost to be published when the grant report is final)
- Main themes: Organization and Structures; Communities and Programmatic Work
This year, the Wikimedia Conference was held in Berlin, Germany. We were hosted by Wikimedia Deutschland ("WMDE"), which is the national chapter for Germany and is the largest Wikimedia chapter in the world with approximately 20,000 members. "Pre-conference" days were May 13–14 and the primary conference days were May 15–17, 2015.
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