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Chapters Chapters committee FAQ Creation guide Reports Meetings Agreements Board seats WMF grants to chapters Established chapters (39) AR Wikimedia Argentina AT Wikimedia Österreich AU Wikimedia Australia BD Wikimedia Bangladesh CA Wikimedia Canada CH Wikimedia CH CL Wikimedia Chile CZ Wikimedia Česká republika DE Wikimedia Deutschland DK Wikimedia Danmark EE Wikimedia Eesti ES Wikimedia España FI Wikimedia Suomi FR Wikimédia France GB Wikimedia UK HK Wikimedia Hong Kong HU Wikimédia Magyarország ID Wikimedia Indonesia IL Wikimedia Israel IN Wikimedia India IT Wikimedia Italia KE Wikimedia Kenya MK Wikimedia Macedonia MO Wikimedia Macau MX Wikimedia México NL Wikimedia Nederland NO Wikimedia Norge PH Wikimedia Philippines PL Wikimedia Polska PT Wikimedia Portugal RS Викимедија Србије RU Викимедиа РУ SE Wikimedia Sverige TW Wikimedia Taiwan UA Вікімедіа Україна US-DC Wikimedia District of Columbia US-NYC Wikimedia New York City VE Wikimedia Venezuela ZA Wikimedia South Africa

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Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects within a specified geographical region (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". 39 chapters currently exist in nearly every continent of the world.

This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the Step-by-step chapter creation guide and the Local chapter FAQ for more information. A Chapters committee exists to aid the creation of, and to support, local chapters.

Existing chapters, both founded (dark blue) and approved (dark turquoise), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of 13 October 2011.

Existing chapters

There are currently 39 recognised chapters:

