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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
MK Викимедија Македонија
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-NYC Wikimedia New York City
US-DC Wikimedia District of Columbia
VE Wikimedia Venezuela
ZA Wikimedia South Africa
"Local chapter/s" redirects here. To see other possible uses, see Chapters, a disambiguation page.

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". More than 30 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.


Contents

[edit] Existing chapters

There are currently 38 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?[1] Last verified Members Yearly membership fee
Icons-flag-ar.png 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:correo at wikimedia.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)
Icons-flag-at.png at Wikimedia Österreich 2008-05-02
(2008-02-26)		 de, en wikimedia.at Verein-AT-l M:verein at wikimedia.at
I:#wikimedia-at
vorstand@wikimedia.at		  ? 2011-03-01 065~ 20 €
reduced 15 €
legal entities 100 €
sponsoring members 500€
Icons-flag-au.png au Wikimedia Australia 2008-08-06
(2008-03-04)		 en W:wikimedia.org.au Wikimediaau-l M:contact at wikimedia.org.au
I:#wikimedia-au		 Yes 2010-01-19 047 AU$20
AU$10 concession
Icons-flag-bd.png bd Wikimedia Bangladesh
 Not yet founded
(2011-10-03)		 en Wikimedia Bangladesh Wikimedia-BD #wikimedia-bd  ? 2011-05-24
Icons-flag-ca.png ca Wikimedia Canada 2010-11-05
(2011-05-24)		 en, fr W:wikimedia.ca
F:WikimediaCA		 Google Group M:info at wikimedia.ca  ? 2011-06-05 approx. 25 CND $10
Icons-flag-ch.png ch Wikimedia CH 2006-05-14 de, fr, it, rm, en W: wikimedia.ch
T: @WikimediaCH
F: Wikimedia CH		 wikimediach-l M:info at wikimedia.ch yes[2] 2010-08-05 085+ CHF 50
reduced: CHF 20
sponsoring members: min. CHF 75
legal entities: min. CHF 100
Icons-flag-cl.png cl Wikimedia Chile 2011-07-16 (2011-06-13) es, en W: wikimediachile.cl
T: @wikimedia_cl
F: Wikimedia Chile		 Wikimedia-CL M:contacto at wikimediachile.cl yes[3] 2011-07-16 015 CLP 12,000 (USD 25)
Icons-flag-cz.png cz Wikimedia Česká republika 2008-03-06
(2008-02-26)		 cs, en W:wikimedia.cz
T:@Wikimedia_CR
F:Facebook		 WikimediaCZ-l M:wm-cz at wikimedia.org
I:#wikimedia-cz		 yes[4] 2012-01-26 39 CZK 200
reduced: CZK 100
Icons-flag-de.png de Wikimedia Deutschland 2004-06-13 de (official), en, it W:wikimedia.de
I:@wikimediade
T:@wmde		 vereinde-l M:info at wikimedia.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.
Icons-flag-dk.png 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
Icons-flag-ee.png 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		 Yes 2010-09-1 009 (founders), 026 (current) 5 €
Icons-flag-es.png 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:info at wikimedia.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.
Icons-flag-fi.png fi Wikimedia Suomi 2009-06-14
(2009-09-21).		 fi (en) W:wikimedia.fi Wikimedia-FI M:info at wikimedia.fi
I:#wikimedia-fi		  ? 2010-09-25 021 € 10
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-fr.png fr Wikimédia France 2004-10-23 fr W:wikimedia.fr
I:@wikimediafrance
T:@Wikimedia_Fr		 wikimediafr-l M:contact at wikimedia.fr
I:#wikimedia-fr		 yes 2012-01-25 400 normal : 24 €
honorary : 100 €
Icons-flag-hk.png 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
$70 HKD for the first year
Icons-flag-hu.png hu Wikimédia Magyarország 2008-09-27
(2008-11-03)		 hu, en W:wikimedia.hu
I:@wikimediahu
T:@wikimediaHU
F:WikimediaHU		 Google Group M:elnokseg at wikimedia.hu
