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2013–14 ANNUAL REVIEW A message from Michael Maggs, Chair In December 2013 I was privileged management and concentrating on “Our new strategy to be asked to take over as Chair providing strategic direction the board of the Board of Trustees from Chris can, within an agreed overarching brings us to the forefront Keating, who steered the charity framework, better empower of thinking within the with his characteristic tact, drive volunteers and staff simply to get on and ability over the preceding 18 with the work we are all passionate Wikimedia movement.” months. During his tenure, Chris put about. in hand the very necessary process of That overarching framework, our five moving the charity towards a much year strategy, was finally completed higher standard of governance and and signed off in March 2014 as professionalism, a process which I have the culmination of a long period of been able to continue by welcoming to community, board and staff discussions. the board a number of trustees with hard numbers which will highlight Our new strategy brings us to the extensive experience of corporate any failures as regards our expected forefront of thinking within the and charitable governance, law and charitable outcomes as well as our Wikimedia movement of the long- compliance. successes. That is something we can be term benefits of setting, working very proud of. While such matters are not the to, and publishing progress and primary interest of many of our ‘distance travelled’ against specific We look forward to 2014/15 with volunteers, who naturally want to focus SMART targets. I am not aware of energy and with confidence that in 12 on our practical open knowledge any other Wikimedia organisation months’ time we will have created with work, they are crucial to the long- that has publicly committed to such the resources available to us the best term impact that we as a charity levels of openness and transparency possible charitable impact from our can make. By delegating day-to-day under which we pledge to publish vision: “Open Knowledge for All”. 2 WIKIMEDIA UK ANNUAL REVIEW 2013–2014 A message from Jon Davies, Chief Executive Another very busy year in our You will read more in this report “Supporting our development with some great about our achievements but achievements and a growing maturity. It supporting our volunteers and volunteers and is easy to forget what a significant role underpinning everything are a underpinning everything we play in the Wikimedia movement dedicated staff team whom I am but the awarding of Wikimania 2014 privileged to lead. are a dedicated staff to London reinforces the influence we The management of the charity has team whom I am have built through hard work. continued to develop, with the board privileged to lead.” We have continued a planned working hard to remove itself from programme of growth and with it have day-to day concerns and concentrating come growing pains. We have had to instead on determining strategic re-assess much of what we do and to direction. Our working environment reflect hard on what works and what has developed through this doesn’t. As a movement we can no increasingly professional relationship longer just continue to do the same as with the board. Outreach Ltd. to hold all the rights at before; we need to measure the effects arm’s length from WMUK for reasons of our work and decide how successful On one specific I am happy to report of legal prudence. Our thanks to them we have been. Not all change has been that ownership of QRpedia has at last both. easy, we have had to adjust the way been transferred to the charity. The we work in significant ways and learn board took the view that in accepting As ever, our offices in London offer a from the two governance reviews but the donation of QRpedia from Roger warm welcome to anyone from our we have remained, at heart, remarkably Bamkin and Terence Eden, we should community or those wanting to learn optimistic and united. set up a dormant subsidiary, Cultural more about us. WIKIMEDIA UK ANNUAL REVIEW 2013–2014 3 WIKIMANIA Welcome to Wikimania 2014! We’re more about the Wikimedia projects State of the Wiki delighted that you’ve joined us here and the people who make them so This is where we look at the at The Barbican to enjoy Wikimania’s wonderful. Wikimedia projects, assess where first visit to the UK. There’s a lot to cover, so the they are and where they are going. As you probably already know, conference has been broken down Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales will Wikimania is the annual, global into several themes. deliver his traditional keynote address conference of the Wikimedia on the last day of the conference. movement. It brings together New Wikimedia Foundation Executive thousands of people who are Director, Lila Tretikov, will also be interested in the Wikimedia projects outlining her vision for the future of (such as Wikipedia), open knowledge, the Wikimedia movement in her first open content and technology. From high profile presentation. What next seasoned contributors to those with a for Wikipedia? What does the future passing interest, all are welcome. hold? This year’s conference, supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and The Future of Education Wikimedia UK, is the biggest ever. It features over 100 presentations Now that Wikipedia has done and workshops, as well as plenty of everyone’s homework, what’s left festivities. There is also a community to teach? That’s the question asked village where you can learn more by David White of the Oxford about the Wikimedia chapters, Internet Institute in one of the key such as Wikimedia UK, and other presentations on this theme. The immediate access to information organisations interested in open Jimmy Wales in support of that the internet offers has been knowledge. You’ll also be able to learn Wikimania 2014 London disruptive to the education landscape. Fountain at the Barbican Centre, venue for Wikimania 2014 4 WIKIMEDIA UK ANNUAL REVIEW 2013–2014 This conference track will examine this effect and look at the role of the Wikimedia projects, and other technologies, in formal education. Open Data The amount of data that the world produces is vast. But how can we put it to good use? Rufus Pollock, co-founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation, will explore this idea in his keynote. Open data can help us address all kinds of challenges, from finding the quickest route to work to dealing with climate change. But data collection also has implications for our privacy and security. The items in this theme address the 1s and 0s of all things open data. Social Machines fringe weekend, Wikimania 2014 Democratic Media Open Scholarship Social Machines The internet has expelled the idea Academic research has the potential Now more than ever before, of media content, and platforms, as to benefit everyone. However, technology facilitates our social being something we consume, handed frequently it is available only to those interactions. Online communities down by business and the elite. The within institutions or at a high cost. play a large part in our lives, but we ability to produce and share content Open access to research means this are still learning about their impact. and software online, particularly when is changing. There is a growing trend Online communities break down linked with open licences, is breaking towards researchers and academics barriers and borders, making all kinds down the conventional barriers that making their work publicly available of collaboration possible. In this once existed. It’s given a voice to under open licences. This is already theme, world-leading experts will those who were voiceless and to an leading to accelerated progress – who be making sense of this complicated extent, the use of user generated knows where open scholarship could concept and the changes that we content platforms means we are all take us? This theme will fully explore could be seeing as a result. now citizen journalists. But how does this potential. Of course, there’s more to Wikimania this impact local and global society? than the themes – more important than any of the ideas are the people who put them into practice. Wikipedia is, more than anything else, a human collaboration on a global scale. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone to learn new skills – whether you want to learn how to make your first edit, or are interested in some of the more advanced technical developments, there is something for you. And don’t forget to visit the community village where Wikimedians from all over the world, and people from other organisations too, will be keen to show you more about their work and how you can get involved. Especially come and say hello to the staff and volunteers of Wikimedia UK – Conference Director Ed Saperia giving an overview of Wikimania we’re looking forward to meeting you! WIKIMEDIA UK ANNUAL REVIEW 2013–2014 5 STATISTICS Here are just a few statistics for the year 2013-14 5,060 pieces of printed material distributed events88 The amount we spent on governance as a 2 percentage of what we international spent on charitable conferences projects was 12.33% 1,157 new articles in Welsh The amount we spent on fundraising as a 50 scholarships awarded percentage of funds to volunteers raised was attending events 10.02% 11,856 images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons during Wiki Loves Monuments The amount we spent on charitable projects as a percentage of our total expenditure was 517 80.24% people attended editing training 6 WIKIMEDIA UK ANNUAL REVIEW 2013–2014 The Natural History Museum is making information available to users in their own language A training session at the Royal Society WIKIMEDIANS IN RESIDENCE A key area of work for Wikimedia UK make content openly available.

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