Chapters committee
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The Chapters Committee (ChapCom) was created on January 15, 2006 by a resolution of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, along with several other Wikimedia committees. Its responsibilities include coordination of Wikimedia chapters; and also facilitating communication among chapters, and between chapters and the Foundation.
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[edit] Why have a chapters committee?
The Wikimedia projects have an international scope, and their outreach has already made a significant impact throughout the world. The mission of the Chapters Committee is to help continue this success by coordinating the organization of "chapters," local groups chartered to further the goals of the projects with a special regard for their local impact.
Chapters are a source of essential local knowledge for the Wikimedia Foundation, and provide the community with a point of contact capable of fulfilling specific local needs. Existing chapters have proven that these groups are invaluable in expanding and developing Wikimedia's level of international cooperation, and the Committee will ensure that their proper role within the organization is fully realized.
Creating an organization from scratch is a hard task. Creating one capable of fulfilling the requirements of a "Wikimedia chapter" is even harder. One of the Committee's tasks is to make this process an easier one.
Another is to guide emerging chapters through their founding process by helping them draft bylaws, answering questions about what the Foundation expects from a chapter, approving limited financial support (if required), and providing general help and advice.
We understand that people from different cultures, living in different countries and under different legal systems, will have unique ideas and requirements for the function of a chapter and will encounter various needs and concerns along the way. Each chapter will be approached individually with this in mind.
For existing chapters we will act as the first point of contact with the Foundation and try to solve any problems that might arise, or point people in the right direction.
[edit] Members & advisors
The committee consists of 8 members:
Term runs till May 31st 2008
- Austin Hair (acting chair)
- Nathan Carter
- Damian Finol
- Delphine Ménard
- Hari Prasad Nadig
appointed Dec. 1st 2007 - terms runs till Nov. 30th 2008
And 4 advisers:
Term runs till May 31st 2008
appointed Dec. 1st 2007 - terms runs till Nov. 30th 2008
You will find on this page the rationale for the initial committee members. Members and advisors appointed on Dec 1st 2007 have applied following the chapters committee call for new members.
Board representative
- as per the corresponding resolution, Frieda Brioschi has been appointed as board representative on the chapters committee
[edit] Communication tools
- IRC channel: #wikimedia-chapters on freenode
- If you wish to contact the chapter committee members and advisors all at once, you can use the following address: chaptercommittee-l AT wikimedia DOT org
- If you wish to contact one of the committee members or advisors on an individual basis, use their talk page in their project of origin (see links above) or use the email feature on the wiki.
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[edit] To do
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