Activities in 2017

On this page we collect activities in 2017 related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium. It is an activity log in what we collect all our general assemblies, board meetings, meetings with other organisations and people, meetings for projects, presentations, workshops, edit-a-thons, conferences, publication of press releases, sending out of invitations and newsletters, (photo) contests, and many other activities and milestones.

2017

January

10 January - Board meeting (14th) online (documentation)
11 January - Meeting with WeCitizens about possible collaboration (Romaine)
11 January - Meeting with Open Knowledge Belgium about upcoming conference Open Belgium (info) (Romaine)
11 January - Meeting about the processing of the data donation of Kunstenpunt in Walvis (project page) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
11 January - Meeting about activities for 2017 in Walvis (Lfurter, Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
14 January - Publication of activity report for 2016 (report)
15 January - Publication of financial report for 2016 (report)
24 January - Meeting with Musea en Erfgoed Antwerpen about collaboration (info) (Romaine)
24 January - Meeting with KMSKA about collaboration (project page) (Romaine)
24 January - Sending New Year's wishes for 2017 to members (Geertivp)
28 January - Annual General Assembly (4th GA, 3rd regular GA) + board meeting (15th) in WTC Tower 1 - 25th floor, Brussels + wikimeet (documentation | photos)
29 January - Just For The Record: Elles Tournent / Dames Draaien in MundoB, Brussels (project page | activity page | archived website)
30 January - Meeting to prepare presentation (Morlanwelz) + prepare other activities (Lfurter & Romaine)
30 January - Presentation for the Musée Royal de Mariemont in Morlanwelz (project page) (Lfurter & Romaine)

February

1 February - Presentation about Wikipedia/Wikimedia/uploading to Commons for "Erfgoed Geraardsbergen op Wikipedia", with Vormingplus Vlaamse Ardennen-Dender (announcement (archived) | photo building | photo session) (Romaine)
2 February - Meeting with Flemish Heritage Library about collaboration, in Antwerp (Romaine)
2 February - Meeting with Iedereen Leest about collaboration, in Antwerp (Romaine)
2 February - Talk with director of Packed vzw in Antwerp (Romaine)
3 February - Wikimedia Belgium Newsletter - February 2017 published
4-5 February - Present at FOSDEM at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus Solbosch in Brussels (info | photos | organisation)
6 February - Meeting with Erfgoedinzicht in Brugge about collaboration (project page) (Geertivp & Romaine)
8 February - Meeting about Wiki Loves Monuments in Leuven (Romaine & Ste.caneva)
8 February - Meeting with KU Leuven about organising an edit-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments in Leuven (Romaine & Ste.caneva)
8 February - Meeting with Province Flemish Brabant about organising two workshops for library staff in the province (Romaine)
8 February - Meeting about working together and organising activities from Ternat (Geertivp & Hilke)
12 February - Guided tour through Geraardsbergen to make photos of monuments, with Vormingplus Vlaamse Ardennen-Dender (announcement (archived))
15-18 February - GLAM coordinators meeting in Paris (project page | project page | presentations/photos | grant) (Romaine)

