State of Wikimedia Italia, for the Wikimedia Conference 2012

1. WMI, imho
Wikimedia Conference
Berlin, 30/03-1/04/2012
Frieda Brioschi
Wikimedia Italia

2. Year in #wmi/1
• March 2011: General assembly in Bologna,
partnership with “Adotta una parola” (“adopt a word”)
• April: Launch of “Merde” (“Shit”, short cartoon in CC)
• May: “Wikipedia e didattica” (“Wikipedia & didactics”,
conference in Vicenza)
• June: contacts with MiBaC for WLM
• July: summer schools
• August: holidays (WMI project coordinator calls me
every 2 days!)

3. Year in #wmi/2
• September: partnership “Adotta una parola va a
scuola” (“Adopt a word goes to school”)
• October: Wikicamp @Riva del Garda, Festival delle
Libertà digitali (Digital Freedoms Festival), hired a
Chaos Manager (TM)
• November: TedxLakeComo
• December: partnership “Autori in Wikipedia” (“Editors
@Wikipedia”), general assembly in Rome (“new”
board)

4. Year in #wmi/3
• January 2012: hired a fundraiser consultancy firm
• February: partnership “Istituto degli Innocenti”
(historic orphanage in Florence)
• March: hired a pm for WLM, looking for an office!
Img by Niccolò Caranti, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

5. WikiGuide
In few days we’ll launch Wikiquote!

6. Membership
Fee is still 25€ (was fixed in 2005).

7. Money
Income:
• 140k (2012 budget)
• 70k (2011 balance)
Expenditure:
• 200k (2012 budget)
• 200k (2011 balance)

8. What’s next..
• WLM
• many projects financed by different organizations
• interns (one shortlisted for fundraising)
• WikiGite (“WikiTrips”)
• WIR
• Whitening party
• ..perhaps change avatar?!?
Img by Niccolò Caranti, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)