Wikimedia chapters
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Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 37 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent.
This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the step-by-step chapter creation guide and the movement affiliates FAQ for more information. The Affiliations Committee advises on and assists the creation of and to support affiliates.
Some chapters have an office.
Find an overview of chapter-related Meta pages on Chapters Portal.
Contents
- 1 Existing chapters
- 2 Former chapters
- 3 Chapters in discussion phase
- 4 Former chapters in discussion
- 5 Ideas for chapters
- 6 Composition of chapters
- 6.1 [AM] Wikimedia Armenia (Armenia)
- 6.2 [AR] Wikimedia Argentina (Argentina)
- 6.3 [AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)
- 6.4 [AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)
- 6.5 [BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
- 6.6 [BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)
- 6.7 [CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)
- 6.8 [CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)
- 6.9 [CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)
- 6.10 [CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)
- 6.11 [DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)
- 6.12 [DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)
- 6.13 [EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- 6.14 [ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)
- 6.15 [FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)
- 6.16 [FR] Wikimédia France (France)
- 6.17 [GB] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)
- 6.18 [HU] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)
- 6.19 [ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)
- 6.20 [IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)
- 6.21 [IN] Wikimedia India (India)
- 6.22 [IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)
- 6.23 [MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)
- 6.24 [NL] Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)
- 6.25 [NO] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)
- 6.26 [PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)
- 6.27 [PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)
- 6.28 [RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)
- 6.29 [RU] Викимедиа РУ (Russia)
- 6.30 [SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)
- 6.31 [TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)
- 6.32 [UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)
- 6.33 [US-DC] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)
- 6.34 [US-NYC] Wikimedia New York City (United States)
- 6.35 [UY] Wikimedia Uruguay (Uruguay)
- 6.36 [VE] Wikimedia Venezuela (Venezuela)
- 6.37 [ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)
- 7 Inter-chapter initiatives
- 8 Mailing lists and wikis
- 9 Wikimedia chapters related news and announcements
- 10 See also
- 11 Notes
Existing chapters
There are currently 37 recognised Wikimedia chapters.
country code |
Chapter | Founding (approval) date | Bylaws | W: Website I: Identi.ca T: Twitter F: Facebook |
L: Mailing list G: Google Groups |
I: IRC M: Mail contact U: User contact O: Other Contact |
Non- profit? [1] |
Last verified | Members | Yearly membership fee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wikimedia Armenia | 2013-05-14 (2013-03-26) | hy, en | W: www.wikimedia.am T: @wikimedia_am F: WikimediaArmenia |
M: info |
yes | 2013-12-10 | 16 | 2000 AMD (~5 USD) | ||
Wikimedia Argentina | 2007-09-01 (2007-12-11) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.org.ar/ T: @wikimedia_ar F: WikimediaArgentina |
L: Wikimedia-AR | M: correo |
yes | 2013-09-19 | 65~ | full members ARS 100 (~USD 17) adherents ARS 50 (~USD 8.5) minors ARS 30 (~USD 5) | |
Wikimedia Österreich | 2008-05-02 (2008-02-26) |
de, en | W: wikimedia.at (website), mitglieder.wikimedia.at (member wiki) T: @WikimediaAT F: WikimediaAustria |
L: VereinAT-l | I: #wikimedia-atconnect M: verein vorstand |
yes | 2015-10-21 | 150~ | 20 € legal entities 100 € sponsoring members 100€ | |
Wikimedia Australia | 2008-08-06 (2008-03-04) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.au T: @wm_au F: Wikimedia.AU |