March

2 March - Edit-a-thon in Louvain-la-Neuve during the month of contributions on the French language Wikipedia (project page)
6 March - Open Belgium 2017 in building Brussels Environnement at Tour & Taxis in Brussels (info | website | photos)
- Presentation: The Gender Gap on Wikipedia (summary) (Lfurter & Ciell)
- Presentation: winning photos of Wiki Loves Art presented at photo wall
- Support provided in organisation
8 March - Meeting with Packed about data donation from Kunstenpunt, Brussel (project page) (Romaine)
8 March - Meeting with Packed about data donation from Archiefbank Vlaanderen, Brussel (project page) (Romaine)
8 March - Just For The Record: Art+Feminism on International Women's Day in the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) in Brussels + evaluation (project page | activity page | archived website | photos) (Lfurter & Romaine)
9 March - Edit-a-thon in Louvain-la-Neuve during the month of contributions on the French language Wikipedia (project page)
10 March - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
16 March - Edit-a-thon in Louvain-la-Neuve during the month of contributions on the French language Wikipedia (project page)
18 March - Movement strategy meeting at Wikimedia Nederland office in Utrecht (project page) (Romaine)
22 March - Just For The Record: Memory Factory in La Bellone, Brussels (project page | activity page | archived website)
23 March - Edit-a-thon in Louvain-la-Neuve during the month of contributions on the French language Wikipedia (project page)
23 March - Wikipedia training for librarians in Flemish Brabant in Relegem/Zellik (project page) (Romaine)
23 March - Meeting with Packed about data donation from Kunstenpunt, Brussels (project page) (Romaine)
23 March - Post cards created and sent out to libraries and partners as preparation of the Brussels writing weeks 2017
24 March - Wikipedia training for librarians in Flemish Brabant in province building in Leuven (project page) (Romaine)
24 March - Meeting organisers of Wikipedia training sessions in Flemish Brabant in Leuven (Romaine)
25 March 2017 - Just For The Record: Relocation : Queer and Feminist Archives in La Bellone, Brussels (project page | activity page | archived website | photos)
28 March - Meeting with WMNL in Berlin (Geertivp & Romaine)
29 March-2 April - Wikimedia Conference 2017 in Berlin (info) (Geertivp & Romaine & Dimi z)
30 March - Edit-a-thon in Louvain-la-Neuve during the month of contributions on the French language Wikipedia (project page)

April

6 April - Meeting with Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
6 April - Meeting with EDRi about their internal wiki (Romaine)
6 April - Online meeting about GLAM activities (Lfurter & Sam.Donvil & Hilke Arijs & ~~Romaine~~)
6 April - Meeting with Dimi at office + picking up materials (Romaine)
7 April - Meeting with Zinneke in Brussels (info) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
7 April - Meeting with DIVA in Antwerp (Romaine)
7 April - Meeting with MoMu in Antwerp (Romaine)
11 April - Wikipedia training session for library staff of Brussels at the VGC as preparation of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 (Romaine)
12 April - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
20 April - Workshop Wikimedia and the performing arts (Wikimedia en de podiumkunsten) organised by Taalunie in Antwerpen (Spinster & Romaine)
22 April - Start Brussels Writing Weeks 2017 (project page | Wikipedia project page)
22 April - Wikipedia writing session in the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS Box) in Brussels + guided tour through KVS (theme: dance) as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 on the Day of the Dance in Brussels (project page 1 | project page 2 | photos)
22 April - Wikipedia walk in writing moment in the Library of Anderlecht as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 (project page)
22 April - Wikipedia walk in writing moment in the Library of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 (project page)
22-23 April - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (4th edition), BeCentral, Brussels (info | documentation | photos) (Dimi z & Romaine & SPQRobin)
23 April - Meeting with Open Knowledge Belgium about upcoming Civic Labs Brussels, Brussels (info) (Romaine)
24 April - Wikipedia walk in writing moment in the Library of Koekelberg as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 (project page)
25 April - Civic Lab Brussels (1st) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine & SPQRobin)
26 April - Wikipedia walk in writing moment in the Library of Koekelberg as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 (project page)
27 April - Edit-a-thon at KU Leuven as final event of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 + preparational talk (project page | photos) (Romaine & Ste.caneva)
29 April - Wikipedia writing session in Muntpunt in Brussels (theme: dance) as part of the Brussels writing weeks 2017 on the Day of the Dance in Brussels + after talk (project page 1 | project page 2 | photos)

