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Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens (engl. Wikimedia Germany - Association for the promotion of free knowledge) is an independent membership-based association serving as a Wikimedia chapter. According to the charter, the purpose of the association is to support the creation, collection and distribution of Open Content in an altruistic way in order to support equal opportunity to access to knowledge and education. Founded on June 13, 2004 in Berlin, it was the first chapter to be created. Wikimedia Deutschland currently has 5029 members (as of February 2013). Jimmy Wales is an honorary member of the association.

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Chapter information and reports [edit]

  • For the sake of brevity this table only lists years 2013 and 2012. For full lists see table notes or an overview of WMDE's activities that can be found on the chapter's official website (German). The annual reports are also available for download there.

Becoming a member [edit]

Any individual or organization can become a member of the association. Voting rights, however, are limited to individuals. To become a member, simply fill out and submit the online form.

Donations [edit]

In order to fund its activities, the association primarily relies on donations from the general public. Wikimedia Deutschland has been recognized as a charitable organization by the German authorities and is therefore exempt from most taxes. Donations to the association are tax-deductible in Germany.

People [edit]

Board [edit]

The association's board consists of the President, two Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and up to six members at-large. The board is elected each year at the general assembly. The following people are currently serving on the board:

Staff [edit]

CEO

Public Relations

Team Fundraising

Team Communities

Politics and Society

Research and Development

Education and Knowledge

International Affairs

Financial Administration

  • Stephan Rost, Finance Management and Administration since September 2010
  • Marzena Knaflewska, Finance Management and Administration since January 2013

Evaluation

Project Manager

Wikidata

Event Management

Office Management


A complete list of all staff including part-time workers and assistants can be found on the associations website (German only).

Contact [edit]

E-mail 
info@wikimedia.de
IRC 
wikimedia-de on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net)
Mailing list (public) 
http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/vereinde-l
Postal address 
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Obentrautstr. 72
10963 Berlin
Germany

See also [edit]