L: WikimediaAU-l | I: #wikimedia-auconnect M: contact |
yes | 2010-01-19 | 47 | AU$10 | |
Wikimedia Bangladesh |
2014-06-09 (2011-10-03) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.bd T: @wikimediabd F: WikimediaBD I: @WikimediaBD |
L: Wikimedia-BD | I: #wikimedia-bdconnect M: info U: Nahid Sultan, Moheen |
yes | 2011-05-24 | 41 | Regular member: 500 BDT Supporting member: 100 BDT | |
Wikimedia Belgium | 2014-10-08 (2014-06-23) | nl, fr, en | W: be.wikimedia.org W: www.wikimedia.be T: @Wikimedia_BE F: WikimediaBelgium |
L: WikimediaBE-l | I: #wikimedia-beconnect M: info M: wmbe |
yes | 2014-11-24 | 90+ | 20 € free for Wikipedia/Wikimedia editors | |
Wikimedia Canada | 2010-11-05 (2011-05-24) |
en, fr | W: wikimedia.ca T: @WikimediaCA F: WikimediaCA |
G: wmca-public | I: #wikimedia-caconnect M: info |
yes[2] | 2011-06-05 | 60~ | $10 CAD | |
Wikimedia CH | 2006-05-14 | de, fr, it, rm, en | W: wikimedia.ch T: @WikimediaCH F: Wikimedia CH |
L: WikimediaCH-l | M: info I: #wikimedia-chconnect |
yes[3] | 2013-02-06 | 486 | CHF 50 Reduced: CHF 20 Sponsors: min. CHF 75 Legal entities: min. CHF 100 | |
Wikimedia Chile | 2011-07-16 (2011-06-13) | es, en | W: wikimediachile.cl T: @wikimedia_cl F: Wikimedia Chile |
L: Wikimedia-CL | M: contacto |
yes | 2011-07-16 | 34 | CLP 12,000 (USD 17,1) | |
Wikimedia Česká republika | 2008-03-06 (2008-02-26) |
cs, en | W: wikimedia.cz T: @Wikimedia_CR F: Facebook |
L: WikimediaCZ-l | M: info |
yes[4] | 2012-01-26 | 60~ regular members, 1 sympathizing member, 3 honourable members | CZK 200 (~USD 10) Minors: CZK 100 (~USD 5) Sympathizing: CZK 200 (~USD 10) The Board can reduce the fee to 0 CZK | |
Wikimedia Deutschland | 2004-06-13 | de (official), en, it |
W: wikimedia.de I: wikimediade T: @wikimediade F: WMDEeV |
L: VereinDE-l | M: info I: #wikimedia-deconnect |
yes | 2015-05-10 | 50,000+ | €24 reduced: €12 Min. fees, members may choose to pay more. | |
Wikimedia Danmark | 2009-03-14 (2009-07-03). | da, en | T: @wikimediadk | L: WikimediaDK | I: #wikimedia-danmarkconnect U: Fnielsen O: on dk.wiki |
? | 2017-11-21 | 20 | DKK 100 | |
Wikimedia Eesti | 2010-07-25/ 2010-10-06 (2010-08-31) |
et, en | W: ee.wikimedia.org F: WikimediaEesti |
G: wikimedia-eesti | M: info@wikimedia.ee U: Metsavend, Kruusamägi |
yes | 2017-11-09 | 9 (founders) 36 (current) |
5 € | |
Wikimedia España | 2011-02-11 (2011-02-07) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.es W: Blog I: wikimediaes T: @wikimedia_es F (group): Wikimedia España F (profile): Wikimedia España |
L: Wikimedia-Es (open list) | I: #wikimedia-esconnect M: info O: Wikimedia España |
yes[5] | 2016-03-09 | 110~ | Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 15 €; Young Adults (16-18 yrs): free. | |
Wikimedia Suomi | 2009-06-14 (2009-09-21). |
fi (en) | W: wikimedia.fi | L: Wikimedia-FI | I: #wikimedia-ficonnect M: info |
? | 2010-09-25 | 21 | € 10 reduced: € 5 | |
Wikimédia France | 2004-10-23 | fr (statuts) | W: wikimedia.fr (blog) T: @Wikimedia_Fr |
L: WikimediaFR-l | I: #wikimedia-frconnect M: contact |
yes | 2012-01-25 | 250 | normal : 12 € honorary : 100 € | |
Wikimédia Magyarország | 2008-09-27 (2008-11-03) |
hu, en | W: wikimedia.hu F: WikimediaHU |
G: huwiki-egyesulet | M: board U: Bence Damokos (Executive Vice President) |
yes[6] | 2018-11-24 | 40~ | 2000 HUF (~6.2€, 7$) | |
Wikimedia Indonesia | 2008-09-05 (2008-10-07) |
Bylaws: id, en AoI: id, en |
W: wikimedia.or.id T: @wikimediaid F: wikimedia.indonesia |
G: wikimedia-indonesia | M: info U: Biyanto Rebin - Chairman (biyanto.rebin |
n/a | 2012-01-30 | 19 (founders) 027 (members) |
IDR 250K (~USD 23) for public IDR 150K (~USD 14) concession IDR 100K (~USD 9) for students 17-20 years old.[7] | |
Wikimedia Israel | 2007-07-15 (2007-03-06) |
he (legally binding), en | W: wikimedia.org.il | L: Wikimedia-IL | M: mail |
yes | 2012-01-11 | 35~ | 20 ILS(~7 USD / 4 €) | |
Wikimedia India | 2011-01-03 (2010-06-15) |
en kn | W: Wiki.wikimedia.in T: @Wikimediaindia F: WikimediaIndia |
L: WikimediaIndia-l (community) L: Wikimedia-IN-Exec (Board) G: wmin-members (members only) |
I: #wikimedia-inconnect M: chapter U: Yohann Thomas (M: yohannvt |
