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Wikimedia Sverige had its fifth birthday recently, but we didn’t throw party to celebrate the important milestone. Instead of a celebration, the chapter was busy with two important activities related to its expansion.
Wikimedia Sverige had its fifth birthday recently, but we didn’t throw party to celebrate the important milestone. Instead of a celebration, the chapter was busy with two important activities related to its expansion.
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Members of the Human Relations Committee interviewed three candidates for the newly established part-time financial administrator position. Meanwhile, two staff members and three volunteers manned a table at the Swedish National Historic Museum in Stockholm for a two-day event organized by the Union of Swedish Local History, one of the target groups for Wikipedia Sverige. The purpose of the event was to recruit more editors within the community of mostly older amateur historians. In addition to the recruiting event, two lectures were given by Wikipedians on the partnership between Wikimedia Sweden and a group of Swedish National Museums, and on the ongoing Wikipedia editing project regarding historic Swedish local government wards.
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Members of the Human Relations Committee interviewed three candidates for the newly established part-time financial administrator position. Meanwhile, two staff members and three volunteers manned a table at the Swedish National Historical Museum in Stockholm for a two-day event organized by the Union of Swedish Local History, one of the target groups for Wikipedia Sverige. The purpose of the event was to recruit more editors within the community of mostly older amateur historians. In addition to the recruiting event, two lectures were given by Wikipedians on the partnership between Wikimedia Sweden and the Council of the Swedish Central Museums, and on the ongoing Wikipedia editing project regarding historic Swedish local government wards.
Wikimedia Sverige has a lot to celebrate as the chapter has been very busy growing over the past year. Back in May and August 2011, two policy and planning seminars were held to explore the possibility of an organizational leapfrog. This resulted in an ambitious request for funds from the Wikimedia Foundation in September 2011. Under the guidance of Sebastian Moleski of Wikimedia Deutschland and with the financing from the WMF, the chapter has seen impressive growth.
Wikimedia Sverige has a lot to celebrate as the chapter has been very busy growing over the past year. Back in May and August 2011, two policy and planning seminars were held to explore the possibility of an organizational leapfrog. This resulted in an ambitious request for funds from the Wikimedia Foundation in September 2011. Under the guidance of Sebastian Moleski of Wikimedia Deutschland and with the financing from the WMF, the chapter has seen impressive growth.
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Both the Board and the chapter agreed to dramatically expand the activity level of the chapter in 2012. The chapter has underwent a transformation from an earlier 100 percent volunteer organization working on a shoestring budget to a professionally run organization with paid employees. In addition, the first office was rented in a low-cost office hotel in Stockholm’s urban quarter, Södermalm, intended for volunteer organizations, and in one go we had both a post office box address and a physical one. The new office space enabled staff to meet regularly in the early stages of expansion and organize chapter goals. Furthermore, in February 2012 our first full-time employee was hired, and he took office as Secretary in March 2012.
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Both the Board and the chapter agreed to dramatically expand the activity level of the chapter in 2012. The chapter underwent a transformation from an earlier 100 percent volunteer organization working on a shoestring budget to a professionally run organization with paid employees. In addition, the first office was rented in a low-cost office hotel in Stockholm’s urban quarter, Södermalm, intended for volunteer organizations, and in one go we had both a post office box address and a physical one. The new office space enabled staff to meet regularly in the early stages of expansion and organize chapter goals. Furthermore, in February 2012 our first full-time employee was hired, and he took office as Secretary in March 2012.