M:info at wikimedia.hu
U:Dami (Executive Vice President)		 Yes 2012-01-25 060 2000 HUF (~7€, 9$)
Icons-flag-id.png 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:info at wikimedia.or.id Yes 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[5]
Icons-flag-il.png il Wikimedia Israel 2007-07-15
(2007-03-06)		 he (legally binding), en W:wikimedia.org.il Wikimedia-il M: mail at wikimedia.org.il
U:Harel (secretary)		  ? 2012-01-11 ~35 25 ILS(approx. 7 USD or 4 €)
Icons-flag-in.png 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: chapter at wikimedia.in
Press: press at wikimedia.in
Board: wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org
U: Naveen Francis, Secrtary
naveenpf at wikimedia.in
User talk:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Anirudh Bhati)
anirudh at wikimedia.in
 Yes [6] 2011-01-14 197 100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations)
Icons-flag-it.png it Wikimedia Italia 2005-07-17 it, en W:wikimedia.it
I:@WikimediaItalia
T:@WikimediaItalia		 associazione at wikimedia.it U:Frieda (chair)
U:Marcok
M:info at wikimedia.it (info whatsoever)		 yes 2011-01-08 ~350 25 € (members removed after an year if they don't renew the subscription)
Icons-flag-mk.png mk Wikimedia Macedonia 2009-09-21
(2010-02-01)		 mk, en W:mk.wikimedia.org Wikimk-I M:vikipedija at lists.softver.org.mk yes 2011-09-18 037 None
Icons-flag-mo.png mo Wikimedia Macau 2009-04-09
(2011-04-24)		 en:Charter W:http://wikimedia.org.mo/
F:Wikimedia Macau		 M: info at wikimedia.org.mo  ? 2011-05-07
Icons-flag-mx.png mx Wikimedia México 2011-08-03
(2011-08-03)		 Bylaws Wikimedia México on Meta (es/en) wikimedia-mx at lists.wikimedia.org User:ProtoplasmaKid
#wikimedia-mx
or Talk:Wikimedia México		  ? 2010-12-6
Icons-flag-nl.png nl Wikimedia Nederland 2006-03-27
(2006-09-21)		 AoA, Bylaws (en/nl) W:wmnederland.nl
T:@wmnl		 wikimedianl-l General inquiries:
M:wm-nl at wikimedia.org
U:Ziko (chair)		 yes[7] 2012-01 150 € 30
but people can choose a lower or higher amount, with a minimum of € 12.
Icons-flag-no.png 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
Icons-flag-ph.png 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:info at wikimedia.org.ph
U:Jojit (President)
U:Sky Harbor (Vice President)		 Yes[8] 2011-07-09 47 (List) PHP 500 (regular)
PHP 100 (concession)
These are minimum fees. Members are free to choose a higher amount.
Icons-flag-pl.png pl Wikimedia Polska 2005-08-14 pl, en W:pl.wikimedia.org
T: @wikimedia_pl
F: polska.wikipedia		 wikimediapl-l I:#wikimedia-pl
M:zarzad at wikimedia.pl		 n/a[9] 2010-03-13 107 list 1 PLN (~0.2 USD) minimum or more if they wish
(On average members pay ~ 20 PLN (~ 5 USD))
Icons-flag-pt.png 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:geral at wikimedia.pt
O: Contacto		 Yes[10] 2011-03-01 030~ 10€
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-rs.png 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[11] 2011-09-24 080~ None
Icons-flag-ru.png 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)
Icons-flag-se.png se Wikimedia Sverige 2007-10-20
(2007-12-11)		 sv, en W:wikimedia.se
T:@WikimediaSE
F: Wikimedia Sverige		 wikimediase-l M:jan.ainali at wikimedia.org
M:info at wikimedia.se
M:press at wikimedia.se		 yes 2010-11-19 226 SEK 100
EUR 10
USD 15
Organisations: 1000 SEK
Icons-flag-tw.png 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
Icons-flag-ua.png ua Wikimedia Ukraine 2009-05-31
(2009-07-03)		 uk, en W:ua.wikimedia.org

