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I am a French physicist, photographer & Wikimedian, currently living in Toulouse, France, where I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that runs Wikipedia.
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Five fundraising tips for Wikimedia chapters
Last year, I started to document myself about fundraising. Originally, I did it because 1. I found the topic very interesting and 2. I intended to use what I would learn to improve Wikimedia France’s management of fundraising (which has been very poor in my opinion, partly because of issues I describe below). Turned out, I eventually left Wikimedia France in January for various reasons, but I figured I’d still share a few thoughts that may prove useful to all chapters. Although this page is mainly Wikimedia-focused, the general principles are universal. Continue reading
Public postmortem for the Wikimedia Conference 2009
The Wikimedia Conference 2009 was held in Berlin, Germany, on April 3rd-5th. It was composed of three tracks: a track for chapters, hosted by the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-labs); a track for the Board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, hosted by the T-labs; and a track for MediaWiki developers, hosted at the c-base. About 55 participants attended the chapters tracks, 10 people the board track and 60 people the developers track. Overall, around 130 Wikimedians attended the conference. Social activities where participants from all tracks could meet were proposed. Continue reading
Satisfaction survey for the Wikimedia conference 2009 in Berlin
The results of the satisfaction survey for the Wikimedia conference 2009 in Berlin are now available. This article provides the main diagrams; for the full survey (including comments from the participants), see the official page on meta-wiki. Continue reading
Full SVG schedule of the Wikimedia conference 2009 in Berlin
I am glad to announce that the final full schedule of the Wikimedia conference 2009 in Berlin is now available. It contains all three tracks of the conference: chapters, WMF board & developers. The schedule is available as resizable vector graphics on Wikimedia Commons. Continue reading
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Revised schedule for the Wikimedia Chapters meeting 2009
After much thought about various feedback from many people, I am happy to propose a revised version of the schedule for the chapters track of the April 2009 Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. I hope it addresses most of the concerns raised, while keeping the advantages. A detailed rationale / FAQ follows. Continue reading
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