country code	Chapter	Founding (Approval) date	Bylaws	W:Website I:Identi.ca T:Twitter F:Facebook	Mailing list	I:IRC M:Mail contact U:User contact O:Other Contact	Recognized non-profit?	Last verified	Members	Yearly membership fee
ar	Wikimedia Argentina	2007-09-01 (2007-12-11)	es, en	W:wikimedia.org.ar/ I:@wikimediaargentina T:@wikimedia_ar F:WikimediaArgentina	Wikimedia-ar	M:correowikimedia.org.ar U:Patricio.lorente U:Carlos Barcenilla I:#wikimedia-ar	Yes	2011-02-05	070~	full members ARS 100 (~USD 25) adherents ARS 50 (~USD 12.5) minors ARS 30 (~USD 7.50)
at	Wikimedia Österreich	2008-05-02 (2008-02-26)	de, en	wikimedia.at	Verein-AT-l	M:vereinwikimedia.at I:#wikimedia-at vorstand@wikimedia.at	?	2011-03-01	065~	20 € reduced 15 € legal entities 100 € sponsoring members 500€
au	Wikimedia Australia	2008-08-06 (2008-03-04)	en	W:wikimedia.org.au	Wikimediaau-l	M:contactwikimedia.org.au I:#wikimedia-au	Yes	2010-01-19	047	AU$20 AU$10 concession
bd	Wikimedia Bangladesh	Not yet founded (2011-10-03)	en	Wikimedia Bangladesh	Wikimedia-BD	#wikimedia-bd	?	2011-05-24
ca	Wikimedia Canada	2010-11-05 (2011-05-24)	en, fr	W:wikimedia.ca T:@WikimediaCA F:WikimediaCA	Google Group	M:infowikimedia.ca	Non-profit: yes Charitable: applying	2011-06-05	040~	CND $10
ch	Wikimedia CH	2006-05-14	de, fr, it, rm, en	W: wikimedia.ch T: @WikimediaCH F: Wikimedia CH	wikimediach-l	M:infowikimedia.ch	yes	2010-08-05	085+	CHF 50 reduced: CHF 20 sponsoring members: min. CHF 75 legal entities: min. CHF 100
cl	Wikimedia Chile	2011-07-16 (2011-06-13)	es, en	W: wikimediachile.cl T: @wikimedia_cl F: Wikimedia Chile	Wikimedia-CL	M:contactowikimediachile.cl	yes	2011-07-16	021	CLP 12,000 (USD 25)
cz	Wikimedia Česká republika	2008-03-06 (2008-02-26)	cs, en	W:wikimedia.cz T:@Wikimedia_CR F:Facebook	WikimediaCZ-l	M:wm-czwikimedia.org I:#wikimedia-cz	yes	2012-01-26	39	CZK 200 reduced: CZK 100
de	Wikimedia Deutschland	2004-06-13	de (official), en, it	W:wikimedia.de I:@wikimediade T:@wmde	vereinde-l	M:infowikimedia.de	Yes	2011-04-30	1,146+ (895 active, 251 supporters, 1 honorary)	€24 reduced: €12 These are minimum fees. Members are free to choose a higher amount.
dk	Wikimedia Danmark	2009-03-14 (2009-07-03).	da, en	W:Wikimedia Danmark T:@wikimediadk	mail:WikimediaDK	U:Palnatoke I:#wikimedia-danmark	?	2010-09-26	015	DKK 100
ee	Wikimedia Eesti	2010-07-25/ 2010-10-06 (2010-08-31)	et, en	et.wikimedia.org	Google Group	U:Ivo U:Teele U:Oop M:wm-ee@wikimedia.org	Yes	2012-02-26	009 (founders), 027 (current)	5 €
es	Wikimedia España	2011-02-11 (2011-02-07)	es, en	W: wikimedia.org.es I: wikimediaes T: @wikimedia_es F: Wikimedia España	Wikimedia-es	M:infowikimedia.org.es O:Talk:Wikimedia España I:#wikimedia-es	Yes	2012-01-26	70~	Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 30 € (per year); Young Adults (16-18 years old), free.
fi	Wikimedia Suomi	2009-06-14 (2009-09-21).	fi (en)	W:wikimedia.fi	Wikimedia-FI	M:infowikimedia.fi I:#wikimedia-fi	?	2010-09-25	021	€ 10 reduced: € 5
fr	Wikimédia France	2004-10-23	fr	W:wikimedia.fr I:@wikimediafrance T:@Wikimedia_Fr	wikimediafr-l	M:contactwikimedia.fr I:#wikimedia-fr	yes	2012-01-25	400	normal : 24 € honorary : 100 €
hk	Wikimedia Hong Kong	2007-07-14 (2008-03-04)	MoA: zh, en, AoA: zh, en	W:wikimedia.hk T:@WMHK F:WikimediaHK	wikimediahk	U:Tango Chan O:Wikimedia Hong Kong/Contact	yes	2010-09-12	040	$50 HKD $70 HKD for the first year
hu	Wikimédia Magyarország	2008-09-27 (2008-11-03)	hu, en	W:wikimedia.hu I:@wikimediahu T:@wikimediaHU F:WikimediaHU	Google Group	M:elnoksegwikimedia.hu M:infowikimedia.hu U:Dami (Executive Vice President)	yes	2012-01-25	060	2000 HUF (~7€, 9$)
id	Wikimedia Indonesia	2008-09-05 (2008-10-07)	Bylaws: id, en AoI: id, en	W:wikimedia.or.id T:@wikimediaid F:wikimedia.indonesia	Google Group	M:infowikimedia.or.id	n/a	2012-01-30	19 (founders) 11 (members)	IDR 250K (~USD 23) IDR 150K (~USD 14) concession IDR 100K (~USD 9) for members aged 17-20 years old
il	Wikimedia Israel	2007-07-15 (2007-03-06)	he (legally binding), en	W:wikimedia.org.il	Wikimedia-il	M: mailwikimedia.org.il U:Harel (secretary)	?	2012-01-11	~35	25 ILS(approx. 7 USD or 4 €)
in	Wikimedia India	2011-01-03 (June 2010)	en kn	W:Wiki.wikimedia.in T:@Wikimediaindia F:WikimediaIndia IRC : #wikimedia-in	Wikimediaindia-l (Community) wmin-members (Members only)	M: Chapter: chapterwikimedia.in Press: presswikimedia.in Board: wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org U: Naveen Francis, Secrtary naveenpfwikimedia.in User talk:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Anirudh Bhati) anirudhwikimedia.in	Yes	2011-01-14	197	100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations)