F:Вікімедіа Україна

 WikimediaUA M:WikimediaUA
M:wm-ua at wikimedia.org		  ? 2010-05-03 023
Icons-flag-gb.png gb Wikimedia UK 2008-11-05
(2009-01-12)		 en W: wikimedia.org.uk
T: @wikimediauk
F: WikimediaUK		 wikimediauk-l M: secretary at wikimedia.org.uk
U: User:Mike Peel		 UK charity 2012-01-26 220~ GBP 5
Icons-flag-us.png us-dc Wikimedia District of Columbia 2011-05-07
(2011-09-12)		 en W: wikimediadc.org

T: @wikimediadc

 wikimedia-dc M: info at wikidc.org

U: User:Aude
I: #wikimedia-northeast

 Yes 2011-11-13 043 USD 10
Icons-flag-us.png 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-nyc at wikimedia.org
I: #wikimedia-northeast		 Yes 2011-12-20 015 USD 5
Icons-flag-ve.png ve Wikimedia Venezuela Not yet founded
(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 39 none
Icons-flag-za.png za Wikimedia South Africa Not yet founded
(2011-03-26)		 Wikimedia South Africa on meta Wikimedia-ZA Wikimedia South Africa  ? 2010-08-08


[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.

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
Icons-flag-ad.png ad Wikimedia CAT Proposal simplified and clarified in order to clear the difficulties pointed out by ChapCom. Changes reported to the Board. ca en http://viquimedia.cat wikica-l wikica-l, #wikipedia-ca, or Gomà 2010-12-18
Icons-flag-br.png 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
Icons-flag-ca.png Flag of Quebec.svg ca-qc Wikimédia Québec Bylaws in discussion fr Wikimédia Québec (on meta) – Discussion Wikimédia Québec 2010-01-18
Icons-flag-hr.png hr Wikimedia Croatia Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. Awaiting board approval. hr and en SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr 2011-01-12
Icons-flag-kz.png kz Wikimedia Kazakhstan Communicating with Wikimedia Foundation. en Ashina, Alash, Rauank 2011-04-28
Icons-flag-ge.png ge Wikimedia Georgia Development. ka http://wikimedia.ge/ – info at wikimedia.ge 2010-12-17

[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/
Statute		 Website Mailing list Contact Last update
Icons-flag-am.png am Wikimedia Armenia In discussion Early development Wikimedia Armenia on Meta susanna.mkrtchyan@gmail.com SusikMkr 2011-10-17
Icons-flag-be.png be Wikimedia Belgium None fr en nl Wikimedia Belgium WikimediaBE-l #wikimedia-be, MADe 2011-08-30
Icons-flag-by.png by Wikimedia Belarus In discussion - Meta wikimediaby ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be) ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be) 2010-05-29
Icons-flag-co.png co Wikimedia Colombia In discussion Spanish/English (untranslated) http://co.wikimedia.org/
penging domain: wikimedia.org.co		 – Carlos Thompson or #wikimedia-co 2007-11-21
Icons-flag-dz.png dz Wikimedia Algeria In discussion to come Meta 2007-07
Icons-flag-eg.png eg Wikimedia Egypt Writing bylaws Proposed by-laws Wikimedia Egypt mail:wikimediaeg-l Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg 2009-03
Icons-flag-gr.png gr Wikimedia Greece In discussion research stage wikimedia.gr/wiki Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el 2011-06
Icons-flag-ie.png ie Wikimedia Ireland In discussion – Wikimedia Ireland mail:wikimediaie 2010-08-04
Icons-flag-in.png in-dl Wikimedia Delhi City Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. – Wikimedia Delhi City Wikimedia-in-del Vibhijain 2011-06-05
Icons-flag-ir.png ir Wikimedia Iran In discussion – Meta – 2008-07-07
Icons-flag-is.png is Wikimedia Ísland (Wikimedia Iceland) Writing bylaws is – – Talk:Wikimedia Ísland 2008-03-07
Icons-flag-ke.png ke Wikimedia Kenya Bylaws submitted to ChapCom - - - Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> 2010-07-03
Icons-flag-kr.png kr Wikimedia South Korea Early development – Meta, Korean Wikipedia – 2009-01-14
Icons-flag-lt.png lt Wikimedia Lietuva Stopped at discussion phase – – none none 2009-12-10
Icons-flag-my.png my Wikimedia Malaysia Early development Research stage Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta) – Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia 2009-01-12
Icons-flag-pk.png pk Wikimedia Pakistan In discussion Meta – Talk:Wikimedia Pakistan 2009-10-28
Icons-flag-ro.png ro Wikimedia România Early stages (planning) ro, en (drafts) wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) WikimediaRO-l IulianU or Razool 2005-09-26
Icons-flag-sa.png sa Wikimedia Saudi Arabia Early development – Wikimedia Saudi Arabia – Alrwaikm 2008-12-26
Icons-flag-sg.png sg Wikimedia Singapore Early development - Wikimedia Singapore Wikimedia-SG Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect 2011-04-27
Icons-flag-si.png 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
Icons-flag-tr.png tr Wikimedia Türkiye In discussion Early development Wikimedia Türkiye on Meta / tr.wikimedia.org wikimedia-tr #wikimedia-tr 2011-11-01
Flag of Massachusetts.svg us-bo Wikimedia Boston In discussion pending Meta None yet Kevin Rutherford 2011-12-22
Flag of California.svg us-ca Wikimedia California In discussion, drafting bylaws pending Meta wikimedia-california Geoff Plourde 2010-05-05
Icons-flag-us.png 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
Icons-flag-uy.png uy Wikimedia Uruguay Translation of bylaws Draft of bylaws Wikimedia Uruguay on Meta wikimedia.uruguay at gmail.com User:Marinna
#wikimedia-uy		 2010-11-1