yes[8] | 2017-09-12 | 100~ | 100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations) | |
Wikimedia Italia | 2005-07-17 | it, en | W: wikimedia.it I: wikimediaitalia T: @WikimediaItalia |
M: info |
yes | 2017-12-31 | 410~ | 25 € (members removed after a year if they don't renew the subscription) | ||
Wikimedia México | 2011-08-03 (2011-08-03)[9] |
es, en | W: on Meta (es, en) | L: Wikimedia-MX | I: #wikimedia-mxconnect U: User:ProtoplasmaKid O: on Meta |
yes[10] | 2013-02-08 | 15 | Pending for define. | |
Wikimedia Nederland | 2006-03-27 (2006-09-21) |
AoI, Bylaws (en/nl) | W: wikimedia.nl T: @wmnl |
L: WikimediaNL-l | M: info U: Grijz (chair) |
yes[11] | 2013-01-01 | 200 | € 24 recommended (Members may choose less or more, min. € 12) | |
Wikimedia Norge/wikimedia.no | 2007-06-23 (2008-11-03) |
nb, nn, se, en | W: no.wikimedia.org T: @Wikimedianorge F: WikimediaNorge |
– | U: Hogne Neteland (chair) U: Andrea Hegdahl Tiltnes (deputy chair) M: wikimedia@wikimedia.no O:on meta |
Yes | 2017-03-25 | 108 | Ordinary: 200 NOK reduced: 100 NOK | |
Wikimedia Polska | 2005-08-14 | pl, en | W: pl.wikimedia.org T: @wikipedia_pl / @WikimediaPL F: polska.wikipedia / Wikimedia Polska |
L: WikimediaPL-l | I: #wikimedia-plconnect M: zarzad |
n/a[12] | 2010-03-13 | 130 list | 1 PLN (0.2 USD) min. Members may choose to pay more: average is ~ 20 PLN / 5 USD | |
Wikimedia Portugal | 2009-09-21 (2009-07-03) | Estatutos pt, en | W: pt.wikimedia.org T: @wikimediapt I: @wikimediapt F: Wikimedia Portugal |
L: WikimediaPT | I: #wikimedia-ptconnect M: geral O: Contacto |
yes[13] | 2011-03-01 | 40~ | None | |
Wikimedia Србије | 2005-12-03 | sr (copy), en | W: rs.wikimedia.org | L: WikimediaSR-l L: Serbia-Internal-l (internal) |
M: info-rs U: Dungodung |
n/a[14] | 2011-09-24 | 80~ | None | |
Викимедиа РУ, Wikimedia RU | 2008-11-11 (2008-05-24) |
ru, en | W: wikimedia.ru W: ru.wikimedia.org (wiki) T: @Wikimedia_RU F: Wikimedia RU |
L: Wikimedia-RU L: WikimediaRU-l (internal) |
M: info M: press U: Ctac U: Dr Bug |
yes | 2014-04-24 | 17 list | Registration fee: 5000 RUB (~140 USD) Membership fee: 1200 RUB (~33 USD) | |
Wikimedia Sverige | 2007-10-20 (2007-12-11) |
sv, en | W: wikimedia.se T: @WikimediaSE F: Wikimedia Sverige |
L: WikimediaSE-l | M: info M: press |
yes | 2015-03-22 | 629 | SEK 100 / EUR 10 / USD 15 Organisations: 1000 SEK | |
Wikimedia Taiwan | 2007-02-11 (2007-07-04) |
zh, en | W: wikimedia.tw T: @WikimediaTW F: Wikimedia Taiwan G: Wikimedia Taiwan |
G: Wikimedia Taiwan (Board) L: Wikimedia-TW |
M: info U: Ted Chien (chair) U: Reke Wang (secretariat) |
yes | 2015-01-24 | 30 | TWD 1000 / ~USD 35 | |
Wikimedia Ukraine | 2009-05-31 (2009-07-03) |
uk, en | W: ua.wikimedia.org F: Вікімедіа Україна |
L: WikimediaUA | M: WikimediaUA M: wm-ua |
yes | 2017-05-17 | 55 list | 50 UAH (1.7 €) min | |
Wikimedia UK | 2008-11-05 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.uk T: @wikimediauk F: WikimediaUK |
L: WikimediaUK-l | M: info U: MichaelMaggs |
Yes (UK charity) | 2012-02-17 | 360~ | GBP 5 | |
Wikimedia District of Columbia | 2011-05-07 (2011-09-12) |
en | W: wikimediadc.org T: @wikimediadc |
L: Wikimedia-DC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: info U: Harej |
yes | 2014-01-11 | 71 | USD 10 | |
Wikimedia New York City | 2009-07-07 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: nyc.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedianyc |
L: Wikimedia_NYC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: wm-nyc U: Megs |
yes | 2012-05-14 | 35 | USD 5 | |
Wikimedia Uruguay | 2013-11-16 (2013-07-12) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.uy T: @wikimedia_uy F: Wikimedia.Uruguay |
G: wikimedia-uy | O: on Meta | Yes | 2017-03-12 | 30~ | 900 UYP (~35 USD) | |
Wikimedia Venezuela | 2012-02-14 (2011-10-28) |
es | W: wikimedia.org.ve T: @wikimedia_ve F: Wikimedia.Venezuela |
L: Wikimedia-VE | I: #wikimedia-veconnect M: info |
yes | 2016-01-14 | 15~ | USD 25 | |
Wikimedia South Africa | 2012-02-27 (2011-03-26) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.za F: Wikimedia ZA |
L: WikimediaZA | O: on Meta M: info U: Discott |
yes | 2017-02-05 | 18 | R 30 (USD 2) |
Former chapters
The following were recognized Wikimedia chapters during the periods indicated.