May

2 May - Het Virtuele Land Klankbordgroep meeting in Leuven (Romaine)
3 May - Meeting with Stedelijk Onderwijs Antwerpen for collaboration (Romaine & Ste.caneva)
3 May - Blogpost published about gender history in Flanders and Belgium (archived) (Spinster)
6 May - Just For The Record: Wives and daughters of, at Ladyfest in Maastricht (project page | activity page | archived website | archived program)
7 May - Meeting with the newly founded user group Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg in Liège (info) (Dimi z, Romaine, Zinneke, Soued031 & Les Meloures)
9 May - Civic Lab Brussels (2nd) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine & Geertivp)
11 May - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
19 May - Meeting with unit Media Convergence and Social Media from the European Commission (Dimi z)
22 May - Announcement start of project Wiki Loves Public Space (project page)
23 May - Meeting with unit Media Convergence and Social Media from the European Commission (Dimi z, Romaine & SPQRobin)
23 May - Civic Lab Brussels (3rd) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine & Dimi z)
23 May - Meeting with Dries from Open Knowledge Belgium about collaborations (info) (Romaine)
24 May - Meeting with EDRi about their internal wiki (Romaine)
27 May - Public Domain Day 2017 (info | project page | website Constant: en (A) / fr (A) / nl (A))
27 May - Just For The Record: Public Domain Day (project page | events page | archived website)
29 May - Wikipedia/Wikimedia session (workshop) for Erfgoedinzicht in Brugge (project page) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
29 May - Meeting in Brugge about projects of WMBE (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
30 May - Wikipedia training for librarians in Flemish Brabant in province building in Leuven (project page) (Romaine)
30 May - Meeting with someone from UZ Leuven (Romaine)
31 May - Closing old Argenta bank account of Wikimedia Belgium (Geertivp)

June

5 June - Edit-a-thon in Musée Royal de Mariemont (cancelled because of internet issues) (project page)
6 June - Meeting with Packed vzw about future collaboration (Romaine)
6 June - Civic Lab Brussels (4th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
- Presentation: Wiki Loves Public Space
9 June - Meeting with Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Louvain-la-Neuve about support for writing activity (Romaine)
12 June - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
12 June - Submitting grant request for Wiki Loves Public Space 2017 (info | grant request | project page)
13 June - Evaluation Brussels writing weeks 2017 with co-organisers from participating libraries, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Packed vzw and Wikipedia/Wikimedia, location: Brussels (project page) (Romaine)
15 June - Updating folders WMBE (Romaine)
19 June - Preparation day at KIK-IRPA for the Sharing is Caring event (project page) (Sam.Donvil, Romaine)
20 June - GLAM seminar/conference Sharing is Caring - Brussels Extension organised as part of Wiki Loves Art at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels (project page | photos & some presentations) (Sam.Donvil, Romaine, Geertivp)
20 June - Updating folders WMBE at office in Rue du Trône (Romaine)
20 June - Civic Lab Brussels (5th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
- Presentation OpenScore + start collaboration
21 June - Meeting to prepare workshop and more (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
21 June - Wikipedia/Wikimedia session (workshop) for Erfgoedinzicht institutions in Museum Dr. Guislain in Gent (project page) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
26 June - Grant request Wiki Loves Public Space 2017 in Belgium approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | project page)
26 June - Start project page for participants (landing page) of the photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space (project page for participants | project page)

July

1 July - Start photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space (1st edition in Belgium) (website for participants | project page | grant | participating images)
1 July - Sending out invitations for the photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space (English | French | Dutch)
2 July - Final report Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 grant submitted (info | grant | report | project page)
3 July - Final report Wiki Loves Art 2016 grant submitted (info | grant | report | project page)
3 July - Interim report Public facing activities 2017 grant submitted (info | grant | report)
4 July - Civic Lab Brussels (6th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
5 July - Interview with De Standaard about the project Wiki Loves Public Space + article published (project page) (Geertivp)
6 July - Follow-up e-mail sent to all participants of the Sharing is Caring Brussels seminar (project page)
9 July - Application submitted for a Simple APG grant from the Wikimedia Foundation for 2018 (info)
11 July - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
17 July - Final report Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 grant approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | report | project page)
18 July - Final report Wiki Loves Art 2016 grant approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | report | project page)
18 July - Meeting with Dries from Open Knowledge Foundation Belgium in BeCentral about future collaborations (info) (Romaine)
18 July - Civic Lab Brussels (7th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
20 July - Meeting about lecture, documentation, and future activities and projects (Hilke Arijs & Romaine)
20 July - Lecture about Wikipedia, Wikimedia and how to shoot qualitative photos in Bib Ternat as part of Wiki Loves Public Space (project page | announcement (archived) | presentation Geert | photos) (Geertivp & Hilke Arijs & Romaine)
25 July - Sending out invitation: Uitnodiging voor Wikify Het Theaterfestival: Schrijf mee! (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)