[[File:WMSE_Styrelse_2012-03-03_DSC_1456.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Newly elected board, March, 2012 (Ms Ylva Pettersson missing)]]
[[File:WMSE_Styrelse_2012-03-03_DSC_1456.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Newly elected board, March, 2012 (Ms Ylva Pettersson missing)]]
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[[File:Holger_Motzkau_KVA_2012.JPG|thumb|300px|Newly aquired videoset for the “equipment pool” being used by Holger Motzkau at the Swedish Academy of Sciences, October, 2012]]
[[File:Holger_Motzkau_KVA_2012.JPG|thumb|300px|Newly aquired videoset for the “equipment pool” being used by Holger Motzkau at the Swedish Academy of Sciences, October, 2012]]
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Needless to say, both the new staff members and the members of the Board have had to work hard to get the administrative infrastructure in place. With all this internal change, there has been some free time to spend on outbound activities. The most interesting achievement has been the start of a fruitful and hopefully long-term cooperation with a number of major Swedish museums. An agreement with the Joint Central Museums Committee was signed in May, and workshops and training seminars have been held in the last few months at the first group of five museums, with more in the planning phase. Another great achievement was the first two Swedish Wikipedians-in-residence officially started working at the Swedish Heritage Board in Visby and Stockholm.
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Needless to say, both the new staff members and the members of the Board have had to work hard to get the administrative infrastructure in place. With all this internal change, there has been some free time to spend on outbound activities. The most interesting achievement has been the start of a fruitful and hopefully long-term cooperation with a number of national Swedish museums. An agreement with the Council of the Central Museums was signed in May, and workshops and training seminars have been held in the last few months at the first group of five museums, with more in the planning phase. Another great achievement was the first two Swedish Wikipedians-in-residence officially started working at the Swedish Heritage Board in Visby and Stockholm.
Our eyes are set on continued expansion with an increase in activities and in budget for 2013, as well as growth of implementation teams, volunteers, and employed staff.
Our eyes are set on continued expansion with an increase in activities and in budget for 2013, as well as growth of implementation teams, volunteers, and employed staff.
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[[File:Holger_Motzkau_KVA_2012.JPG|thumb|300px|Den nya videoutrustningen i "teknikpoolen" används av Holger Motzkau på Vetenskapsakademien i oktober 2012.]]
[[File:Holger_Motzkau_KVA_2012.JPG|thumb|300px|Den nya videoutrustningen i "teknikpoolen" används av Holger Motzkau på Vetenskapsakademien i oktober 2012.]]
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Det behöver egentligen inte sägas. att det har varit ett tufft arbete för de nyanställda och styrelsen att få både den mjuka och den hårda föreningsinfrastrukturen på plats. Som tur är har energin ändå räckt till för utåtriktade aktiviteter. Den mest intressanta framgången kan ha varit en start på ett fruktsamt och förmodligen långsiktigt samarbete med de flesta stora svenska museerna. En avsiktsförklaring med Centralmuseernas samarbetsråd skrevs under i maj och workshops och seminarier har hållits under hösten på var och en av de fem museerna i den första omgången utbildningar, och fler är planerade. En annan premiäraktivitet är ett projekt med två "Wikipedians-in-residence" som arbetar på Riksantikvarieämbetet i Visby och Stockholm under andra halvåret 2012.
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Det behöver egentligen inte sägas, att det har varit ett tufft arbete för de nyanställda och styrelsen att få både den mjuka och den hårda föreningsinfrastrukturen på plats. Som tur är har energin ändå räckt till för utåtriktade aktiviteter. Den mest intressanta framgången kan ha varit en start på ett fruktsamt och förmodligen långsiktigt samarbete med de flesta stora svenska museerna. En avsiktsförklaring med Centralmuseernas samarbetsråd skrevs under i maj och workshops och seminarier har hållits under hösten på några av museerna i den första omgången utbildningar, och fler är planerade. En annan premiäraktivitet är ett projekt med två "Wikipedians-in-residence" som arbetar på Riksantikvarieämbetet i Visby och Stockholm under andra halvåret 2012.
Vi riktar nu våra blickar mot en fortsatt expansion och en ökning i aktivitetsnivån och av budgeten för 2013, likväl som fler genomförandeteam, bestående både av volontärer och anställd personal.
Vi riktar nu våra blickar mot en fortsatt expansion och en ökning i aktivitetsnivån och av budgeten för 2013, likväl som fler genomförandeteam, bestående både av volontärer och anställd personal.