country code |
Chapter | Founding (approval) date | De-recognition date | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wikimedia Hong Kong | 2007-07-14 (2008-03-04) |
2017-02-01 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[15] | |
Wikimedia Macedonia | 2009-09-21 (2010-02-01) |
2017-09-10 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[16] | |
Wikimedia Macau | 2009-04-09 (2011-04-24) |
2017-08-01 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[17] | |
Wikimedia Philippines | 2010-04-12 (2010-03-17) |
2017-02-28 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[18] |
Chapters in discussion phase
Chapters in active preparation to become a chapter. You should add here any chapter that is under discussion to be started up. Please provide link to a page (in meta) with more detailed information (at best with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.
- Key
- A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Affiliations Committee;
- A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed organization? from AffCom?)
- A light blue background means the AffCom has asked the Board to approve the organization's formation.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wikimedia Botswana | Early development | — | Meta, wikimedia.bw (doesn't exist yet) |
wikimediabw (doesn't exist yet) | tn:User:Oarabile Mudongo (kck, tn, en-3, zu-1, sn-1), Facebook, talk on Meta, talk on Wikipedia |
2012-12-19 | |
Wikimedia Belarus | In discussion | — | Meta, wikimedia.by |
wikimediaby | ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be), ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be) |
2010-05-29 | |
Wikimedians of Bulgaria | In discussion | — | wikimedia.bg | info-l | See Wikimedians of Bulgaria | 2014-04-18 | |
Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire | Writing bylaws | fr, en | Meta | Wikimedia-CI | Zenman (talk) | 2014-06-30 | |
Wikimedia Colombia | Writing bylaws | es, en (draft) |
Wikimedia-CO |
|
2017-08-20 | ||
Wikimedia Algeria | In discussion | to come | Meta | Wikimedia Algeria/Gestion/Membres and Mohammed Bachounda | 2007-07-01 | ||
Wikimedia Egypt | Writing bylaws | Proposed by-laws | Wikimedia Egypt | mail:wikimediaeg-l | Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg | 2009-03-01 | |
Wikimedia Georgia | Development. | ka | http://wikimedia.ge/ | — | info |
2010-12-17 | |
Wikimedia Greece | In discussion | Research stage | wikimedia.gr/wiki | Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el | 2011-06-01 | ||
Wikimedija Hrvatske | Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. | hr, en | SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr | 2011-01-12 | |||
Wikimedia Ireland | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Ireland Community | mail:wikimediaie | wikimediaireland@gmail.com | 2014-07-26 | |
Wikimedia Delhi City | Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. | — | Meta | Wikimedia-in-del | Vibhijain | 2011-06-05 | |
Wikimedia Iran | Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Iranian Wikimedians User Group - Liaison approval, July 2015 | — | Meta | info |
Mardetanha | 2008-07-07 | |
Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | — | Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky), Maksat (en, ru, ky) |
2012-05-02 | |
Wikimedians of Korea / Korean Wikimedia Association |
|
ko (done) |
|
mail:wikimedia-kr | the secretary-general of Korea Wikimedia Association
|
2015-11-10 | |
Wikimedia Kazakhstan | Reviewing bylaws with AffCom. No currently ongoing communication. | en | Ashina, Alash, Rauank | 2012-08-05 | |||
Wikimedia Lietuva | Stopped at discussion phase | — | — | none | none | 2009-12-10 | |
Wikimedia Malaysia | Early development | Research stage | Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta) | — | Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia | 2009-01-12 | |
Wikimedia Nepal | Community Approved Draft By-Laws in Nepali Now in Lawyer's revision/ By-laws translation into English | Affcom studying on proposal | Meta (on meta), T:@WikimediaNepal, F:Wikimedia Nepal |
nepaliwiki@gmail.com; nepaliwiki@googlegroups.com | Rajesh Pandey, Ganesh Paudel, Saroj K. Dhakal (en, hi, ne), Nirmal Dulal (en, hi, ne) |
2013-04-24 | |
Wikimedia România | Early stages (planning) | ro (drafts) | wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) | WikimediaRO-l | IulianU or Razool | 2005-09-26 | |
