Wikipedians and Open Street Map Meet-up
Wikipediawan meet with the Open Street Map Team at Indonesia's National Library, Jakarta in a workshop on October 25th, 2012. In this workshop, participants contributed to Wikipedia by improving and creating "TransJakarta" and "Jakarta's street" related articles. Participants then scavanged for pictures of public transportation and streets in Jakarta to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Australian Wikipedian, John Vandenberg, and Wikipedian from The Philippines, Josh Lim, were also participated in this event.
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(October 2012)
Creative Commons Indonesia on Social Media Festival 2012
Creative Commons Indonesia joined the festivities of Social Media Festival 2012 on October 12-13th, 2012 at Gelanggang Senayan, Jakarta. When visiting Creative Commons Indonesia's booth, the participants seemed very interested and enthusiastic on getting more information about the license. One hundred Free Culture book by Prof. Lawrence Lessig was given away for free for the visitors. More from our blog... (October 2012)
Wikimedia Indonesia Financial Report 2011 was Published
Wikimedia Indonesia had published its Financial report for the year 2011. The chart of account in this report uses the newly revised one which was designed to accommodate the financial transactions for organization and its many projects. This report covers the activity of organizational finance as well as three big projects under Wikimedia Indonesia, namely Cipta Media Bersama, Wikimedia Cipta, and Creative Commons Indonesia
The financial report is now available for public through this link: Activities in Brief 2011, Balance Sheet 2011, Statements of Activities 2011, Statements of Cash Flow 2011, Notes
(October 2012)
Wikimedia Indonesia Financial Reports are Republished
Wikimedia Indonesia republished its financial reports for the year 2008, 2009, and 2010. This is due to a revision of chart of account since 2012 which demanded all previous years financial report to be reformat. The new chart of accounts was designed to be able to accomodate the financial transactions of the organizattion as well as its many projects. Wikimedia Indonesia Financial Report can be accessed for public through this link: Financial report 2008, Financial report 2009, Financial report 2010
(October 2012)
Job Opening for Accounting Assistant
Wikimedia Indonesia opens a part-time job offer for the position of Accounting Assistant. The work period will be from pNovember 2012 until February 2013. This position is suitable for fresh graduates from Accounting Department or students who are working on their thesis. More info regarding compensation, job description, and qualification can be found here... (September 2012)
Pilot Project of Wiki Medika
Wikimedia Indonesia and ISMKI (Association of Indonesian Medical Student Council) planned to do WikiMedika project in the coming year. This project hoped to increase the number as well as the quality of medical articles in Indonesia Wikipedia. Read more... (July 2012)
Screening of Truth in Numbers Movie
Wikimedia Indonesia in collaboration with AtAmerica will present the screening of a documentary movie about Wikipedia, " Truth in Numbers: Everything, According to Wikipedia". The director of that movie, Nic Hill will participate in the discussion through video conference. This event will be held in July 28th, 2012 at 11 AM in @America, Pacific Place, 3rd floor. See more... (July 2012)
Launching of Creative Commons Lisence for Indonesia
Discussion and socialization of six CC and CCO translated lisence concepts will be held in Jakarta on June, 6-7th 2012. This discussion will intend to generate better and well-understood translation drafts for public. Creative Commons License can be used as alternative license agreement according to Law number 19, 2002 about copyright. . click to get invitation... (June 2012)
Wikimania 2014 will be held in London, UK.
London was officially announced as the host of 10th Wikimania in August, 8-10th, 2013. The other team who competed for 10th Wikimania bidding is Arusha, Tanzania. More via Meta Wikimedia (May 2013)
Wikimania 2012 was held in Washington DC.
The 8th annual conference for wikipedians, known as Wikimania, was held on July, 12-15 2012. This conference took place at George Washington University in Washington DC., USA. On this occasion, chapters representatives also had a chance to discuss the corporation of Wikimedia Chapters Association. More on Wikimania 2012 (July 2012)
Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2012 will be held in Berlin, Germany
Upcoming annual meeting of chapter representatives from all over the world with WMF board and staff will be held in Berlin, Germany, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. The host chapter, Wikimedia Deutschland, invites two representatives from all chapters to join this Wikimedia Conference. More via Meta-Wikimedia (January 2011)
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