it	Wikimedia Italia	2005-07-17	it, en	W:wikimedia.it I:@WikimediaItalia T:@WikimediaItalia	associazionewikimedia.it	U:Frieda (chair) U:Marcok M:infowikimedia.it (info whatsoever)	yes	2011-01-08	~350	25 € (members removed after an year if they don't renew the subscription)
ke	Wikimedia Kenya	(not founded) (2012-02-08)	Wikimedia_Kenya/bylaws	W:wikimedia.or.ke	WikimediaKE (open)		no	2012-02-08	?	?
mk	Wikimedia Macedonia	2009-09-21 (2010-02-01)	mk, en	W:mk.wikimedia.org	Wikimk-I	M:vikipedijalists.softver.org.mk	yes	2011-09-18	037	None
mo	Wikimedia Macau	2009-04-09 (2011-04-24)	en:Charter	W:http://wikimedia.org.mo/ F:Wikimedia Macau		M: infowikimedia.org.mo	?	2011-05-07
mx	Wikimedia México	2011-08-03 (2011-08-03)	Bylaws	Wikimedia México on Meta (es/en)	wikimedia-mxlists.wikimedia.org	User:ProtoplasmaKid #wikimedia-mx or Talk:Wikimedia México	?	2010-12-6
nl	Wikimedia Nederland	2006-03-27 (2006-09-21)	AoA, Bylaws (en/nl)	W:wmnederland.nl T:@wmnl	wikimedianl-l	General inquiries: M:wm-nlwikimedia.org U:Ziko (chair)	yes	2012-01	150	€ 30 but people can choose a lower or higher amount, with a minimum of € 12.
no	Wikimedia Norge	2007-06-23 (2008-11-03)	nb, nn, se, en	W:no.wikimedia.org T:@Wikimedianorge F:WikimediaNorge	Wikimedia-no	U:Jarle Vines (chairman) U:Erling Bjørtvedt (deputy chairman) O:Short presentation in English	?	2011-04-10	~100	Ordinary: 200 NOK reduced: 100 NOK
ph	Wikimedia Philippines	2010-04-12 (2010-03-17)	en, tl (Articles) en (Bylaws)	W:wikimedia.org.ph I:@pinoywikipedia T:@pinoywikipedia F:fb.me/pinoywiki	Wikimedia-PH	M:infowikimedia.org.ph U:Jojit (President) U:Sky Harbor (Vice President)	Yes	2011-07-09	47 (List)	PHP 500 (regular) PHP 100 (concession) These are minimum fees. Members are free to choose a higher amount.
pl	Wikimedia Polska	2005-08-14	pl, en	W:pl.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedia_pl F: polska.wikipedia	wikimediapl-l	I:#wikimedia-pl M:zarzadwikimedia.pl	n/a	2010-03-13	107 list	1 PLN (~0.2 USD) minimum or more if they wish (On average members pay ~ 20 PLN (~ 5 USD))
pt	Wikimedia Portugal	2009-09-21 (2009-07-03)	Estatutos pt, en	W: wikimedia.pt T: @wikimediapt I: @wikimediapt F: Wikimedia Portugal	wikimediapt	I:#wikimedia-ptconnect M:geralwikimedia.pt O: Contacto	Yes	2011-03-01	030~	10€ reduced: € 5
rs	Wikimedia Србије	2005-12-03	sr (copy), en	W:rs.wikimedia.org	wikimediasr-l serbia-internal-l (internal)	U:dungodung M:info-rs@wikimedia.org	n/a	2011-09-24	080~	None
ru	Викимедиа РУ, Wikimedia RU	2008-11-11 (2008-05-24)	ru en	W:wikimedia.ru	wikimediaru-l	U:Ctac U:Dr Bug	?	2011-03-03	012 (founders)
se	Wikimedia Sverige	2007-10-20 (2007-12-11)	sv, en	W:wikimedia.se T:@WikimediaSE F: Wikimedia Sverige	wikimediase-l	M:jan.ainaliwikimedia.org M:infowikimedia.se M:presswikimedia.se	yes	2010-11-19	226	SEK 100 EUR 10 USD 15 Organisations: 1000 SEK
tw	Wikimedia Taiwan	2007-02-11 (2007-07-04)	zh, en	W:wikimedia.tw	Google group, wikimedia-tw	U:Theodoranian (Chair) U:Htchien (Secretariat)	?	2007-07-04	030
ua	Wikimedia Ukraine	2009-05-31 (2009-07-03)	uk, en	W:ua.wikimedia.org F:Вікімедіа Україна	WikimediaUA	M:WikimediaUA M:wm-uawikimedia.org	?	2010-05-03	023
gb	Wikimedia UK	2008-11-05 (2009-01-12)	en	W: wikimedia.org.uk T: @wikimediauk F: WikimediaUK	wikimediauk-l	M: secretarywikimedia.org.uk U: User:Mike Peel	UK charity	2012-02-17	360~	GBP 5
us-dc	Wikimedia District of Columbia	2011-05-07 (2011-09-12)	en	W: wikimediadc.org T: @wikimediadc	wikimedia-dc	M: infowikidc.org U: User:Aude I: #wikimedia-northeast	Yes	2011-11-13	043	USD 10
us-nyc	Wikimedia New York City	2009-07-07 (2009-01-12)	en	W:nyc.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedianyc	Wikimedia NYC	U:Pharos, M:wm-nycwikimedia.org I: #wikimedia-northeast	Yes	2012-05-14	035	USD 5
ve	Wikimedia Venezuela	2012-02-14 (2011-10-28)	es	W: wikimedia.org.ve T: @wikimedia_ve F: Wikimedia Venezuela	M: info@wikimedia.org.ve	I: #wikimedia-ve U: Oscar: oscar@wikimedia.org.ve U: Laura: laura@wikimedia.org.ve U: Carlos: jewbask@wikimedia.org.ve	yes	2011-10-28	44	none
za	Wikimedia South Africa	2012-02-27 (2011-03-26)		Wikimedia South Africa on meta	Wikimedia-ZA	Wikimedia South Africa	yes	2010-08-08

