Chapters meeting 2009/Preparation/Wikimédia France

See presentation here:

File:Wikimedia France-chapmeeting.pdf

Quick facts

• Founded in 2004
• 138 members
• Run by volunteers

Finances

• Donations are tax-deductible in France (60%)
• Online payment system available since mid Dec. 08
• Signed the fundraising agreement with WMF in 2008
• 65 000 € of revenue in donation in 2008, of which around 50 000 € in the frame of the fundraising agreement
• Donations represent 93% of revenue, membership fees the rest
• 10 000 euros spent in 2008

Activities

Outreach

• Participation in conferences, workshops, training etc…
• One conference organized end of 2007
• Leaflets and documents: mostly covered
• Wikipedia handbook published early 2009

Communication

• 5-10 press releases per year
• Press: activity pretty high, but seems to be decreasing. Aiming for social press.
• Weak (but growing) presence in social media
• Creation of portal wikipedia.fr in 2008

Technical

• Financial participation in toolserver in 2008 and 2009
• Governmental subsidies requested in 2008 and continued in 2009 for anti-vandalism tools
• Lobbying
• Increasing presence and recognition in 2008
• Participation in National digital economy plan
• Position papers published

Community

• Two rewards per year in a community contest (with $)
• Acquisition of content
• About 2500 images taken thanks to WM FR support
• Digitization of old academic material
• Ongoing discussion with various museum

Programs for 2009 and beyond

• An annual focus: the image
• 4 programs
  • Enhancing understanding of Wikimedia projects, free culture, free licences and collaboration

French connection (support of cultural and linguistic diversity on the net, eg: more French speaking content)

• Liberation of culture (in particular freeing content from museums, scanning…)
• Technical infrastructure (software and hardware to support the projects)

Future

One year plan

• 2009: 250 members
• First hire
• One high profile partnership with cultural institution
• Strengthen ties with social press

Three year plan

• An office :)
• 400 members

Expectations

• Strengthen Chapters relationships
• Streamline global organisational issues
• Gather and share experience in fundraising