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Cyprus report: First participation in a Wikimedia event!
[edit]October has been a really exciting month for us as Wikimedia Community Cyprus was represented for the first time(!) at a Wikimedia event! We participated at the Wikimedia CEE Meeting organized successfully in Lviv, Ukraine by the Wikimedia Ukraine Community. It was a very insightful experience mainly because we aspire to formally create a Wikimedia Community Group on the island and we found the presentations, working groups and workshops to be extremely helpful. Apart from the Opening Workshops “How can we work better together?” and “Wikimedia 2030 Come & Tell - what needs to change in our movement?”, some of the presentations and workshops we attended were: “Healthy Wikimedia Communities – what do they need?” by Christel Steigenberger, “Meet the AffCom” by Camelia Boban, “WikiOnTheRoad” by Matej Grochal, “Vulnerability in society: how the Wikimedia Movement can make a difference” by Mina Theofiliatou, “Wikimedia & Education: developing a framework that values our community” by Nichole Saad, “What can we learn from the feminist movement?” by Asaf Bartov, “Advancing Gender Equity report” by Christel Seigenberger, “Building an affiliate from scratch: Experiences of Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska” by Ljubiša Malenica.
Apart from participating in the presentations and workshops we had the opportunity of meeting many Wikimedians coming from diverse backgrounds and form genuine bonds of cooperation and support. We aspire to stay connected with them and continue our collaboration.