Activities in 2014

On this page we collect activities in 2014 related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium.

2014

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

January

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 Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU and the WMF we worked on the European Commission copyright consultation (info)

February

1-2 February - Support WMF presence at FOSDEM, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels & presentation of Wikimedia chapters with own stand
2-6 February - Wiki Loves Parliaments: European Parliament in Strassbourg - photography and editing project about members of the European Parliament (project | photos)

March

8 March - Founding preparation meeting WMBE (Alberto, M0tty, Geert, Romaine)
15 March - Letter to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation (letter)

April

23 April - Talk to governmental officials: 'Wikipedians in Residence and Open Data File'
23-25 April - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (2nd edition), Constant Variable @ Open House, Rue Gallait 80, Schaerbeek - co-organised and co-hosted by WMBE volunteers (info | documentation | minutes | photos)
24 April - Expert seminar on mass digitisation co-organised by WMBE, together with UNESCO Mass Digitization and Open Access to Cultural Heritage, in Brussels (because of World Book and Copyright Day) (info | photos)

May

As of May 29, the #Wikimedia_BE Twitter account posted 276 posts and has 298 followers (Twitter)

June

11 June - Present at pro-iBiosphere Final Event Meise (Brussels) (link | photos | Wikimedia workshop)
17 June - KMnet Ontdekkingsdag - Virtuele samenwerking - Presentation to Belgian federal government and discussion about future collaboration (photo)
23 June - Approval of WMBE by the Affiliations Committee (resolution)
28 June - Opening Lokal K in Collogne

July

2 July - Team meeting in El Turco, Place de Londres, Brussels (one of the announcements | photos | minutes)
6 July - Wiknic Eindhoven (announcement | photos) (Taketa & Romaine)
9 July - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)

August

6-10 August - Wikimania 2014 in Londen (info | wiki | photos & more)
6 August - Recognition of Wikimedia Belgium (resolution)
31 August - WikiSunday at the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (project page | photos | report)

September

September - Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg (4th edition) (website | project page | grant | working page | participating images from Belgium & Luxembourg | winners)
4 September - Team meeting in Ghent, in Bierhuis aan de waterkant (agenda | photo)
17 September - Submitting grant request Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg (info | grant request | project page)
23 September - Sent out: Invitation to the photo tour Wiki Takes... Leuven on 28 September 2014
24 September - Grant request Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | project page)
25 September - Preparation of Wiki Takes... Leuven (Romaine)
28 September - Wiki Takes... Leuven, photo tour for Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 (organiser: Romaine)
29 September - Presentation about Wikipedia by KVIV-Ie-net vzw, Desguinlei 214, Antwerp (Derek)

October

8 October - Founding of Wikimedia Belgium asbl/vzw, Brussels
11 October - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
26 October - Board meeting (first), 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels (minutes | photos)
31 October - Workshop Wikipedia in the Chiroux library, Liège

November

1 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht (info | activity page | photos & presentations) (Romaine, Geertivp)
17 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - Art Nouveau collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine)
17 November - Meeting to prepare founding meeting of 19 November in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Brussels (Romaine)
19 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - Battle of Waterloo-related collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine)
19 November - Founding meeting in the drawing rooms of the president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (invitation | press release | photos)
20 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - First World War collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine & Stevie Benton)
21 November - Meeting to solve issues with image donation by Fashion Museum Antwerp (info | images) (Romaine)
26 November - Prize giving ceremony of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 at, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels (invitation | photos | winners) (Romaine, Geertivp)
27 November - Meeting with Armen Tekort, Antwerpen (OTRS) (Romaine)
27 November - Short meeting at Fashion Museum Antwerp (info) (Romaine)
27 November - Meeting about collaboration with digital collections with Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp (info) (Sandra Fauconnier, Romaine, Barbara (Packed vzw))
27 November - NetPoliticsBeerX (#npbx) - #npbbxl 2.7 – Beer After Dark, The Old Oak, Brussels (announcement (archived | also))
28 November - Edit-a-thon Universiteit Gent, Faculteitsbibliotheek Letteren & Wijsbegeerte, Ghent University (photos | announcement (archived) | announcement (archived) | project page)
29 November - 125 photos have been donation by the team of UGentMemorie, a non-profit project of Ghent University researchers and students, about the history of Ghent University (photos)

December

7 December - Board meeting (second), 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels (minutes | photos)
8 December - Meeting with the social media unit of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Communication) (Dimi z & Romaine)
9 December - Meeting with Hilke Arijs of SOIMA 2015 (info) (Dimi z & Romaine)
13 December - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
24 December - Work on WMBE Yearly budget on Meta (info | grant request)

Wikimedia Belgium in the Belgian Parliament
Founding meeting
The President (Speaker) of the House of Representatives
Wikimedia Belgium president Maarten Deneckere
Presidents
Our Host, the Speaker of the house and WMBE board
Our Host and WMBE "godfather" photographer Michiel Hendryckx, happen to be long term friends
presentation table at the entrance of the Speakerś Salons