Wikimedia Belgium/The Illustrated and Annotated Activity List of Wikimedia Belgium

Below an overview of our activities from January 2010 to 2014. See https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Activities for a current list.

We are available to give more information on each activity, including the involved organisers and volunteers.

2010

During Wikimania Gdansk we worked with people from other chapters during table discussions (eg. Kiril, Tomasz, Aude).

July 2010, lobbying for our chapter during Wikimania Gdansk
Wikimeets in September and December*

2011

Celebrating 10y Wikipedia in Hackerspace Ghent
Discussing WM BE during Wikimania Haifa
WLM 2011 Award Session
Uploads during WLM 2011. Notice the effect of the Ghent and Brussels Upload Marathon
Location of the judging session in Mechelen
WLM 2011 Jury was chaired by Michiel Hendryckx

January 2011, celebrating 10 years of Wikipedia in the Hackerspace in Ghent
March - Wikimeet Ghent*
July - Wikimeet Ghent - preparations for WLM
August 3 - start up meeting WLM, Ghent
August - lobbying events during Wikimania Haifa
August 27 - Project: categorization of Belgian heritage, meeting in Brugge
September-November - organization of Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 and its Awards Session at the KIK-IRPA, the Belgian Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
September 15 - Upload marathon Ghent
September 30 - Upload marathon Brussels
October 14 and 19 - online discussion on WLM judging
October 22 - Judging Session in Mechelen
November 5 - lobbying for WM BE at Wikimedia conferentie Netherlands
November 10 - Award Session at offices of the KIK-IRPA

2012

Nov 30, Meeting space used for Founding Wikimedia Belgium
Nov 9, WCN 2012

April 21 - Wikipedia Café Meeting in Ghent*
April - Presentation of WLM and Wikimedia at the Café Numérique in Brussels
July 1 - statutes discussion meeting (also) in the Hackerspace in Brussels
August 17 - Wikimedia meet-up in Hermalle-sous-Huy. During this meeting the Wikimedia BE Twitter account is started
September-November - organization of WikiLovesMonuments 2012 and its Awards Session at the KIK-IRPA, the Belgian Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
October 16 and November 19 - discussion meetings with OKFN (Open Knowledge Foundation)
November 9 - Participation conference Wikimedia Nederland WCN 2013 (Geert, Jos, Romaine)
November 30 - Meeting with Lodewijk at KIK-IRPA about Founding Wikimedia Belgium with Antoine, Romaine, Ward, Robby, Geert, Jos
December 8 - Presenting Wikimedia and discussion participation at CC-be Relaunch. Since then close collaboration with CC-be and the CC European Coordinators (based in Ghent and Berlin)

2013

Sept 7, Brussels kick off meeting
Sept 23, Antwerp meeting
Sept 30, 'Last Participation Day': Bribing possible contestants with not just a beer. Only in Belgium!
Sept 28, Ghent upload marathon
Oct 22, final judging session
Beginning Nov: The winning images were shown in the lobby of the KIK-IRPA
Nov 5, Award session: introduction talk by KIK-IRPA
Nov 5, Award session: reception
Nov 2, Handson WCN 2013

