Wikimedia chapters

This page lists current and planned chapters, and aims to give information useful to people wanting to start a local Wikimedia chapter. For more information, please see the Step by step chapter creation guide and the FAQ. For any questions, please see the Chapters committee.

Existing chapters (dark blue), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of May 25, 2008. (Note: US is semi-colored due to planned chapters in Pennsylvania, New York City and Washington, DC)

[edit] Existing chapters

code	Chapter	Founding date	Bylaws	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update	Membership
ar	Wikimedia Argentina	1st Sept 2007 (Appoved 11 Dec 2007)	es, en	wikimedia.org.ar	Wikimedia-ar	Patricio.lorente - Mahadeva	2007-12-13	~50
at	Wikimedia Österreich	2nd May 2008 (Approved 26 Feb 2008)	de, en	Wikimedia Österreich (currently on Meta)	Verein-AT-l	Mailing list or civ@tzis.net or #wikimedia-at	2008-05-02
au	Wikimedia Australia	(Approved 04 Mar 2008)	en	Wikimedia Australia (currently on Meta)	Wikimediaau-l	contact[at]wikimedia.org.au (IRC: #wikimedia-au on freenode)	May 01, 2008
ch	Wikimedia CH	14th May 2006	en, de, fr, it rm	http://www.wikimedia.ch	wikimediach-l	info@wikimedia.ch	16:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)	67
cz	Wikimedia Česká republika	6th March, 2008	cs, en	Wikimedia Czech Republic (currently on Meta)	WikimediaCZ-l	Che, Zirland or #wikimedia-cz	2008-06-01	~20
de	Wikimedia Deutschland	13th June, 2004	de, en, nl	wikimedia.de	vereinde-l	Kurt Jansson, akl	2008-01-05	> 390
fr	Wikimédia France	23rd October, 2004	fr	wikimedia.fr	wikimediafr-l	~Pyb, (:Julien:)	Apr 2, 2008	105
hk	Wikimedia Hong Kong	14 July 2007 (Approved 04 Mar 2008)	MoA: zh, en AoA: zh, en	wikimediahk.org	Google Group	Yuyu (Wikimedia Hong Kong/Contact)	4 Jul 2008
il	Wikimedia Israel	15th July 2007 (Approved 6 March 2007)	Official version (he, legaly binding), en translation	il.wikimedia.org	Not available	DrorK	23 September 2007	12
it	Wikimedia Italia	17th June, 2005	it, en	wikimedia.it	associazione@wikimedia.it	Frieda, Nick1915	2008-07-18	186
nl	Wikimedia Nederland	27 March 2006	Articles of incorporation Bylaws	nl.wikimedia.org	wikimedianl-l	Elly (chair), RonaldB (treasurer), Husky (secretary)	24th may 2008	~ 80 (feb 2008)
pl	Wikimedia Polska	14th August, 2005	pl, en	pl.wikimedia.org	wikimediapl-l	#wikimedia-pl	2008-06-15	81
rs	Wikimedia Србије	3rd December 2005	sr, sr (local copy), en (local copy)	rs.wikimedia.org	wikimediasr-l	dungodung	20:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)	~ 40
ru	Викимедиа РУ (Wikimedia Russia / Wikimedia RU)	(Approved 24 May 2008)	ru en	wikimedia.ru	-	Maximaximax or Dr Bug	24 May 2008	13 (founding members)
se	Wikimedia Sverige	20 Oct 2007 (Approved 11 Dec)	sv, en	se.wikimedia.org	(see Website)	(see Website)	14 June 2008	120
tw	Wikimedia Taiwan	11th Feb, 2007 (Approved 4 July, 2007)	zh, en	wikimedia.tw	Google group, wikimedia-tw	Theodoranian (Chair), Htchien (Secretariat)	July 4, 2007	~30
uk	Wikimedia UK	14 February 2006	MoA: en AoA: en	wikimedia.org.uk	wikimediauk-l	AlisonW	2007-06-24	(5)

