Activities in 2014
On this page we collect activities in 2014 related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium.
2014
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February, Wikipedians in the European Parliament
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25 April, Big Fat Brussels Meeting: First hours of a long day
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24 April, Seminar on Mass Digitization and Open Access to Cultural Heritage
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11 June, Presentation Wikimedia/Wikimedia at pro-iBiosphere Final Event Meise (Brussels)
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17 June, public of the Belgian federal government with presentation
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2 July, Team meeting
January
edit- January - Start of negotiations with the Bulgarian “Dossier Commission on State Security” about a release and digitalisation collaboration project (European Parliament event in Brussels)
- January-March - Together with Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU and the WMF we worked on the European Commission copyright consultation (info)
February
edit- 1-2 February - Support WMF presence at FOSDEM, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels & presentation of Wikimedia chapters with own stand
- 2-6 February - Wiki Loves Parliaments: European Parliament in Strassbourg - photography and editing project about members of the European Parliament (project | photos)
March
edit- 8 March - Founding preparation meeting WMBE (Alberto, M0tty, Geert, Romaine)
- 15 March - Letter to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation (letter)
April
edit- 23 April - Talk to governmental officials: 'Wikipedians in Residence and Open Data File'
- 23-25 April - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (2nd edition), Constant Variable @ Open House, Rue Gallait 80, Schaerbeek - co-organised and co-hosted by WMBE volunteers (info | documentation | minutes | photos)
- 24 April - Expert seminar on mass digitisation co-organised by WMBE, together with UNESCO Mass Digitization and Open Access to Cultural Heritage, in Brussels (because of World Book and Copyright Day) (info | photos)
May
edit- As of May 29, the #Wikimedia_BE Twitter account posted 276 posts and has 298 followers (Twitter)
June
edit- 11 June - Present at pro-iBiosphere Final Event Meise (Brussels) (link | photos | Wikimedia workshop)
- 17 June - KMnet Ontdekkingsdag - Virtuele samenwerking - Presentation to Belgian federal government and discussion about future collaboration (photo)
- 23 June - Approval of WMBE by the Affiliations Committee (resolution)
- 28 June - Opening Lokal K in Collogne
July
edit- 2 July - Team meeting in El Turco, Place de Londres, Brussels (one of the announcements | photos | minutes)
- 6 July - Wiknic Eindhoven (announcement | photos) (Taketa & Romaine)
- 9 July - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
August
edit- 6-10 August - Wikimania 2014 in Londen (info | wiki | photos & more)
- 6 August - Recognition of Wikimedia Belgium (resolution)
- 31 August - WikiSunday at the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (project page | photos | report)
September
edit- September - Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg (4th edition) (website | project page | grant | working page | participating images from Belgium & Luxembourg | winners)
- 4 September - Team meeting in Ghent, in Bierhuis aan de waterkant (agenda | photo)
- 17 September - Submitting grant request Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg (info | grant request | project page)
- 23 September - Sent out: Invitation to the photo tour Wiki Takes... Leuven on 28 September 2014
- 24 September - Grant request Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | project page)
- 25 September - Preparation of Wiki Takes... Leuven (Romaine)
- 28 September - Wiki Takes... Leuven, photo tour for Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 (organiser: Romaine)
- 29 September - Presentation about Wikipedia by KVIV-Ie-net vzw, Desguinlei 214, Antwerp (Derek)
October
edit- 8 October - Founding of Wikimedia Belgium asbl/vzw, Brussels
- 11 October - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 26 October - Board meeting (first), 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels (minutes | photos)
- 31 October - Workshop Wikipedia in the Chiroux library, Liège
November
edit- 1 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht (info | activity page | photos & presentations) (Romaine, Geertivp)
- 17 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - Art Nouveau collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine)
- 17 November - Meeting to prepare founding meeting of 19 November in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Brussels (Romaine)
- 19 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - Battle of Waterloo-related collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine)
- 19 November - Founding meeting in the drawing rooms of the president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (invitation | press release | photos)
- 20 November - Workshops for collection holders across Europe - First World War collections - Workshop “Making digital collections fit for reuse”, Europeana Awareness Project, Brussels (announcement (archived) | photos) (Romaine & Stevie Benton)
- 21 November - Meeting to solve issues with image donation by Fashion Museum Antwerp (info | images) (Romaine)
- 26 November - Prize giving ceremony of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 at, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels (invitation | photos | winners) (Romaine, Geertivp)
- 27 November - Meeting with Armen Tekort, Antwerpen (OTRS) (Romaine)
- 27 November - Short meeting at Fashion Museum Antwerp (info) (Romaine)
- 27 November - Meeting about collaboration with digital collections with Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp (info) (Sandra Fauconnier, Romaine, Barbara (Packed vzw))
- 27 November - NetPoliticsBeerX (#npbx) - #npbbxl 2.7 – Beer After Dark, The Old Oak, Brussels (announcement (archived | also))
- 28 November - Edit-a-thon Universiteit Gent, Faculteitsbibliotheek Letteren & Wijsbegeerte, Ghent University (photos | announcement (archived) | announcement (archived) | project page)
- 29 November - 125 photos have been donation by the team of UGentMemorie, a non-profit project of Ghent University researchers and students, about the history of Ghent University (photos)
December
edit- 7 December - Board meeting (second), 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels (minutes | photos)
- 8 December - Meeting with the social media unit of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Communication) (Dimi z & Romaine)
- 9 December - Meeting with Hilke Arijs of SOIMA 2015 (info) (Dimi z & Romaine)
- 13 December - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 24 December - Work on WMBE Yearly budget on Meta (info | grant request)
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Wikimedia Belgium in the Belgian Parliament
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Founding meeting
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The President (Speaker) of the House of Representatives
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Wikimedia Belgium president Maarten Deneckere
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Presidents
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Our Host, the Speaker of the house and WMBE board
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Our Host and WMBE "godfather" photographer Michiel Hendryckx, happen to be long term friends
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presentation table at the entrance of the Speakerś Salons