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.

Key

A yellowish background means chapters are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Chapters Committee;

A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed Chapter? from ChapCom?)

A light blue background means the ChapCom has asked the Board to approve the Chapter's formation.

country code	Chapter	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
br	Wikimedia Brasil	Has been approved in the past and is rewriting its bylaws for submit a new proposal to the ChapCom.	-	Wikimedia Brasil @WikimediaBrasil	Wikimedia-BR	CasteloBranco #wikimedia-br	2011-11-12
ca-qc	Wikimédia Québec	Bylaws in discussion	fr	Wikimédia Québec (on meta)	–	Discussion Wikimédia Québec	2010-01-18
hr	Wikimedia Croatia	Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. Awaiting board approval.	hr and en			SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr	2011-01-12
kz	Wikimedia Kazakhstan	Communicating with Wikimedia Foundation.	en			Ashina, Alash, Rauank	2011-04-28
ge	Wikimedia Georgia	Development.	ka	http://wikimedia.ge/	–	infowikimedia.ge	2010-12-17
sk	Wikimedia Slovakia	Formally established under Slovakian law	sk, version in English in preparation	wikimedia.sk		info[at]wikimedia.sk, CubeF (President), #wikipedia-sk	2012-03-09

Planned Thematic Wikimedia Organizations

Wikimedia Organizations in active preparation to become a Thematic Wikimedia Organization. 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.

Key

A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Chapters Committee;

A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed Organization? from ChapCom?)

A light blue background means the ChapCom has asked the Board to approve the Organization's formation.

Focus	Name	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
Catalan language and culture	Wikimedia CAT	Application filled to ChapCom	ca en	http://viquimedia.cat	wikica-l	wikica-l, #wikipedia-ca, or Gomà	2012-04-03

A group of Esperanto Wikipedians is thinking about a Vikimedio Esperanto.

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.

Key

A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Chapters Committee;

A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed Organization? from ChapCom?)

A light blue background means the ChapCom has asked the Board to approve the Organization's formation.

