Wikimedia Deutschland/Summary
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[edit] Presentation of the chapter
Wikimedia Deutschland, founded in June 2004, was the first Wikimedia chapter. It has more than 400 members, an office with 1.5 full time employees, and an annual budget of ~300k EUR.
[edit] What has been done so far
- Infrastructure: 30 Squids (110k EUR), Toolserver cluster (30k EUR)
- Outreach: Wikipedia Academy (since 2005), Brochures (Wikipedia 1x1, Wikipedia and Wkisource flyers), Zedler Medal, Wikipedia exhibition, Media literacy at schools
- Community support: Travel grants (writing contest), Workshops (OTRS team), Digitisation of old books (Wikisource), Legal support (expert opinion on legal issues), Stable versions
- Business development: DirectMedia (Wikipedia DVD), Spiegel Wissen (knowledge portal of major German news magazine), Bertelsmann (one volume print edition of Wikipedia)
- Press relations: Reactive and proactive on German and international issues
- Legal affairs: 5 lawsuits against WM-DE (4 failed, 1 pending), one lawsuit against WMF (failed)
[edit] Worst headache
- Human resources: Professional Support, Volunteer Development
- Predictability: Strategy, Plan of Action, Involvement
- Security: Financial Sustainability, Internal Obstacles, Legal Risks