Wikimedia Saudi Arabia | Early development | — | Wikimedia Saudi Arabia | — | Alrwaikm | 2008-12-26 | |
Wikimedia Singapore | Early development | — | Wikimedia Singapore | Wikimedia-SG | Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect | 2011-04-27 | |
Wikimedia Slovenia | In discussion | Writing first draft | Wikimedia Slovenia (on meta), w:sl:Wikipedija:Društvo on sl.wikipedia.org |
none yet | Wikimedia Slovenia, Miha / xJaM / Yerpo |
2013-03-14 | |
Wikimedia Thailand | Bylaws reviewed by Aff Comm | Applied for recognition (as of 3 Jan 2019) | www.wmth.org | wikimedia-th.lists.wikimedia.org | User:Athikhun.suw | 2018-06-27 | |
Wikimedia Türkiye | In discussion | Early development | Wikimedia Türkiye (on Meta), tr.wikimedia.org |
wikimedia-tr | #wikimedia-tr | 2011-11-01 | |
Wikimedia Cascadia | In discussion, drafting bylaws | pending | Meta | wikimedia-cascadia | Another Believer | ||
Wikimedia Midwest US | In discussion | — | Meta | — | Varnent (talk) | 2012-06-22 | |
Texas Wikimedians | In discussion | pending | Meta | WhisperToMe |
Former chapters in discussion
Chapters formerly in preparation to become a chapter, which have either stalled or been absorbed into other chapters.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wikimedia California | Inactive | pending | Meta | wikimedia-california | Geoff Plourde | 2010-05-05 | |
Wikimedia Pennsylvania | Stalled, merged with Wikimedia New York City | en | pa.us.wikimedia.org | Wikimediapa-l | Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa | 2009-04-29 |
Ideas for chapters
See the movement affiliates FAQ to understand what a local chapter is, and what it entails to create a new one. If you wish to create a local chapter, follow the step-by-step chapter creation guide. In case you have any questions, contact the Affiliations Committee.
In Europe
- Wikimedia Galiza – In discussion and calling for supporters. Discussion and planning is at w:gl:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Galiza.
In North America
- Wikimedia Cascadia – a chapter in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington and possibly including Northern California and/or British Columbia)
- Wikimedia Florida – Possibility of a chapter for Florida
- Wikimedia Oklahoma – Possibility of a chapter for Oklahoma
- Wikimedia Texas – Possibility of a chapter for Texas and the south-central United States
In Asia
- Wikimedia Mainland China – The discussion of establishing a chapter started in 2009 on Chinese Wikipedia. The discussion was ended due to the political problems and no possibility of being legally incorporated. While the discussion restarted in 2013 when WMF start to recognize User Group, and the Wikimedia User Group China has been recognized since August 2014. There is no further plan for forming a chapter before the NPO can be freely incorporated in mainland China.
- Wikimedia Japan – 設立の是非について投票中です。 The page reads "There are currently no active arguments to establish a local Japanese chapter, mainly because very few Japanese language community members are interested in it. Lack of legal knowledge and accounting skills among the community is also a large contributing factor."
- Wikimedia Nepal विकिमिडिया नेपाल is recognized as a user group Wikimedians of Nepal on 29th May, 2013. Now it is in the way of becoming national chapter. Wikipedia was begun in Nepal on June 3, 2002 with Nepali Wikipedia. Now Wikipedias are avaible in five languages spoken in Nepal. Wikimedia Nepal begun regular meetups and discussions from 17 July 2010. It has been organizing outreach and various programs to promote Wikipedia in Nepal.
- Wikimedia Pakistan is recognized as a user group.
In Africa
- Wikimedia Botswana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Ghana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Maroc – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Tunisie – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Uganda – Initiating discussion and calling for supporters.
- Wikimedia Mauritanie – in discussion.
In Oceania
- Wikimedia New Zealand is being discussed.
In South America
- Wikimedia Ecuador – Recognized on September 18th as Wikimedians of Ecuador user group. Still calling for supporters.
In Central America
- Wikimedia Costa Rica – Calling for supporters.