country code	Chapter	Status	Articles of Incorporation/ Statute	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
am	Wikimedia Armenia	In discussion	Early development	Wikimedia Armenia on Meta	susanna.mkrtchyan@gmail.com	SusikMkr	2011-10-17
be	Wikimedia Belgium	None	fr en nl	Wikimedia Belgium	WikimediaBE-l	#wikimedia-be, MADe	2011-08-30
by	Wikimedia Belarus	In discussion	-	Wikimedia Belarus wikimedia.by	wikimediaby	ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be) ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be)	2010-05-29
bo	Wikimedia Bolivia	Translating bylaws	es (untranslated)	Wikimedia Bolivia and http://wikimediabolivia.org/	wikimedia-bo	Alhen (en, es) Jduranboger (en, es) Mahadeva (en, es) and #wikimedia-bo	2012-04-19
co	Wikimedia Colombia	Writing bylaws	Spanish/English (untranslated)	http://co.wikimedia.org/	–	Baiji, Racso or #wikimedia-co	2012-04-04
dz	Wikimedia Algeria	In discussion	to come	Meta			2007-07
eg	Wikimedia Egypt	Writing bylaws	Proposed by-laws	Wikimedia Egypt	mail:wikimediaeg-l	Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg	2009-03
gr	Wikimedia Greece	In discussion	research stage	wikimedia.gr/wiki		Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el	2011-06
ie	Wikimedia Ireland	In discussion	–	Wikimedia Ireland	mail:wikimediaie		2010-08-04
in-dl	Wikimedia Delhi City	Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta.	–	Wikimedia Delhi City	Wikimedia-in-del	Vibhijain	2011-06-05
ir	Wikimedia Iran	In discussion	–	Meta	–		2008-07-07
is	Wikimedia Ísland (Wikimedia Iceland)	Writing bylaws	is	–	–	Talk:Wikimedia Ísland	2008-03-07
kg	Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan	In discussion	–	Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan	–	Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky) Maksat (en, ru, ky)	2012-05-02
kr	Wikimedia South Korea (tentative name)	In discussion and Writing bylaws	ko (draft)	Documents (written in Korean): Meta, legacy pages on ko-WP (1, 2) Internet domain: wikimedia.or.kr, wikimedia.kr (currently, all they redirect to Meta)	mail:wikimedia-kr	The Executive Committee of the South Korean chapter: Anyone in the member list wmkr-executive@googlegroups.com (mail to all the members)	2012-05-03
lt	Wikimedia Lietuva	Stopped at discussion phase	–	–	none	none	2009-12-10
my	Wikimedia Malaysia	Early development	Research stage	Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta)	–	Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia	2009-01-12
np	Wikimedia Nepal	In discussion		Wikimedia Nepal (on meta)	–	ne:User talk:सरोज कुमार ढकाल (en, hi, ne) ne:User talk:Nirmal Dulal (en, hi, ne)	2012-04-25
pk	Wikimedia Pakistan	In discussion		Meta	–	Talk:Wikimedia Pakistan	2009-10-28
ro	Wikimedia România	Early stages (planning)	ro, en (drafts)	wikimedia.ro (currently a portal)	WikimediaRO-l	IulianU or Razool	2005-09-26
sa	Wikimedia Saudi Arabia	Early development	–	Wikimedia Saudi Arabia	–	Alrwaikm	2008-12-26
sg	Wikimedia Singapore	Early development	-	Wikimedia Singapore	Wikimedia-SG	Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect	2011-04-27
si	Wikimedia Slovenia	In discussion	Writing first draft	Wikimedia Slovenia on meta / w:sl:Wikipedija:Društvo on sl.wikipedia.org	none yet	Wikimedia Slovenia or Miha/xJaM/Yerpo	2008-08-13
tr	Wikimedia Türkiye	In discussion	Early development	Wikimedia Türkiye on Meta / tr.wikimedia.org	wikimedia-tr	#wikimedia-tr	2011-11-01
us-bo	Wikimedia Boston	In discussion	pending	Meta	None yet	Kevin Rutherford	2011-12-22
us-ca	Wikimedia California	In discussion, drafting bylaws	pending	Meta	wikimedia-california	Geoff Plourde	2010-05-05
us-pa	Wikimedia Pennsylvania	Stalled. In talks with Wikimedia New York City to become part of that organization.	en	pa.us.wikimedia.org	Wikimediapa-l	Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa	2009-04-29
uy	Wikimedia Uruguay	Translation of bylaws	Draft of bylaws	Wikimedia Uruguay on Meta	wikimedia.uruguaygmail.com	User:Marinna #wikimedia-uy	2010-11-1

Ideas for chapters

See the Local chapter 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 chapters committee.

In Europe

• 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.

In North America

• 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
• Wikimedia Oklahoma – Possibility of a chapter for Oklahoma
• Wikimedia Florida – Possibility of a chapter for Florida

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 zh:Wikipedia:中国维基媒体协会/筹备

In Africa

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

In Oceania

• Wikimedia New Zealand is being discussed.

In South America

• Wikimedia São Paulo – In discussion and calling for supporters, a regional Brazilian alternative.
• Wikimedia Ecuador – Calling for supporters and writing bylaws.

In Central America

• Wikimedia Costa Rica – Calling for supporters.

