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Wikimedia Czech Republic/Summary

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Wikimedia Czech Republic was founded in March 2008 and had its first general assembly in May 2008. As of February 2009 it has 32 members, its income in 2008 was 1100 €. Budget for 2009 is about 23 000 € of which 7700 € are sponsored services (legal aid, domains, webhosting) and over 12 300 € are planned WMF grants.

What has been done so far

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  • Couple presentations about Wikipedia
  • Press releases, answering press requests
  • Found sponsorship for 14 .cz domains registration/prolonging and web hosting
  • Established partnership with a legal aid bureau
  • Cooperating on CZ localization of Creative Commons licenses
  • Sent input on EU's Green Paper: Copyright in the Knowledge Economy

Plans for the future

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  • Advertising of WMF projects on exhibitions
  • Workshops and conferences
  • Improving Wikimedia projects using WMF grants
  • Services for Wikimedia projects users (e.g. legal aid)

Best success

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  • To be done

Worst headache

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  • Communication with Wikimedia Foundation on operating the wikimedia.cz domain.