August

1 August - Civic Lab Brussels (8th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
2 August - Online meeting with WMF about WMBE's Simple APG grant application for 2018 (info) (Romaine & Geertivp)
9-13 August - Wikimania 2017 in Montreal (Canada) (info)
- 12 August - Board chairs meeting during Wikimania (Romaine)
15 August - Civic Lab Brussels (9th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
28 August - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - introduction in Wikipedia + writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
29 August - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
29 August - Civic Lab Brussels (10th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
30 August - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
31 August - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
31 August - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - photography session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
31 August - Last day of photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space (1st edition in Belgium) (website for participants | project page | grant | participating images)
31 August - Méthodes d'intelligence collective, Tournai

September

1 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
4 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
4 September - Interview with EUobserver (Dimi z)
5 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
6 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
7 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
8 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - writing session in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
8 September - Wikify het Theaterfestival! - closing dinner in Kaaitheater in Brussels (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos)
8-10 September - WikiCon 2017 in Leipzig, conference for the German speaking community (info | project page | photos) (Romaine)
12 September - Meeting with DIVA and Packed in Antwerp (Romaine)
12 September - Meeting about preparation edit-a-thon Mariemont in Antwerp (project page) (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
12 September - Meeting about DIVA and Flemish art collections, Wikidata and Linked Open Data in Brussels (Romaine & Alina data)
12 September - Meeting about Kunstenpunt in Brussels (Romaine & Beireke1)
12 September - Meeting with Modzilla in Brussels (Romaine)
12 September - Civic Lab Brussels (11th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
14 September - Creation of w:de:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Belgien
16 September - Edit-a-thon in Musée Royal de Mariemont (project page | Wikipedia project page | photos) (Romaine & Cbyd)
16 September - Excursion to Aachen, organised by the Wikipedia community from Aachen (archived project page)
25 September - Meeting with the King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels (info) (Romaine)
26 September - Meeting with Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen in Oudenaarde (Romaine)
26 September - Civic Lab Brussels (12th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)

October

1 October - Just For The Record: changing the narrative, empowering collective writing session on Wikipedia at The F Word Festival 2017 in Amsterdam (project page | activity page | archived website | archived program | archived program description)
3 October - Civic Lab Ghent (1st) in De Krook (info | Kick-off (archived))
10 October - Civic Lab Brussels (13th) in BeCentral (project page | photos)
17 October - Civic Lab Ghent (2nd) in ReaGent (info | Meetup (archived))
18 October - WMBE collaboration with ULB History Art and Archeology (Geertivp)
18 October - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 1 (project page | activity page | archived website)
19-21 October - WikiConvention francophone 2017 (2nd) in Strasbourg (info | project page | photos)
22 October - (Female) Pioneers at Festival Voix de Femmes in KulturA in Liège (project page | activity page | archived website | archived program: en / fr / nl | archived group description: en / fr / nl)
24 October - Zinneke edit-a-thon in Brussels (info) (Romaine)
24 October - Meeting with Studio 100 about releasing media (Romaine)
24 October - Civic Lab Brussels (14th) in BeCentral (project page) (Romaine)
27 October - Submitting grant request for WMBE in 2018 (info | grant request)
28-29 October - WikidataCon in Berlin (info | project page | photos) (Geertivp)
- Submission: Wikidata Conference 2017 - Berlin - Using Wikidata Query and QuickStatements to automatically amend Wikidata items
31 October - Civic Lab Ghent (3rd) in ReaGent (info | Meetup (archived))
October-November - Import data of monuments of Brussels to Wikidata (project page)

