Jump to content

Activities in 2015

From Wikimedia Belgium
< Activities
(Redirected from Activities in 2015)

On this page we collect activities in 2015 related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium.

2015

[edit]

January

[edit]
General Assembly (Jan 24), Brussels
  • 2 January - Submitting grant request for WMBE in 2015   (info | grant request)
  • 3 January - Final report Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg submitted   (info | report | project page)
  • 14 January - First Wiki Loves Art meeting in Brussels (Romaine & upcoming partners)   (project page)
  • 14 January - Wikipedia Workshop with the staff of Mundaneum and Mons2015 at Mons   (M0tty)
  • 19 January - Training about Wikipedia for European Commission   (Dimi z & Romaine)
  • 22 January - Announcement of the start of Wiki Loves Art in 2016 in Belgium   (project page)
  • 24 January - First General Assembly Wikimedia Belgium at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels   (documentation | photos)
  • 24 January - Board meeting (3rd) at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels   (minutes)
  • 27 January - Preparation meeting for the Project Days and FOSDEM   (info)
  • 29-30 January - Wikimedia Belgium attending the Europeana Photography Final Conference at KUL in Leuven   (website (archived)) (Ste.caneva)
WMBE present at FOSDEM 2015

February

[edit]
  • 4 February - Projects Days, or how can Wikimedia Belgium help you with your plans and projects?
  • 4 February - A project day in Brussels at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels   (documentation)
  • 5 February - Meeting with the Flemish Heritage Library about a possible participation in Wiki Loves Art and a donation of images.   (Romaine)
  • 11 February - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM   (info | report)
  • 16 February - Final report for start-up grant for WMBE submitted   (info | report)
  • 20 February - Grant request for WMBE in 2015 approved by the Wikimedia Foundation   (info | grant)
  • 20 February - Workshop on the Roadmap, Leuven (info (archived)) - Presentation about Wikimedia Belgium and the Wikimedia projects for GLAMs   (Ste.caneva & Romaine)
WMBE board gave a presentation during Open Belgium 2015
  • 23 February - Presentation given at Open Belgium 2015 in Namur   (website | photos) (Romaine)
  • 25 February - Presentation concerning the role of CC licenses during the Europeana Fashion, International Conference, Workshop 'Handling Intellectual Property in Fashion Images', MoMu, Antwerp   (info | website (archived)) (Ste.caneva)
  • 28 February - Wikimedia Presentation in Louvain-la-Neuve University for non French native people   (M0tty)

March

[edit]
  • 3-10 March - Meeting with the EPN manager of the Bibliothèque Communale d'Ixelles for the preparation of a Wikimedia presentation during La Semaine du Numérique   (M0tty)
WMBE members helped organising GLAMwiki
  • 7-8 March - 2015 European GLAMwiki Coordinators meeting in Paris   (project page | info | photos) (Romaine)
  • 7-8 March - Art + Feminism Brussels Wikipedia Edit-a-thon   (info | photos)
  • 11 March - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM   (info | report)
  • 15 March - Board meeting (4th) at 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels   (minutes)
  • 17 March - Meeting about Wiki Loves Art in Antwerp   (DerekvG & Romaine)

April

[edit]
WM Colleagues attended the GlamWiki in The Hague
WM Colleagues attended the GlamWiki in The Hague

May

[edit]
coordination meeting between Wikimedia NL and BE
  • 5 May - Board meeting (5th) in El Turco + preparation of Wikimedia conference Berlin 13-17 may   (minutes)
  • 9 May - WikiZaterdag in Utrecht with WMBE-WMNL meeting   (DerekvG, Romaine, MADe & Geertivp)

June

[edit]

July

[edit]
Wikimania 2015

August

[edit]
  • 19 August - Grant request Wiki Loves Art 2016 approved by the Wikimedia Foundation   (info | grant | project page)
  • 25 August - Meeting at Thomas More about Wikiducation, Mechelen   (DerekvG & Romaine & 2 from TM)
  • 29 August - Final report for WMBE in 2015 submitted   (info | report)

September

[edit]

October

[edit]
  • 11 October - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM   (info | report)
  • 18 October - Board meeting (8th) at Place de Londres, Brussels   (minutes)
  • 25 October - Inauguration d'une digithèque libre consacrée aux ouvrages de Philippe Roberts-Jones, Musée des Beaux-Arts.
  • 27 October - Le Livre sur le Livre, présentation de Wikisource, dans le cadre de la Quinzaine du numérique, Mons   (website)
  • 28 October - Meeting of project Flemish art collections, Wikidata and Linked Open Data in Brussels   (project page | Wikidata project page) (Sandra Fauconnier, Romaine, Barbara (Packed vzw))
  • 28 October - Workshop: Hoe schrijf ik artikels voor Wikipedia? for Vorming+, Brugge   (info (archived))

November

[edit]
  • 13 November - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM   (info | report)
  • 14 November - Wikimeet in Antwerpen. Afspraak om 14h aan de leeuwen van de Zoo van Antwerpen (voor het Centraal Station)   (info)
  • 20-21 November - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (3rd edition), 25th floor WTC I-building, Brussels   (info | documentation | photos)
  • 20 November - Edit-a-thon in Library Lab UGent with WeChangEd   (website (archived)) (Sandra Fauconnier)
  • 23 November - Study day Wikipedia in Amsterdam   (info (archived) | English info (archived))
  • 25 November - Lecture Jimmy Wales in Amsterdam   (info (archived))
  • 25 November - Prize giving ceremony of Erasmus Prize in Amsterdam + Wikimeet   (info | info wikimeet | photos | photos wikimeet | tv)
  • 25-27 November - Private viewing historic encyclopedias at the University of Amsterdam Special Collections, Amsterdam   (website (archived))
  • 28 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht   (info | photos & presentations)
  • 30 November - Meeting with Constant vzw, Cinema Nova, Wikimedia Belgium and Cie Artaban for the organisation of the Public Domain Day on 16 January   (info (fr | nl) (archived (fr | nl)))

December

[edit]
André Sterling during the inauguration of his digithèque.
  • 4 December - (nl) Presentatie OpenRefine (Open data) Library Lab UGent door Ruben Verborgh (iMinds)
  • 5 December - Board meeting (9th) at Kubus in Antwerp   (minutes | photos)
  • 5 December - Inauguration of the Digithèque André Sterling in the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences
  • 10 December - Meeting with Kempens Karakter   (website | DerekvG)
  • 15 December - Present at board meeting of Open Knowledge Belgium in co.station, Brussels   (info) (Romaine & MADe)
  • 19 December - Submitting grant request public facing activities WMBE in 2016   (info | grant request)
  • 31 December - So far, the Wikimedia BE Twitter account posted 934 posts, follows 290 accounts, has 743 followers, liked 53 posts, and is added to 5 lists   (Twitter)

See also

[edit]


Retrieved from "https://be.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Activities/2015&oldid=14935"