Wikimedia chapters
- CH Wikimedia CH
- GB Wikimedia UK
- KR 위키미디어 한국
- US-NYC Wikimedia New York City
- CAT Amical Wikimedia
- ESP-WE Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs
- H-GAPS H-GAPS User Group
- MK-SK Shared Knowledge
- NGA-HA Hausa Wikimedians User Group
- NGA-IG Igbo Wikimedians User Group
- RU-Don Don Wikimedians User Group
- US-NE New England Wikimedians
- WJ WikiJournal
- WK? Whose Knowledge?
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a 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". There are currently 37 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent.
This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the step-by-step chapter creation guide and the movement affiliates FAQ for more information. The Affiliations Committee advises on and assists the creation of and to support affiliates.
Some chapters have an office.
Find an overview of chapter-related Meta pages on Chapters Portal.
Existing chapters
There are currently 37 recognised Wikimedia chapters.
country code |
Chapter | Founding (approval) date | Bylaws | W: Website I: Identi.ca T: Twitter F: Facebook |
L: Mailing list G: Google Groups |
I: IRC M: Mail contact U: User contact O: Other Contact |
Non- profit?[1] |
Last verified | Members | Yearly membership fee |
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AM | Wikimedia Armenia | 2013-05-14 (2013-03-26) | hy, en | W: www.wikimedia.am T: @wikimedia_am F: WikimediaArmenia I: @wikimediaarmenia |
M: infowikimedia.am | yes | 2013-12-10 | 61 | 2000 AMD (~5 USD) | |
AR | Wikimedia Argentina | 2007-09-01 (2007-12-11) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.org.ar/ T: @wikimedia_ar F: WikimediaArgentina |
L: Wikimedia-AR | M: correowikimedia.org.ar | yes | 2013-09-19 | 65~ | full members ARS 100 (~USD 17) adherents ARS 50 (~USD 8.5) minors ARS 30 (~USD 5) |
AT | Wikimedia Österreich | 2008-05-02 (2008-02-26) |
de, en | W: wikimedia.at (website), mitglieder.wikimedia.at (member wiki) T: @WikimediaAT F: WikimediaAustria |
L: VereinAT-l | I: #wikimedia-atconnect M: vereinwikimedia.at vorstandwikimedia.at |
yes | 2015-10-21 | 150~ | 20 € legal entities 100 € sponsoring members 100€ |
AU | Wikimedia Australia | 2008-08-06 (2008-03-04) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.au T: @wm_au F: Wikimedia.AU |
L: WikimediaAU-l | I: #wikimedia-auconnect M: contactwikimedia.org.au |
yes | 2010-01-19 | 47 | AU$10 |
BD | Wikimedia Bangladesh |
2014-06-09 (2011-10-03) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.bd T: @wikimediabd F: WikimediaBD I: @WikimediaBD |
L: Wikimedia-BD | I: #wikimedia-bdconnect M: infowikimedia.org.bd U: Ankan, Tanvir |
yes | 2011-05-24 | 41 | Regular member: 500 BDT Supporting member: 100 BDT |
BE | Wikimedia Belgium | 2014-09-27 (2014-06-23) | nl, fr, en | W: be.wikimedia.org W: www.wikimedia.be T: @Wikimedia_BE F: WikimediaBelgium |
L: WikimediaBE-l | I: #wikimedia-beconnect M: infowikimedia.be M: wmbewikimedia.org |
yes | 2021-07-15 | 116 | 20 € free for Wikipedia/Wikimedia editors |
CA | Wikimedia Canada | 2010-11-05 (2011-05-24) |
en, fr | W: wikimedia.ca T: @WikimediaCA (en) T: @WikimediaCAfr (fr) F: WikimediaCA |
L: mailing list | I: #wikimedia-caconnect M: infowikimedia.ca U: JP Béland (WMCA) |
yes[2] | 2021-04-28 | 35 | $10 CAD |
CO | Wikimedia Colombia | 2019-06-14 (approved) | es, en |
W:
|
L: Wikimedia-CO | I: #wikimedia-coconnect M: contactowikimediacolombia.org M: consejodirectivowikimediacolombia.org U: Wikimedia Colombia U: Mpbonillap |
