Affiliations Committee/Candidates/2025/Aristidek5maya
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Kouamé Aristide (Aristidek5maya)
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| Preferred name | Kouamé Aristide | |
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| What languages do you speak, and at what fluency level? (Please include your English proficiency.) | French : French is my native language (C2) ; English (B1) ; Baoulé : Baoulé is my mother tongue. (C1) | |
| What region(s) of the world do you have experience with, and what kind of experience do you have? (“Experience” can mean you have lived or worked there or are currently living or working there; you’re familiar with the culture and language; etc.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| What Wikimedia project(s) do you actively edit? And in what language(s)? | Wikipedia(in french) ; Wikidata(in french) ; Wikimedia Commons(in french) ; Wikiquote(in french) ; Incubator Baoulé Wikipedia (in baoulé) | |
| What affiliate(s) are you actively involved with? In what capacity are you involved? Do you serve in a leadership role or have you in the past? | I am an active member of Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire, where I previously served as deputy secretary general. Today, I am a trainer, project manager, and experienced event organizer (with more than 12 successful events organized, generally funded by the Wikimedia Foundation) within my community. | |
| Have you served on any committees (movement-related or otherwise)? And what was your role on the committee(s)? | I was a member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Africa/Middle East Regional Committee for Community Resources for four consecutive years, and my term ended on June 30, 2025. In this committee, my role was to review annual and multi-year grant applications from Wikimedia Foundation affiliates or other user groups. | |
| Please describe any experience you have with conflict resolution and/or consensus building. | The only experience I have in this field is having been trained in it by participating in the Sinergia Comunicativa training course in 2022, which enabled me to obtain a training certificate in Nonviolent Communication, followed by another in Sociocracy. | |
| In your ideal world, what does the affiliate model and ecosystem look like? | For me, the ideal affiliate model is one based on the credibility of the affiliate; the trust that the affiliate inspires in the Wikimedia Foundation; proximity, good governance (especially participatory) and understanding between the affiliate and the community it represents. | |
| In your ideal world, what are AffCom’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the movement and affiliates? | For me, the role of the AffCom is to carefully review affiliate applications and approve those that are most deserving of affiliate status. I also believe that the AffCom is responsible for guiding and supporting all affiliation applicants by clearly explaining the application process and then making suggestions or recommendations to help applicants obtain satisfaction with their request (if they meet the conditions). | |
| What role within AffCom are you most interested in: advisory or voting member? | I am interested in the role of advisory member. | |