Composition of chapters
See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries. This list may be partially outdated; provided in alphabetical order by country codes:
[AM] Wikimedia Armenia (Armenia)
- Board
- Susanna Mkrtchyan
- Tigran Azizbekyan
- Aleksey Chalabyan
- Vachagan Gratian
- Pegor Papazian
- Avetik Yessayan
- Armine Aghayan
- Staff
- Gayane Vardanyan (Executive Director)
- Lilit Tarkhanyan (Education Program Manager)
- David Saroyan (Program Manager)
- Yurik Mkrtchyan (Social Media Manager)
- Mher Bekaryan (Western Armenian Coordinator)
- Azniv Stepanian (Western Armenian Coordinator)
- Armen Mirzoyan (Wikiclubs program Coordinator)
- David Sargsyan (Event Manager)
[AR] Wikimedia Argentina (Argentina)
- Board
- Ivana Lysholm, president
- Galileo Vidoni, vice-president
- Mariano Pérez, secretary
- Ivana Molena, vice-secretary
- Nicolás Giorgetti, treasurer
- Patricio Molina, vice-treasurer
- Andrea P. Kleiman, member
- Esteban Zárate, member
- Jorge Abreu, member
- Leandro Kibisz, alternate member
- Beatrice Murch, alternate member
- Malena Lorente, audit committee
- Nahuel Kahles, audit committee
- Lucas A. Reynoso, audit committee
- Staff
- Anna Torres Adell, executive director
- Giselle Bordoy, communications manager
- Luisina Ferrante, education manager
- Constanza Verón, community manager
[AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)
- Board
Elected 2018-06-02 until 2020.
- Ulrike Zeller president
- Philip Kopetzky deputy president
- Beppo Stuhl secretary
- Michael Karolzak vice-secretary
- Reiner Strubert treasurer
- Arno Grumbeck vice-treasurer
- Thomas Planinger adviser
- Bernhard Wallisch adviser
- Friedrich Schipper adviser
- Magdalena Reiter adviser
- Staff
- Claudia Garád Executive Director
- Raimund Liebert Community Manager
- Annemarie Buchmann Project Manager (on maternity leave)
- Manfred Werner Project Manager
[AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)
Committee (elected 8 October 2017):
- Pru Mitchell, president
- Gideon Digby, vice-president
- Robert Myers, treasurer
- Tom Hogarth, secretary
- Caddie Brain, ordinary member
- Steve Crossin, ordinary member
- Sam Wilson, ordinary member
- Robert Whyte, ordinary member
[BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
- Shabab Mustafa, president
- Nahid Sultan, secretary
- Tanweer Morshed, treasurer
- Munir Hasan, Member
- Ali Haidar Khan, Member
- Tanvir Rahman, Member
- Moheen Reeyad, Member
- Masum Al Hasan, Member
- Ankan Ghosh Dastidar, Member
[BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)
See wmbe:Board for an overview of the board positions within Wikimedia Belgium.
- Board members
- President: Geert Van Pamel - User:Geertivp - geert.van.pamel [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch, English or French.
- Secretary & Member communication: Robin - User:SPQRobin - robin [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch, English, French or German.
- Treasurer & community initiatives: Romaine - User:Romaine - romaine [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch or English.
- Institutions Liaison: Alberto - User:Afernand74 - alberto [at] wikimedia.be in Spanish, English, French or Dutch.
- AnneJea - User:AnneJea - annejea [at] wikimedia.be in French and English.
- Lionel Scheepmans - User:Lionel Scheepmans - lionel [at] wikimedia.be in French and English.
[CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)
- Benoit Rochon, President
- Lëa-Kim Chateauneuf, Vice President
- Charlotte Badin, Secretary
- Guillaume Lafrance, Treasurer
- Gabriel Arsenault, Board member
- Marie D. Martel, Board member
- Michael David Miller, Board member
- Ha-Loan Phan, Board member
- Jean-François Pilon, Board member
- General Counsel, General Counsel (observer)
[CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, president
- Mauro Cassina, board member
- Michael Gasser, board member
- Muriel Staub, vice-president
- Matthias Heck, board member
- Neko Rama, board member
[CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)
- Marco Correa, president
- Rocío Consales, vice-president
- Carlos Figueroa, secretary
- Osmar Valdebenito, treasurer
- Dennis Tobar, board member
- Claudio Loader, board member
[CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)
Board and Audit committee elected by the general assembly.
