Keeping Wikimedia Chapter Keeping Wikimedia Chapter abreast with abreast with

Local Free Culture Local Free Culture counterpartscounterparts

Liam Wyatt, Australia Dror Kamir, Israel

Sebastian Moleski, Germany Mathias Schindler , Germany

Jeromy-Yu Chan, Hong Kong

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What we going to shareWhat we going to shareThe project we are working onAnd more importantHow we get these supportEspecially from Free Counterparts

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The Hong Kong The Hong Kong ExperienceExperience

Jeromy-Yu Chan, ARADPresident, Wikimedia Hong Kong

Communications Committee, Wikimedia Foundation

Things here Started in Things here Started in 20052005

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And suddenlyAnd suddenlyA Regional Conference in 2006

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CC-by-nc-sa work by Jeromy-Yu Chan

CC-BY-SA work by Terence Yuen

ActuallyActuallyWe managed to have it for

around 10 people actually “functioning”

And these are only stuff we can produced :p

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CC-BY-SA work by User:Sl

And left everyoneAnd left everyoneFatigueEven AngryAnd even an article on

Uncyclopedia appeared :P

But in Chinese,Sorry

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Things have to go onThings have to go onAnd we made a chapter in 2007

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BEGAN TO HANG OUT BEGAN TO HANG OUT WITH THE LOCALWITH THE LOCALFREE CULTURE FREE CULTURE COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

& some of us

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In the events Like……

BarCampBarCamp

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CC-by-nc-sa work by Robert Lowe

Punch PartyPunch Party

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CC-By –nd work by Jack Szeto

Some othersSome othersOpeneverything Wordcamp

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WordCamp 2009CC-by Work by David Wong

WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT OURSELVES?OURSELVES?

So

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WE SHOULD HAVE AN WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY EVENT! EVENT!

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11stst Anniversary Event Anniversary EventDecided in June 2008The designated date: July 2008Within few days we gather

helped from◦ISOC-HK◦Legislator of the IT Sector◦We got almost instant nod from

speakers, like Rebecca Mackinnon

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11stst Anniversary Event Anniversary Event

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REFLECTIONSREFLECTIONS

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WERE ALREADY WERE ALREADY AROUND IN 2007AROUND IN 2007EVEN 2006EVEN 2006

Hey Those helped us in 2007

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Rebecca MackinnonRebecca Mackinnon

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2008CC-BY-SA-NC work by Sam Hau

2007CC-BY-SA-NC work by Charles Mok

C. K. SinC. K. Sin

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2006CC-BY-SA work by Terence Yuen

2007CC-BY-SA-NC work by Charles Mok

2008CC-BY-SA-NC work by Sam Hau

Charles MokCharles Mok

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2008CC-BY-SA-NC work by Sam Hau

2007CC-BY-SA-NC work by Charles Mok

2006CC-BY-SA-NC work by Charles Mok

Chitat ChanChitat Chan

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2008CC-BY-SA-NC work by Sam Hau2006

Copyrighted work by Chitat Chan

SO WHY WE DON’T SO WHY WE DON’T FIND THEM IN FIND THEM IN 2006!!!2006!!!

Scream!

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Problem in 2006 & 07Problem in 2006 & 07The Mindset!

◦A problem comes◦Seek solution within the group◦But we are only STUDENTS

at least most the active ones Or not with much social experience

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We found the personWe found the personBut did not ask for more

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Lesson from TaiwanLesson from Taiwan

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/937303350_1f7bebc64c_o.jpg

CC-BY work by KJ Hsu

My ExperienceMy ExperienceOpen up the stuffTo Free culture counterparts

But that is not enough

People may dunno who you are

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Building up ones identityBuilding up ones identityInteraction

◦Emails

◦SNS

◦Instant Messengers

◦Blogging / Micro-blogging

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Helping othersHelping othersIs helping yourselfWe helped CCHK, they helped us

back

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Lesson from Lesson from WikinomicsWikinomicsmass collaboration VS individual

labour◦within the wiki-community VS with

Free culture counterpartsOpennessPeeringSharingacting globally (just like now LOL)

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TIME FOR SOME TIME FOR SOME OTHER EXAMPLESOTHER EXAMPLES

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LIAM WYATTLIAM WYATT

AustraliaGLAM institutions

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DROR KAMIRDROR KAMIR

IsraelISOC-IL

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SEBASTIAN MOLESKISEBASTIAN MOLESKI

GermanyCreative Commons Deutschland

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MATHIAS SCHINDLERMATHIAS SCHINDLER

GermanyBundesarchiv

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QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

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ReferenceReferenceRelevant Event pages on

Wikipedia, Meta-wiki, and Wikimedia Hong Kong

D. Tapscott & A. D. Williams, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything , Portfolio, 2006

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