March - Wikipedia atelier (workshop) at Mundaneum in Mons (educating staff, proposing exposition with QRpédia)
April 16 - Approval of the chapter Start-up Grant agreement
April - Kickoff meeting of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU in Brussels
April - Annual Big Fat Brussels Meeting co-organised with other chapters
May 21 - Presentation for Flemish cultural institutions in Brussels about Wikipedia, Wikimedia and doing projects with Wikimedia.
May 26 - Wikipedia Cafe Antwerp*
June 10 - WLM project set up. Preparation of the WLM grant request. Assessing which parties will participate this year.
June 5 - Support of the legal advisors (VSDC) on our statutes and the internal regulations of the association(RIO)
June 29 - WWI edit-a-thon in Leuven
June 29 - Discussion on the steps forward with the WLM project team. Meeting the volunteers.
July 3 - 'Finalizing' our bylaws and request formal candidate founders
July 10 - Grant Request for the organisation of WLM BeLux is approved
July 17 - meeting KIK-IRPA on the organisation of WLM (venue, reception & drinks, determining date)
August 14 - WLM Social Media day
August 22 - meeting Herita on collaboration with WLM
September 4 - meeting legal advisors on WMBE statutes
September 7 - kick-off meeting. Meeting new contributors, explaining the rules, sharing tips and tricks. Meeting at the Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels.
September 9 - Start of the #WikiOpVerzoek action (English: #WikiOnRequest) on the WM BE Twitter account. This hashtag is used to reply to people commenting on errors or inapropriate texts on Wikipedia (after correction of the errors off course!)
September 23 - Team meeting
September 23 - Fashion edit-a-thon, Antwerp, organized together with Fashion Museum Antwerp and image donation to Commons of museum
September 28 - upload marathon in Ghent. We explored the historical inner city of Ghent, en took additional pictures. We met and exchanged experiences. WM BE was discussed, too. The meeting resulted in a serious spike in uploads.
September 30 - Last WLM participation day. Online rally to convince people to upload their last and best images.
October 3 - WLM Judging information session in Ghent
October 13 -“Mois de la contribution en Bruxelles” (Collaboration Month in Brussels)
October 22 - WLM Final judging session in Ghent
October 22 - Ada Lovelace Day 2013 edit-a-thon in Brussels
October 23 - Preparation of WLM Award Session
October 24 - Ideafest on Open Science (Alberto, Geert) - Speech Jimmy Wales - [1][2]
October 27 - “Mois de la contribution en Bruxelles” with interview on national broadcaster RTBF interview
November 2 - Participation (Alberto, Dimi, Geert) at Wikimedia Nederland, WCN 2013
November 5 - Team meeting finalising the Wikimedia Belgium statutes
November 5 - Award session at the Royal Institute at the Cinquantenaire, Brussels. Talks by the director of the institute, the organisors, the jury. Awarding the prices. Reception where we approached new members
November 12 - Wrapping up WLM
December 6 - Meeting with WMBE Carolynne Schloeder (Alberto, Dimi, Geert, Romaine)

2014

February, Wikipedians in the European Parliament
April 25, Big Fat Brussels Meeting : First hours of a long day
April 24, Seminar on Mass Digitization and Open Access to Cultural Heritage
June 11, Presentation Wikimedia/Wikimedia at pro-iBiosphere Final Event Meise (Brussels)
June 17, public of the Belgian federal government with presentation
Team meeting at July 2

January - Start of negotiations with the Bulgarian “Dossier Commission on State Security” about a release and digitalisation collaboration project (European Parliament event in Brussels)
January-March - Together with FKAGEU and the WMF we worked on the European Commission copyright consultation
February 01-02 - Support WMF presence at FOSDEM, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels & presentation of Wikimedia chapters with own stand
February 02-06 - Wikipedians in European Parliament: photography and editing project about members of the European Parliament.
March 8 - Founding preparation meeting WMBE (Alberto, M0tty, Geert, Romaine)
April - Big Fat Brussels Meeting vol. 2 - co-organised and co-hosted by WMBE volunteers
April 23 - Talk to governmental officials: 'Wikipedians in Residence and Open Data File'
April 24 - Event together with UNESCO Mass Digitization and Open Access to Cultural Heritage in Brussels
As of May 29, the Wikimedia BE Twitter account posted 276 posts and has 298 followers
June 11 - present at pro-iBiosphere Final Event Meise (Brussels) (link/photos/Wikimedia workshop)
June 17 - "KMnet Ontdekkingsdag - Virtuele samenwerking" - Presentation to Belgian federal government and discussion about future collaboration
July 2 - Team meeting (one of the announcements)

Coming up

September - Collaboration meeting digital collections at Museum Plantin Moretus in Antwerp
September-November - Wiki Loves Monuments 2014

Footnotes

An asterisk (*) denotes a non programmatic activity. Full details of these activities can be found in the "The SECRET Illustrated and Annoted Activity List of Wikimedia Belgium".