Composition of chapters

See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries

This may be partially outdated; in alphabetical order by country codes:

Wikimedia Argentina

• Patricio Lorente, President
• Galileo Vidoni, Vice-president
• Ivana Lysholm, Secretary
• Nicolás Giorgetti, Vice-secretary
• Leandro R. Ferrari, Treasurer
• Patricio Molina, Vice-treasurer
• Nahuel Kahles, Member
• Lila Pagola, Member
• Evelin Heidel, Member
• Mariano Pérez Alternate Member
• Beatrice Murch Alternate Member
• Fernando Inocencio, Audit comission
• Esteban Zárate , Audit comission
• Ivana Molena, Audit comission

Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)

elected 2010-11-26

• President Kurt Kulac (as before)
• Vice President Christoph Breitler (as before)
• Secretary Beppo Stuhl (as before, new position)
• Vice Secretary Ingo Allmer (new)
• Treasurer Tilman Keskinöz (as before)
• Vice Treasurer Hubert Isopp (as before, new position)
• Adviser Denis Barthel (Wikimedia Deutschland, new)
• Adviser Manuel Schneider (Wikimedia CH (Switzerland), new)

Wikimedia Australia

Committee (2011–2012):

• John Vandenberg (President)
• Laura Hale (Vice President)
• Anne Frazer (Secretary)
• Craig Franklin (Treasurer)
• Charles Gregory (Ordinary Member)
• Graham Pearce (Ordinary Member)

Public Officer

• Anne Frazer

Wikimedia Bangladesh

• Munir Hasan, President
• Tanvir Rahman, Secretary
• Ali Haidar Khan, Treasurer
• Ragib Hasan
• Mayeenul Islam
• Shabab Mustafa
• Nasir Khan
• Tarif Ezaz
• Tanweer Morshed

Wikimedia Canada

• James Heilman, president
• Alan Walker, vice-president
• Zana Gordon
• Jeffery Nichols
• Benoit Rochon
• Ray Saintonge

Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)

• Mourad Ben Abdallah, President
• Patrick Kenel, Secretary
• Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
• Charles Andrès, Board member
• Frédéric Schütz, Board member
• Ilario Valdelli, Board member

Wikimedia Chile

Provisional Board

• Osmar Valdebenito, president
• Juan David Ruiz, vice-president
• Dennis Tobar, secretary
• Lily Günther, treasurer
• Daniel Bravo, director
• Eduardo Testart, director

Wikimedia Česká republika (Czech Republic)

Board and Audit comittee elected on June 2011 for one year:

Board

• Michal Reiter – chairman
• Jan Spousta – vice-chairman
• Jiří Ohlídal
• Jan Loužek

Audit comittee

• David Klempíř
• Petr Starý

Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)

(elected on November 19, 2011 - until Nov. 2012)

• Sebastian Moleski, president
• Ralf Liebau, vice president
• Sebastian Wallroth, vice president
• Delphine Ménard, treasurer
• Nikolas Becker
• Sebastian Blumenthal
• Anja Ebersbach
• Dirk Franke
• Manuela Kanneberg
• Martin Rulsch

Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)

Members of the Board

• Ole Andersen – Formand (Chairman)
• Simon Van Studinski – Næstformand (Vice chairman)
• Thomas Bredøl – Kasserer (Treasurer)
• Victor Valore – Sekretær (Secretary)
• Jan Friberg – Menigt medlem (Board member)
• Finn Årup Nielsen – Menigt medlem (Board member)
• Steen Thomassen – Menigt medlem (Board member)

Auditor

• Thyge Larsen

Wikimedia Eesti

Board members:

• Ivo Kruusamägi
• Teele Vaalma
• Raul Veede
• Eva Lepik

Audit commission:

• Ago
• Ssgreporter

Wikimedia España (Spain)

• Jorge Sierra, President
• Maria, Vice-President
• Marcos Tallés, Secretary
• Miguel Angel, Treasurer
• Santiago Navarro, Board member
• Antonio Tortosa, Board member
• Felipe Ortega, Board member
• Pablo Machón, Board member Was resign due to health's reasons

Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)

• Tommi Kovala, President
• Niklas Laxström, Secretary
• Antti Björklund, Vice-president
• Ulpu Pajari, Treasurer
• Henri Strand
• Joonas Suominen

Wikimédia France

(board elected on March 12, 2011; last updated July 19, 2011)

• Rémi Bachelet (Ofol)
• Sébastien Beyou (Seb35), treasurer
• Florence Devouard (Anthere), vice-president
• Christophe Henner (Schiste)
• Rémi Mathis (Rémi Mathis), president
• Pierre-Yves Mevel (Pymouss)
• Willie Robert, secretary

See also : Short biographies of the board members

Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)