[edit] Planned chapters

Chapters in active preparation to become a Local Chapter. Please provide a link to a page on meta with more detailed information (with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.

country code	Chapter	Status	Articles of Incorporation/ Statuts/ Statuten	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
br	Wikimedia Brasil	In discussion	pt	Wikimedia Brazil (currently on Meta)	-	Wikimedia Brasil/Participantes	15 April 2008
ca	Wikimedia Canada	Finishing up by-laws	Wikimedia Canada/Proposed by-laws	Wikimedia Canada (currently on Meta)	Wikimedia-CA	Wikimedia-CA, #wikimedia-ca, or any member of the Steering Committee.	21 March 2008
hr	Wikimedija Hrvatske	Translation of bylaws	hr	Wikimedija Hrvatske (currently on Meta)	-	Either SpeedyGonsales or Roberta F.	18 December 2007
id	Wikimedia Indonesia	Awaiting legal process (Indonesia-3 months) and Wikimedia Foundation Agreement	Articles of Incorporation Bylaws	Wikimedia Indonesia	Wikimedia Indonesia	Meursault2004, IvanLanin, Serenity, Rex	08 July 2008
in	Wikimedia India	Bylaws in discussion	en	http://wikimedia.in http://wikimedia.org.in	WikimediaIN-l	Nearly Headless Nick, Nichalp or HPN	November 2007
is	Wikimedia Ísland (Wikimedia Iceland)	Writing bylaws	is	-	-	Talk:Wikimedia Ísland	7 March 2008
no	Wikimedia Norge	Awaiting approval from Wikimedia Foundation.	nb, en	www.wikimedia.no (no content as of yet)	Wikimedia-no	Hans Rosbach (chairman), Silje L. Bakke (deputy chairman)	July 15, 2008
ph	Wikimedia Philippines	Articles re-written pending new discussion and vote; bylaws under discussion	en, tl (Articles) en (Bylaws)	Wikimedia Philippines (currently on Meta)	Philwiki	Sky Harbor	04 May 2008
pt	Wikimedia Portugal	Bylaws ready, discussing how to constitute	pt	Wikimedia Portugal (currently on Meta)			31 March 2008
us-pa	Wikimedia Pennsylvania	In discussion, Drafting Bylaws	En	pa.us.wikimedia.org	Wikimediapa-l	Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa	June 2007
us-nyc	Wikimedia New York City	Bimonthly meetings	none yet — see ideas	Wikimedia New York City (currently on Meta)	Wikimedia NYC	User:Pharos	January 2007
us-dc	Wikimedia DC	In discussion, drafting bylaws	In drafting	Wikimedia DC, temporary site on en.wp here	None yet	User:Swatjester	May 2008
ve	Wikimedia Venezuela	Discussing bylaws	Bylaw draft (In es)	http://www.wikimedia.org.ve	Wikimediave-l	Wikimedia Venezuela discussion page or damian AT wikimedia.org.ve	23rd November 2006

[edit] Chapters in discussion phase

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.

country code	Chapter	Status	Articles of Incorporation/ Statuts/ Statuten	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
bd	Wikimedia Bangladesh	In discussion	-	Meta	-	Talk:Wikimedia Bangladesh (or #wikimedia-bn on freenode)	January 4, 2008
co	Wikimedia Colombia	In discussion	Spanish/English (untranslated)	Wikimedia Colombia penging domain: wikimedia.org.co	-	Carlos Thompson or #wikimedia-co	Nov 21, 2007
dz	Wikimedia Algeria	In discussion	to come	Meta			July 2007
eg	Wikimedia Egypt	Early development	-	Wikimedia Egypt	-	Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg	July 2007
es	Wikimedia España (Wikimedia Spain)	In discussion bylaws	es/en	Meta	Wikimedia-es	Talk:Wikimedia España	May 2008
lt	Wikimedia Lietuva	Writing bylaws	-	-	none yet	User:zaliavos	2 September 2007
mo	Wikimedia Macau	Early development	-	-	-	Talk:Wikimedia Macau/籌備委員會	30 November 2007
ro	Wikimedia România	Early stages (planning)	ro, en (drafts)	wikimedia.ro (currently a portal)	WikimediaRO-l	IulianU	14:59, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
ir	Wikimedia iran	In discussion	-	Meta	-		7 July 2008

[edit] Ideas for chapters

[edit] In Europe

Wikimedia BE
Wikimedia California
Wikimedia Galiza - In discussion and calling for supporters. We expect that the chapter will be created in mid-2008. Discussion and planning going on at w:gl:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Galiza.

