Hi, Bence. Could you say a little more about the partnership with Arcanum?
Thanks, Asaf On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Bence Damokos <bence.damo...@wiki.media.hu>wrote: > Dear all, > > Please find below the report on Wikimedia Hungary's activities in April > 2011. It is available online at: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magyarorsz%C3%A1g/April_2011 > . > > Best regards, > -- > Bence Damokos > Executive Vice President, > Wikimedia Hungary > http://wikimedia.hu <http://wiki.media.hu> > > > *Wikimedia Hungary Report* > *Vol 4 Issue 4* > *April 2011* > *Prepared by: Bence Damokos* > > This is an update on Wikimédia Magyarország's activities covering April > 2011. For more recent updates, you can follow our blog (in Hungarian) at > http://blog.wikimedia.hu > Presentations > > In the month of April, we have held presentations about Wikipedia on the > following occasions: > > - 8: A presentation at the the Apáczai High School in Budapest > - 13: A presentation at the Humanities Faculty of the St Stephen > University in Jászberény. The audience included students of library > studies. > - 26: A presentation at the Budapest University of Technology and > Economics > > Partnerships > > - We have discussed collaboration opportunities with Arcanum, a > publisher of digitised versions of out-of-copyright books, encyclopedias, > maps and similar. In this spirit we have signed a partnership agreement > with > the publisher at the XVIII. International Book Fair of Budapest. (Press > release: > > http://wikimedia.hu/wiki/Egy%C3%BCttm%C5%B1k%C3%B6d%C3%A9si_meg%C3%A1llapod%C3%A1s_az_Arcanum_Adatb%C3%A1zis_Kiad%C3%B3val > ) > - We have also had a meeting with the researchers at the Hungarian > Academy of Science (MTA-SZTAKI institute) about the possibility of using > their anti-plagiarism software to detect copyright violations on Wikipedia. > > Grants > > - We have submitted a report ( > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_HU/Wikiconference/Report ) on > our 10th anniversary conference held in January. Videos of the event are > available on our YouTube channel at: http://youtube.com/WikimediaHU. > - Also, we have submitted a report on the 4.3 million forint ($22000) > grant we have received from the Hungarian Council of Internet Providers to > buy a server (see previous coverage in August 2010: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magyarorsz%C3%A1g/August_2010#Council_of_Hungarian_Internet_Providers > ) > - In April we have received notification that our 0.25 million forint > ($1250) grant request for the National Civil Fund was approved. The grant, > covering June to September 2011 is intended to cover the costs of the > development of a CiviCRM credit card gateway and the printing of outreach > publications. > > Wikisprint > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_Marshall_McLuhan_drawing.jpg> > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_Marshall_McLuhan_drawing.jpg> > Marshall McLuhan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan> > > A group called Kitchen Budapest has organized a Wikipedia editing sprint at > Műcsarnok, one of the biggest art exhibition halls in Budapest to celebrate > the 100th anniversary of Marshall McLuhan's birthday. As part of the sprint, > they created and improved the McLuhan article in the Hungarian Wikipedia. > > A short video and a description of the event is available in English at: > http://mcluhan100.kibu.hu/wikisprint/?lang=en > Meetings > > On 4th April we held a board meeting in a Budapest café to discuss pending > projects, approve new members, the transfer of our share of the Wikimedia > Fundraiser (see previous report) and similar. The minutes are available (in > Hungarian) at: > http://wikimedia.hu/wiki/Eln%C3%B6ks%C3%A9gi_%C3%BCl%C3%A9s_%E2%80%93_2011._%C3%A1prilis_4 > . > While the meeting was convened as a board meeting, it was public, and > therefore we had quite a few of our members present. > PR > > We have issued a press release and a blog post to mark the 10 millionth > media file on Commons: > http://wikimedia.hu/wiki/T%C3%ADzmilli%C3%B3_szabad_k%C3%A9p_a_Wikip%C3%A9dia_testv%C3%A9roldal%C3%A1n > , > http://huwiki.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-millio-szabadon-hasznalhato-kep.html > Fundraising > > Wikimedia Hungary participated in the 2009/2010 fundraiser as a partner of > the Wikimedia Foundation. The amount of donations raised in Hungary in April > was 15 000 forints ($75) by Wikimedia Hungary, and $17.8 by the Wikimedia > Foundation. > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