• Roger Bamkin Chair
• Michael Peel, Secretary
• Andrew Turvey, Treasurer
• Ashley Van Haeften, Director
• Steve Virgin, Director
• Chris Keating, Director
• Martin Poulter, Director

Wikimedia Hong Kong

Directory

• Rover WONG, President
• Ivy WONG, Deputy President
• Vincent TSUI, Secretary
• Tango CHAN, Treasurer
• Alexander CHEUNG, Director & Commissioner for Ourtreach
• Carol TANG, Director & Commissioner for Communication

Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)

• Péter Gervai, President
• Bence Damokos, Executive Vice President
• Mónika Balogh, Financial Vice President
• Gábor Hanák, Board member
• Gergő Tisza, Board member

Wikimedia Indonesia

(2011-2012 administration)

Board of Trustees

• Leo Cahyadi, Trustee - Chair
• Revo Arka Giri Soekatno, Trustee - Vice Chair
• Stephen Suleeman, Trustee - Secretary
• Ichsan Mochtar, Trustee - member

Board of Executives

• Siska Doviana, Executive - Chair
• Irfan Toni Herlambang, Executive - Deputy Chair
• Kartika Sari Henry, Executive - Secretary General
• Ivonne Kristiani, Executive - Deputy General Secretary
• Mulwardi Tjitra, Treasurer

Wikimedia Israel

• Board members
  • Tomer Ashur, treasurer
  • Rotem Simha
  • Harel Cain
  • Itzik Edri
  • Amir E. Aharoni
• Auditing Committee
  • Deror Lin
  • Uzi Vishne
• Other major functions
  • Harel Cain, secretary
  • Itzik Edri, spokesperson

Wikimedia India

• Arjuna Rao Chavala, President - User:Arjunaraoc
• Naveen Francis, Secretary - naveenpf
• Anirudh Singh Bhati, Treasurer - User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Arun Ramarathnam, Member -User:Arunram
• Sudhanwa Jogalekar, Member
• Srinivas Gunta, Member- User:Gurubrahma
• Tinu Cherian, Member- User:Tinucherian

For biographical summaries, please visit Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members

Wikimedia Italia (Italy)

• Frieda Brioschi, president
• Cristian Consonni, vicepresident
• Lorenzo Losa, secretary
• Alessio Guidetti, treasurer
• Andrea Zanni, projects director

Wikimedia Kenya

Initial members

• Abbas Mahmoud
• David Mugo
• Samson Maosa
• Alexander Wafula
• Limoke Oscar
• Oliver Stegen
• Mohammed George
• Jacob Kipkoech
• Chacha Maroa
• Dennis Munene
• Eleri James
• Daniel Kimani
• Wangai Mwangi
• Kevine Okoth
• Sarah Osano
• Kenneth Kirop
• Ory Okolloh
• Grace Kariuki
• Ann Njeri
• Erick Njenga

Wikimedia Macedonia

According to Macedonian laws, the name of organization is written in cyrilic: Викимедија Македонија, for international use the name of organization is Wikimedia Macedonia.

President:

• Brest

Vice-Presidents:

• Kiril Simeonovski, Vice-Chairman
• FlavrSavr, Vice-Chairman
• Ivica83, Vice-Chairman
• Boyan, Vice-Chairman

Executive Board:

• Brest, Chair (per bylaws)
• Kiril Simeonovski, member
• FlavrSavr, member

Supervisory Board:

• Arwena, Chair
• misos, member
• Boyan, member

Wikimedia Macau

See this list in the official website (Traditional Chinese)

Wikimedia México (Mexico)

See the official website (Spanish).

Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)

A new board was elected on March 24th 2012, with the official transition in mid April. The current members of the board:

• Ziko van Dijk, president, international affairs (mail)
• Cyriel Brusse, vice president
• Paul Becherer, secretary
• Ad Huikeshoven, treasurer
• Sandra Fouconnier
• Frans Grijzenhout
• Sarah Morassi

Wikimedia Norge (Norway)

Updated 2011-04-10

• Jarle Vines, chairman – e-mail
• Erlend Bjørtvedt, deputy chairman – e-mail
• Lars Roede, member of the board
• Jørund Leknes, member of the board
• Kjetil Ree, member of the board
• Harald Groven, assistant member of the board

Presentation in English

Wikimedia Philippines

(Initial Board of Trustees; to serve from April 12, 2010 until May 18, 2013. Officers will serve from July 9, 2011 to May 19, 2012.)