[edit] 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.

[edit] In Europe

  • Wikimedia Belgium - In discussion, calling for supporters.
  • 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 Ireland - Very early stages, calling for supporters.
  • Wikimedia Slovakia - planing site exist on slovak project (in english soon), group of 3-5 cummunity members activ, slovak bylaws finished / control reeding through Chapter Community in progress, founding meeting approx end of Nov 2011

[edit] In North America

[edit] In Asia

[edit] In Africa

[edit] In Oceania

[edit] In South America

[edit] Composition of chapters

See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries

This may be partially outdated; in no particular order:

[edit] Wikimedia Bangladesh

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

[edit] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)

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

[edit] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)

updated on November 13, 2011

Board members:

[edit] Wikimedia Eesti

Board members:

Audit commission:

[edit] Wikimedia España

[edit] Wikimédia France

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

  • Rémi Bachelet (Ofol)
  • Sébastien Beyou (Seb35), vice-treasurer
  • Thierry Coudray (TCY), 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

[edit] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)

[edit] 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:

Vice-presidents:

Executive board:

Oversight Board:

[edit] Wikimedia Nederland

[edit] 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.)

Officers who are not members of the Board of Trustees:

[edit] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)

Updated 2011-04-10

Presentation in English

[edit] Wikimedia Poland

[edit] Wikimedia Portugal

( elected on October 24, 2009 - until 2011 )

[edit] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)

[edit] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)

[edit] Wikimedia Taiwan

[edit] 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

[edit] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)

[edit] Wikimedia Indonesia

(2011-2012 administration)

Board of Trustees

Board of Executives

[edit] Wikimedia Israel

[edit] Wikimedia Argentina

[edit] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)

[edit] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czech Republic)

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

Board

Audit comittee

[edit] Wikimedia Australia

Committee (2011–2012):

Public Officer
  • Anne Frazer

[edit] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)

elected 2010-11-26

[edit] Wikimedia New York City

[edit] Wikimedia Ukraine

[edit] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)

[edit] Wikimedia India

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

[edit] Wikimedia Chile

[edit] Wikimedia Serbia

[edit] Wikimedia Venezuela

[edit] Inter-chapter initiatives

Active:

Ideas:

[edit] 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).

[edit] Notes

  1. ↑ Is the chapter formally recognized as a Nonprofit organization under its nation's laws? "n/a" should be used if the country's laws do not recognize a nonprofit status.
  2. ↑ A small no profit association doesn't require the formal approval. It's sufficient to follow the law and to have a bylaws compliant with to the law[1][2]. The tax exemption has been formally approved [3].
  3. ↑ Wikimedia Chile applied to the Ministry of Justice for approval as a "nonprofit private corporation" on its bylaws (Art. 1). Currently, the approval by the Ministry is in its final steps.
  4. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
  5. ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting
  6. ↑ Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) is registered as a Non-profit Society vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District. However applications to tax-exemption for the society and its donors are still pending.
  7. ↑ There is no separate official non-profit status. However, we have been granted charity status (ANBI) by the tax office since jan 2010, which, among other demands, requires that the organization is a non-profit by its bylaws and operates as a non-profit in practice.
  8. ↑ Wikimedia Philippines is applying for NGO accreditation and donee institution status (tax-exempt status).
  9. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
  10. ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
  11. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Serbia.

[edit] See also

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