Archiv/2011-03-26 State of the Chapter

three minutes presentation for the Chapters Conference

Basic Facts

  • established in 2008
  • around 70 members, mostly inactive members, only 1 supportive membership
  • almost 50.000 EUR - mostly due to fundraiser 2010/2011

Activities

  • MediaWiki software extension: collaborative watchlist
  • 10 scholarships for wikimania, 2 of them for Slovakia
  • 10-years aniversary (three parties in Vienna, Linz, Graz, with public TV coverage)
  • literature scholarships (1000 EUR / a)

Plans for the coming year

  • wikipedia loves monuments (working together with austrian authorities)
  • fundraising summit in June 2011
  • Wiki Conference
  • wiki-tv

Problems

  • need professionlisation (staff) to keep up with regular tasks
  • donations not tax-deductable