• Joseph F. Ballesteros, President
• James Joshua G. Lim, Vice-President
• Eugene Alvin S. Villar, Secretary
• Jose Roel G. Balingit, Treasurer
• Allan Paolo C. Barazon
• Roman D.V. Bustria, Jr.
• Relly P. Bautista

Officers who are not members of the Board of Trustees:

• Meredith R. Talusan, Auditor

Wikimedia Norge (Norway)

Updated 2011-04-10

• Jarle Vines, chairman – e-mail
• Erlend Bjørtvedt, deputy chairman – e-mail
• Lars Roede, member of the board
• Jørund Leknes, member of the board
• Kjetil Ree, member of the board
• Harald Groven, assistant member of the board

Presentation in English

Wikimedia Polska (Poland)

• Tomasz Ganicz, President
• Marek Stelmasik, Vice-president
• Agnieszka Kwiecień, Secretary
• Paweł Drozd, Treasurer
• Maciej Król, Member of the Board
• Leinad, Member of the Board
• Patryk Korzeniecki, Member of the Board

Wikimedia Portugal

(elected on December 18, 2011 - until December 2013)

• Manuel de Sousa, Presidente da Direção
• Nuno Tavares, Tesoureiro
• João Miguel Vasconcelos, Secretário da Direção
• Waldir Pimenta, Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia-Geral
• Susana Morais, Secretária da Mesa da Assembleia-Geral
• Lars Wessman, Vogal da Mesa da Assembleia-Geral
• André Barbosa, Presidente do Conselho Fiscal
• Eduardo Pinheiro, Secretário do Conselho Fiscal
• Béria Lima, Vogal do Conselho Fiscal

Викимедија Србије (Serbia)

• Goran Obradović, president
• Duška Rajković
• Đorđe Stakić
• Ivan Matejić
• Marko Milosavljević
• Milan Stojanović
• Miloš Rančić
• Nevenka Antić
• Filip Maljković
• Nikola Smolenski, non-voting member

Викимедиа РУ (Russia)

See the contact list in the official website (Russian).

Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)

• Jan Ainali, Chair
• Albin Jacobsson, Member
• Axel Pettersson, Member
• Bengt Oberger, Member
• Holger Motzkau, Treasurer
• Ylva Pettersson, Member
• Harald Andersson, Member
• Mattias Blomgren, Member
• Mikaela Waxin, Member
• Arild Vågen, Member

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

Вікімедіа Україна (Ukraine)

• Yevhen Buket (Chairman)
• Andriy Bondarenko
• Anatoliy Lutsyuk
• Andriy Makukha
• Yuri Perohanych (Executive Director)
• Sergii Petrov
• Oleksiy Yurchenko

Wikimedia District of Columbia, United States

updated on November 13, 2011

Board members:

• Katie Filbert, president (term expires 2013)
• Nicholas Bashour, vice president (term expires 2013)
• James Hare, treasurer (term expires 2012)
• Kirill Lokshin, secretary (term expires 2013)
• Tiffany Smith (term expires 2012)
• Djembayz (term expires 2012)
• Kevin Chen (term expires 2012)

Wikimedia New York City, United States

• President: Pharos
• Secretary: Daniel Case
• Treasurer: Becksguy
• Vice Presidents:

• DGG
• Jeremyb
• MBisanz
• Newyorkbrad
• Savidan

Wikimedia Venezuela

• Oscar Costero, President
• Laura Fiorucci, Vice-president
• Carlos Manuel Colina, Treasurer
• Samuel Cirilo, Secretary
• Fhaidel Domínguez, Spokesperson

Wikimedia South Africa

See the chapter's page.

Inter-chapter initiatives

See also: Interchapter groups

Active:

• Chapters Council, a proposed central organization for chapters intended to promote coordination and accountability. See Wikimedia Chapters Association.
• Regional Cooperation Initiative for Ibero-America (Iberocoop)
• Wikimedia United States Chapters Council
• Central and Eastern European Wikimedia Group
• Wikimedia Asia, a regional cooperation initiative for chapters and working groups in Asia and Australia.

Ideas:

• European Wikimedia chapter

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 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 and chapters-l 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).

See also

• Chapters committee
• Guidelines for future chapters
• Interorganizational relations among chapters; a summary of a long discussion on IRC.
• Local chapter FAQ
• Reports
• Requirements for future chapters
• Sub-national chapters
• Chapters per Wikimedia language