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Movement affiliates' noticeboard

Welcome to the Movement affiliates' noticeboard. This is a message board for public notices and discussions regarding Wikimedia chapters, Wikimedia thematic organizations, Wikimedia user groups, and the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Please post your message at the bottom of the page and do not forget to sign it. Thank you.

For issues that are relevant to only a single chapter, please start the discussion on the talk page of the chapter or on their wiki.

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Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee news and announcementsEdit

2023-04-08 Tajik Wikimedians User Group has been recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2023-04-08 Wikimedia Community User Group Togo has been recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2023-04-08 Wikimedians of Indiana User Group has been recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2023-03-27 Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group has been recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2023-01-29 The Board of Trustees' Community Affairs Committee voted for Lorenzo Losa to be an additional AffCom liaision for the Board.
2022-12-07 The Board of Trustees has adopted the revised charter for the Affiliations Committee.
2022-11-30 The term of the serving AffCom members was prolonged to the end of 2023, and as per the decision of the Board of Trustees, and no elections are held in late 2022. The Board has invited AffCom to work on Affiliate Strategy.
2022-08-03 The Tyap Wikimedians Proposed User Group was recognized as a Wikimedia affiliated usergroup.
2022-07-11 AffCom published their standing on hubs and the role the Commitee can take in developing these new Wikimedia structures.
2022-07-08 The Women in Religion User Group was recognized as a Wikimedia affiliated usergroup.
2022-04-09 Joy Agyepong and Benoît Prieur have been appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new members. In addition, incumbent member Mehman Ibragimov has been re-appointed for an additional term.
2022-01-14 The Affiliations Committee has officially appointed Camelia Boban as Chair, Jeffrey Keefer as Vice-Chair, Houcemeddine Turki as Secretary, and Suyash Dwivedi as Treasurer, for a one-year term.

Wikimedia chapters news and announcementsEdit

2014-07-27 Following a request for comments, Affiliations Committee publishes best practices guide for creation of Wikimedia movement affiliate logos.
2014-06-23 Affiliations Committee recommends Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees vote to recognize Wikimedia Belgium as a Wikimedia chapter.
2013-11-25 Recommendation to the Board to recognise Wikimedia Iceland as a chapter. The board decided not to do so.
2013-07-12 Based on advice provided by the Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Uruguay has been recognized as a chapter.
Other news and archives...

Wikimedia thematic organizations news and announcementsEdit

2014-07-27 Following a request for comments , Affiliations Committee publishes best practices guide for creation of Wikimedia movement affiliate logos .
2013-11-11 Recommendation to the Board to recognise The Wikinewsie Group as a thematic organisation . The board decided not to do so.
2013-06-05 Amical Wikimedia is recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as the first-ever Wikimedia thematic organization .
2013-05-21 Affiliations Committee recommends Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees vote to recognize Amical Wikimedia as a Wikimedia thematic organization .
2012-12-12 If you want to help the creation of new thematic organizations, apply for AffCom membership !
2012-11-16 For thoughts regarding the naming of thematic organizations, see the talk page.
2012-06-18 As the model of thematic organizations is new, there might be certain changes in policy, recommendations and best practices over time. Please have this page on your watchlist in order not to miss any announcements.
Other news and archives...

Wikimedia user groups news and announcementsEdit

2015-05-22 North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-05-20 Wikimedians of the Levant User Group is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-04-10 Wikimedia Brazilian Group of Education and Research is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-03-19 Tec de Monterrey Wiki Learning is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-03-05 Wikimedians of Latvia User Group is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-02-22 Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2015-02-20 Shared Knowledge is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
Other news and archives...

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Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your storiesEdit

Dear community members,

Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.

If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.

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Invitation to join the Wikimedia Affiliate strategy discussionsEdit

Hope this message finds you well. I am sharing an update about the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliate strategy initiative. In November, Nataliia Tymkiv, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the beginning of Wikimedia Foundation Affiliate strategy.

We are working on the next steps of the Affiliate strategy. We invite you to a session with the Board of Trustees, AffCom, and supporting staff to provide input into this process. These sessions will be conducted in groups and the language will be English. If you are able to attend one of these meetings, please sign up here. If you prefer a 1:1 session for a detailed discussion, please reach out to me. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please respond via the survey or in writing to askcac@wikimedia.org or on the Talk page.

This message was also sent by email to affiliate primary contacts.

Best, MKaur (WMF) 22:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to reopen a former chapter?Edit

How to revive derecognized chapters? I think Wikimedia India chapter should be revived, with new members. There are already over 10 UserGroups from the country, and with the recent WikiConference India 2023, everyone is united more than ever with strong online connectivity through telegram groups. So, what are the steps that the community should take for re-recognition? Thanks in advance Vis M (talk) 23:52, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]