Chapters meeting 2009/Preparation/Wikimédia Magyarország
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Quick facts
[edit]- When was the chapter created?
- 27 September 2008: founding meeting
- 3 November 2008: WMF approves us as an official chapter
- 24 November 2008: finalised the formal registration as an association of public utility
- What are the main changes that affected the chapter since then? (if any)
- Nothing notable.
- Number of members: 25
- Budget
- 2008: about 500 €
- Planned for 2009: about 2500 € + 1500 € planned from WMF grant
Success stories
[edit]- the creation of the chapter :)
- starting up the first programs (article writing competition, picture competion, micro grants program)
- getting into contact with universities, scientific societies, libraries, government departments
Headaches
[edit]- low number of active members, tasks towering on very few people
- the Hungarian legal situation of the projects and the chapters is often ambiguous leading to uncertainty, tensions inside the projects and slow administration
- domain problems (especially wikimedia.hu)
Plans for the future
[edit]- Plans for the short term (1 year)
- increasing the membership to 40-50 (with about 10 active members)
- increasing the efficiency and reputation of our projects
- organizing further programs to support the community and the projects
- Plans for the medium term (3 years)
- several bigger partnerships to increase and better the projects
- publishing
- regular Wikipedia teaching, workshops; organizing conferences on promoting the spread of free knowledge
Expectations
[edit]- to sign or discuss the chapters agreement, discuss the relationship between the WMF and the chapters and issues of trademark.
- to get familiar with the activity, the experience and the representatives of other chapters
- perhaps working out international programs and collaborations