- Board Members
- Audit committee
[DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)
Board elected in 2018:
- Lukas Mezger (Chair)
- Sabria David (Vice Chair)
- Harald Krichel (Vice Chair)
- Daniel Reisener (Treasurer)
- Kilian Kluge (At-large)
- Peter Dewald (At-large)
- Marcus Cyron (At-large)
[DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)
- Board Members
- Finn Årup Nielsen, formand (chairman)
- Matthias Smed Larsen, næstformand (vice-chairman)
- Steen Thomassen, kasserer (treasurer)
- Karen Mardahl, sekretær (secretary)
- Jan Friberg, menigt medlem (board member)
- Auditor
- Thyge Larsen, revisor (auditor)
- Simon Van Studinski, revisor (auditor)
[EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- Board Members:
- Märt Põder
- Käbi Suvi
- Eva Lepik
- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
- Audit committee:
- Tanel Pern
- Juhan Koni
[ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)
- President: Santiago Navarro
- Vice-president: Jesús Tramullas
- Secretary: Elena Sanz
- Treasurer: Pedro Pacheco
- Board member: José Emilio Mori
- Board member: Miguel Ángel García
- Board member: Jorge Sierra
- Board member: María Bolado
- Board member: Florencia Claes
[FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)
Effective 2018-01-01.
- Heikki Kastemaa, president, board member since 2015
- Tero Toivanen, vice president, EDU, board member since 2017
- Teemu Perhiö, secretary, board member since 2016
- Minna Turtiainen, GLAM-responsible, board member since 2016
- Jaakko Pirinen, new
- Hanna Mäki, new
[FR] Wikimédia France (France)
See https://www.wikimedia.fr/conseil-dadministration/ for a current list and biographies of board members.
[GB] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)
See wmuk:board for a current list and biographies of board members.
[HU] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)
- Board: (elected: 2018-11-17)
- Péter Gervai, president
- Bence Damokos, executive vice-president
- Balázs Viczián, financial vice-president
- Anna Krizsán, board member
- Tamás Mészöly, board member
- Supervisory committee: ((re-)elected: 2018-05-19)
- Péter Báthory, president
- László Slemmer, member
- Attila Szervác, member
[ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)
The administrative board (2016–2018).
- Board of Trustees
- Rinto Jio, trustee, chairman
- Kartika Sari Henry, trustee, member
- Ricky Setiawan, trustee, member
- Board of Executives
- Biyanto Rebin or Beeyan, chairman
- Ivonne Kristiani or Ivonne, deputy chairman
- Farras Octara, secretary general
- Isabella Apriyana or Isabella, deputy secretary general
- Djohan Satria Hasibuan, treasurer
- Rachmat Wahidi, vice-treasurer
[IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)
- Board Members
- Itzik Edri (chairperson and spokesperson)
- Ido Ivry (secretary)
- Hana Yariv
- Dana L. Dekel
- Deror Lin
- Sheizaf Rafaeli
- Karine Nahon
- Audit committee
- Sandra Zonnestien
- Other major functions
- Michal Lester, executive director
[IN] Wikimedia India (India)
- Rahul Deshmukh (President)
- Sanket Oswal (Treasurer)
- Yohann Thomas (Secretary)
- Viswanathan Prabhakaran
- Santosh Shingare
For biographical summaries, please visit Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members
[IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)
- Lorenzo Losa, president
- Valerio Perticone, vice-president
- Carlo Benini, secretary
- Saverio Giulio Malatesta, treasurer
- Maurizio Napolitano
[MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)
Updated 2018-06-09
- Carmen Alcázar, president
- José Flores, vice-president
- Paulina Lordméndez, secretary
- Claudia Muñoz, treasurer
- Jackeline Bucio, board member
- Luis Alvaz, board member
- Omar Sandoval, board member
[NL] Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)
A new board was elected on April 22, 2017. The current members of the board:
- Justus de Bruijn, secretry
- Frans Grijzenhout, chair
- Harriet de Man, GLAMpartnerships
- Mike Nicolaye, community relations
- Bart Nieuwenhuis, treasurer
- Marike van Roon, education
- Michel Wesseling, fundraising
[NO] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)
Updated 2019-03-31 Elected board as of annual meeting 9 March 2019:
- Hogne Neteland chairman
- Andrea Hegdahl Tiltnes vice-chairperson
- Sigrun Espe board member
- Tore Sætre – board member
- Trond Trosterud – treasurer
- Hilde Blix assistant member of the board*
[PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)
- Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom), president
- Marek Stelmasik (Masti), treasurer
- Wojciech Pędzich, secretary
- Małgorzata Wilk (Maire), vice-president
- Paweł Marynowski (Yarl), vice-president
- Piotr Gackowski (PMG), vice-president
- Jacek Fink-Finowicki (Phinek), member
[PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)
A new board was elected on September 1, 2018. The current members of the board:
- Directory
- Gonçalo Themudo, president
- Ana Cravo, secretary
- André Barbosa, treasurer
- General Assembly
- Paulo Santos Perneta, president
- Carlos Barradas, secretary
- João Carvalho, member
- Supervisory Board
- Waldir Pimenta, president
- Manuel de Sousa, secretary
- João Lemos, member
[RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)
- Đorđe Stakić
- Filip Maljković, president, chairman
- Marko Adam
- Miroslav Loci
- Miljan Simonović
- Vladimir Burgić
- Vukašin Živković
- Bojana Satarić
[RU] Викимедиа РУ (Russia)
[SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)
- Mattias Blomgren, chairman
- Sven-Erik Jonsson, treasurer
- Bengt Oberger, member
- Ylva Pettersson, member
- Kristina Berg, member
- Brit Stakston, member
- Sofie Jansson, member
- Elza Dunkels, member
- Erik Åström, member
[TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)
See the Chapter page.
[UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)
See the Chapter page.
[US-DC] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)
See Wikimedia DC's official list.
[US-NYC] Wikimedia New York City (United States)
See Wikimedia NYC's official list.
[UY] Wikimedia Uruguay (Uruguay)
- Rodrigo Barbano, president
- Mariana Fossatti, secretary
- Jorge Gemetto, treasurer
- Gustavo Ginares, ordinary member
[VE] Wikimedia Venezuela (Venezuela)
- Oscar Costero, president
- Tomás Guardia, vice-president
- Ybsen Manuel Lucero, treasurer
- Kevin Landaeta, secretary
- Jin Kadaba, spokesperson
[ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)
- Douglas Scott, president
- Dumisani Ndubane, director
- Bobby Shabangu, director
- Deon Steyn, director
- Raymond Ellis, director
Inter-chapter initiatives
Active:
- Chapters Council, a proposed central organization for chapters intended to promote coordination and accountability. See Wikimedia Chapters Association.
- Wikimedia Asia, a regional cooperation initiative for chapters and working groups in Asia and Australia.
- Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, an initiative in the European Union to have a clear and coherent position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement.
Ideas:
Mailing lists and wikis
Apart from public mailing lists (most notably Chapters-reports) and websites listed elsewhere, there are two main private channels for communication and coordination among chapters, which existing chapters must follow and participate in:
- Internal wiki[19] and Internal-l – Local Chapters, board and officers coordination: each chapter can subscribe an unlimited number of board members (as of 13th August 2010), with an e-mail to the list admin by the president; additional members can be subscribed following the usual procedure (endorsement by a subscribed person + consensus on wiki);
- Chapters wiki[20] and chapters mailinglist[21] for discussions and decisions among chapters: each chapter can subscribe unlimited board members (and some staffer) and an email by the president of the chapter to the list admins with the list of email addresses to add/remove is the usual process; there are also other lists for working groups, generally subsets of the previous one, apart some more open lists (e.g. GLAM).
- 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...
See also
- Interorganizational relations among chapters: a summary of a long discussion on [[<tvar|>Special:MyLanguage/IRC</>|IRC]]
Notes
- ↑ Is the chapter formally recognized as a Nonprofit organization under its nation's laws? "n/a" should be used if the country's laws do not recognize a nonprofit status.
- ↑ corporation information
- ↑ A small no profit association doesn't require the formal approval. It's sufficient to follow the law and to have a bylaws compliant with to the law[1][2]. The tax exemption has been formally approved [3].
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
- ↑ All associations in Spain have Non profit status.
- ↑ Wikimédia Magyarország is a registered association at the Court and all registered associations are non-profit by definition in Hungary. Wikimédia Magyarország is recognized as "organization for the public benefit" status which means: transparency requirements, tax exemptions, tax deductibility etc.
- ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting.
- ↑ Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) is registered as a Non-profit Society vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District. However applications to tax-exemption for the society and its donors are still pending.
- ↑ At the founding team's request, the provisional approval was extended by the WMF executive director until April 2013.
- ↑ Officialy recognized as Wikimedia México A.C. (civic association) under Mexican laws since February 2013.
- ↑ There is no separate official non-profit status. However, we have been granted charity status (ANBI) by the tax office since January 2010, which, among other demands, requires that the organization is a non-profit by its bylaws and operates as a non-profit in practice. During 2012 we were busy to prepare the chapter for the CBF certificate for 'small charities'.
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
- ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Serbia.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Feb 7th, 2017.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Sep 9th, 2017.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Aug 13th, 2017.
- ↑ [4], April 22nd, 2017.
- ↑ internal.wikimedia.org
- ↑ chapters.wikimedia.ch
- ↑ https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/chapters