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 April 7, 2008. (Note: US is semi-colored due to planned chapters in Pennsylvania and New York City)

[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	(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	de, en, fr, it	wikimedia.ch	wikimediach-l	info@wikimedia.ch	12:18, 1 May 2008 (UTC)	64
cz	Wikimedia Česká republika	6th March, 2008	cs, en	Wikimedia Czech Republic (currently on Meta)	WikimediaCZ-l	Timichal, Zirland or #wikimedia-cz	Mar 12, 2008
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	Wikimedia Hong Kong (currently on Meta)	Google Group	Yuyu (Wikimedia Hong Kong/Contact)	04 Mar 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	2008-03-05	168
nl	Wikimedia Nederland	27 March 2006	Articles of incorporation Bylaws	nl.wikimedia.org	wikimedianl-l	Elly (chair), RonaldB (treasurer), Galwaygirl (secretary)	16:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)	~ 80 (feb 2008)
pl	Wikimedia Polska	14th August, 2005	pl, en	pl.wikimedia.org	wikimediapl-l	Datrio	2007-05-04	62
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
se	Wikimedia Sverige	20 Oct 2007 (Approved 11 Dec)	sv, en	Wikimedia Sverige (currently on Meta)	(see Website)	(see Website)	1 April 2008	116
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	Completing translation	Articles of Incorporation Bylaws	Wikimedia Indonesia	Pengurus-wiki-id	Meursault2004, IvanLanin, Serenity, Rex	2 May 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	Member meeting to be called to fix last issues	nb, en	www.wikimedia.no (no content as of yet)	Wikimedia-no	Hans Rosbach (chairman), Silje L. Bakke (deputy chairman)	13 dec 2007
ph	Wikimedia Philippines	Articles re-written pending new discussion and vote; bylaws under discussion	en, tl (Articles) en (Bylaws)	Wikimedia Philippines (currently on Meta)		Sky Harbor	04 May 2008
pt	Wikimedia Portugal	Bylaws ready, discussing how to constitute	pt	Wikimedia Portugal (currently on Meta)			31 March 2008
ru	Викимедиа РУ (Wikimedia Russia / Wikimedia RU)	Pending WMF approval	ru en	wikimedia.ru	-	Maximaximax or Dr Bug	28 April 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
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)

[edit] Ideas for chapters

Wikimedia BE
Wikimedia California
Wikimedia Sudan
Wikimedia España
Wikimedia Méjico
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 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.
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 Tunisie - in discussion.

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.
Wikimedia Uganda - Initiating discussion and calling for supporters. "It is time to set the Pearl."
Wikimedia São Paulo - In discussion and calling for supporters, a regional Brazilian alternative.
Wikimedia Texas - Possibility of a chapter for Texas and the south-central United States
Wikimedia Türkiye

[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] 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

[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 assistant
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
David Shay, Ombudsman