[edit] In North America

Wikimedia Mexico -Just initiated discussion and hope that the chapter will be fully operational during this year. Very emoted about it, too! "Mi casa es su casa".
Wikimedia United States of America - just some notes for anyone interested in discussing it. (Mailing list)
- Wikimedia United States Chapters Council - an alternative approach based on local metro-level chapters.
Wikimedia Texas - Possibility of a chapter for Texas and the south-central United States

[edit] In Asia

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 amongst the community is also a large contributing factor."
Wikimedia Mainland China - 准备讨论
Wikimedia Türkiye

[edit] In Africa

Wikimedia Sudan
Wikimedia Uganda - Initiating discussion and calling for supporters. "It is time to set the Pearl."
Wikimedia Tunisie - in discussion.

[edit] In Oceania

Wikimedia New Zealand is currently in the early planning stage. Anyone that is interested should contact Jasper Bryant-Greene at jasper(AT)album(DOT)co(DOT)nz or on 021 708 334.

[edit] In South America

Wikimedia São Paulo - In discussion and calling for supporters, a regional Brazilian alternative.
Wikimedia Uruguay

[edit] How to create a new chapter

You should look to and follow the step-by-step chapter creation guide. In case you have any questions, contact the chapters committee.

You can also take a look at the Local chapter FAQ to understand what a local chapter is, and what it entails to create a new chapter.

[edit] Chapter Summaries

See Wikimedia chapters/Summaries

[edit] Composition of chapters

this may be partially outdated

Gianluigi Gamba, president
Giovanni Fasano, vicepresident, treasurer
Giulia C.M. Clonfero, secretary
Nicolò Zamperini
Piero Grandesso

[edit] Wikimedia Nederland

[edit] Wikimedia Poland

Tomasz Ganicz, president
Piotr Czerniawski, vice-president
Sebastian Skolik, vice-president
Agnieszka Kwiecień, secretary
Paweł Drozd, treasurer

[edit] Wikimedia CH

[edit] Wikimedia UK

Alison Wheeler, chair
Arkady Rose, secretary
Paul Sinclair, treasurer
vacancy, membership officer
David Gerard, press officer

[edit] Wikimedia Taiwan

Chieh Deng, Chairman
Yu-Chen Hsu
Yuan Chang
Zheng-Yi Chang
Tzu-Chiang Liou, press contact
Zheng-Xing Zhuo
Jia-Yi Chao
Cheng-Li Hsu
Chung-Ming Wang
Hsiang-Tai Chien, secretary, press contact

[edit] Wikimedia Hong Kong

Provisional Directory

King Man LAM, President
Yu Jeromy CHAN, Deputy President
Wing Fung SIU, Secretary
Chi Wai Terence YUEN, Treasurer
Yu Hin LAI, Director
Chi Fung CHEUNG, Director

[edit] Wikimedia Israel

Shay Yakir, Chairperson of the board
Dror Kamir, Board member, responsible for the contacts with WMF
Amit Avidan, Board Member and treasurer
Rotem Danzig, Board member, responsible for project coordinating
Idan Dorfman, Board member and press coordinator (replacing Itzik Edri until further notice)
Deror Lin, Secretary
Uzi Vishne, Auditing committee member
Harel Cain, Auditing committee member, responsible for the contacts with the local Wikipedian community
Itzik Edri, Press coordinator (unavailable for the next few months)
David Shay, Ombudsman