November

4 November - Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland in Utrecht with 2 presentations (info | program | program archived | wiki | photos | presentations)
7 November - Meeting with Dries from Open Knowledge Belgium in Brussels about Civic Lab Brussels (info) (Romaine)
7 November - Civic Lab Brussels (15th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
8 November - Endorsement of the 2017 strategic direction of the Wikimedia movement (introduction | strategic direction | endorsement page | our endorsement)
14 November - Civic Lab Ghent (4th) in ReaGent (info | Meetup (archived))
17 November - Meeting about the processing of the data donation of Kunstenpunt and Archiefbank Vlaanderen in Walvis, Brussels (project page/project page) (Romaine)
17 November - Meeting with CegeSoma, Brussels (Romaine)
21 November - Meeting about Open Belgium with Dries from Open Knowledge Belgium in Brussels (info) (Romaine)
21 November - Civic Lab Brussels (16th) in BeCentral (project page | photos) (Romaine)
22 November - Meeting with Horta Museum in Saint-Gilles (project page) (Romaine)
22 November - Meeting with Packed about various projects, Brussels (Romaine)
22 November - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 2 (project page | activity page | archived website)
27 November - Meeting with the Royal Library of Belgium and Packed in Brussels (info) (Romaine)
27 November - Meeting with Cinematek in Brussels (Romaine)
27 November - Edit-a-thon with presentation during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (activity page | announcement)
29 November - Discussion session about how Wikimedia is organised during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (activity page | announcement | announcement)
29 November - Interview about Wikipedia by the RTBF in Louvain-la-Neuve (Lionel Scheepmans)
29 November - Edit-a-thon with presentation during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (activity page | announcement | photos) (Romaine)
30 November - Het Virtuele Land Open Advising Council meeting in Leuven (Romaine)
30 November - Edit-a-thon with presentation during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (activity page | announcement | photos) (Romaine)
30 November - Cancelled: Edit-a-thon with presentation during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Mons (activity page | announcement)
30 November - Cancelled: Edit-a-thon with presentation during the wiki week in the Université catholique de Louvain in Woluwe (activity page | announcement)

December

4 December - Meeting with the Ministry of Culture of Flanders about the organisation of a photo contest in 2018 around heritage as part of the European year of heritage (Romaine & Beireke1)
4 December - Meeting with the Ministry of Culture of Flanders about the organisation of a study day for heritage professionals and local heritage cells including how to use Wikipedia/etc (Romaine & Beireke1)
4 December - Meeting at office WMBE (Dimi & Anna & Romaine)
4 December - AccessNow & EDRi winter party, Brussels
5 December - Civic Lab Brussels (17th) in BeCentral (project page)
9 December - Edit-a-thon in BLI:B, Vorst/Forest (project page | activity page | announcement | announcement | announcement | photos)
9 December - Meeting Geertivp & Romaine
14 December - Mailing to partners about the Public Domain in 2018 + Public Domain Day in The Hague (website | archived)
18 December - Wikipedia Workshop at CegeSoma, Brussels (Romaine)
18 December - Wikipedia class at VUB (project page | archived)
19 December - Meeting with the King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels (info) (Romaine)
19 December - Arranging new keys for office
19 December - Meeting Geert and Romaine
19 December - Meeting with Julia from Open Knowledge Belgium about Open Belgium 2018 (info) (Romaine)
19 December - Civic Lab Brussels (18th) in BeCentral (project page | photos)
20 December - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 3 (project page | activity page | archived website)
22 December - Approval of the Visienota 'Een Vlaams cultuurbeleid in het digitale tijdperk' by the Flemish Government including many Wikipedia mentions (source archived | doc)

31 December - So far, the Wikimedia Belgium Twitter account posted 2014 posts (1361 in 2017), follows 378 accounts, has 1233 followers, liked 427 posts, and is added to 3 lists (Twitter)
31 December - So far, the Wiki Loves Monuments Belgium & Luxembourg Twitter account posted 397 posts, follows 82 accounts, has 224 followers, and liked 10 posts (Twitter)
31 December - So far, the Wiki Loves Art Belgium Twitter account posted 140 posts, follows 117 accounts, has 89 followers, and liked 19 posts (Twitter)