yes | 2019-06-28 | 3,5 days of Minimum Legal Wage (MLW) of the year in which payment is made | |
CH | Wikimedia CH | 2006-05-14 | de, fr, it, rm, en | W: wikimedia.ch T: @WikimediaCH F: Wikimedia CH |
L: WikimediaCH-l | M: infowikimedia.ch I: #wikimedia-chconnect |
yes[3] | 2013-02-06 | 486 | CHF 50 Reduced: CHF 20 Sponsors: 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 |
L: Wikimedia-CL | M: contactowikimediachile.cl | yes | 2011-07-16 | 34 | CLP 12,000 (USD 17,1) |
CZ | Wikimedia Česká republika | 2008-03-06 (2008-02-26) |
cs | W: wikimedia.cz T: @Wikimedia_CR F: Facebook |
L: WikimediaCZ-l | M: infowikimedia.cz | yes[4] | 2024-04-13 | 64~ regular members, 7 sympathizing members, 4 honourable members | CZK 400 (~USD 20) Reduced: CZK 200 (Both min. fee.) The Board can reduce the fee to 0 CZK |
DE | Wikimedia Deutschland | 2004-06-13 | de (official), en, it |
W: wikimedia.de I: wikimediade T: @wikimediade F: WMDEeV |
L: VereinDE-l | M: infowikimedia.de I: #wikimedia-deconnect |
yes | 2015-05-10 | 50,000+ | €24 reduced: €12 Min. fees, members may choose to pay more. |
DK | Wikimedia Danmark | 2009-03-14 (2009-07-03). | da, en | T: @wikimediadk | L: WikimediaDK | I: #wikimedia-danmarkconnect U: Fnielsen O: on dk.wiki |
? | 2017-11-21 | 20 | DKK 100 |
EE | Wikimedia Eesti | 2010-07-25/ 2010-10-06 (2010-08-31) |
et, en | W: wikimedia.ee F: WikimediaEesti |
G: wikimedia-eesti | M: info@wikimedia.ee U: Kruusamägi |
yes | 2022-09-30 | 9 (founders) 38 (current) |
5 € |
ES | Wikimedia España | 2011-02-11 (2011-02-07) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.es W: Blog I: wikimediaes T: @wikimedia_es F (group): Wikimedia España F (profile): Wikimedia España |
L: Wikimedia-Es (open list) | I: #wikimedia-esconnect M: infowikimedia.es O: Wikimedia España |
yes[5] | 2016-03-09 | 110~ | Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 15 €; Young Adults (16-18 yrs): free. |
FI | Wikimedia Suomi | 2009-06-14 (2009-09-21). |
fi (en) | W: wikimedia.fi | L: Wikimedia-FI | I: #wikimedia-ficonnect M: infowikimedia.fi |
? | 2010-09-25 | 21 | € 10 reduced: € 5 |
FR | Wikimédia France | 2004-10-23 | fr (statuts) | W: wikimedia.fr (blog) T: @Wikimedia_Fr |
L: WikimediaFR-l | I: #wikimedia-frconnect M: contactwikimedia.fr |
yes | 2012-01-25 | 250 | normal : 12 € honorary : 100 € |
GB | Wikimedia UK | 2008-11-05 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.uk T: @wikimediauk F: WikimediaUK |
L: WikimediaUK-l | M: infowikimedia.org.uk U: MichaelMaggs |
Yes (UK charity) | 2012-02-17 | 360~ | GBP 5 |
HU | Wikimédia Magyarország | 2008-09-27 (2008-11-03) |
hu, en | W: wikimedia.hu F: WikimediaHU |
G: huwiki-egyesulet | M: infowikimedia.hu U: Bence Damokos (Executive Vice President) |
yes[6] | 2023-06-16 | 50~ | 1000 HUF (~2.7€, 3$) |
ID | Wikimedia Indonesia | 2008-09-05 (2008-10-07) |
Bylaws: id, en AoI: id, en |
W: wikimedia.or.id T: @wikimediaid F: wikimedia.indonesia |
G: wikimedia-indonesia | M: infowikimedia.or.id U: Rachmat – (Chair of Board of Executives) |
yes | 2012-01-30 | 19 (founders) 105 (members in 2020) |
IDR 250K (~USD 23) for public IDR 150K (~USD 14) concession IDR 100K (~USD 9) for students 17-20 years old.[7] |
IL | Wikimedia Israel | 2007-07-15 (2007-03-06) |
he (legally binding), en | W: wikimedia.org.il | L: Wikimedia-IL | M: mailwikimedia.org.il | yes | 2012-01-11 | 35~ | 20 ILS(~7 USD / 4 €) |
IT | Wikimedia Italia | 2005-07-17 | it, en | W: wikimedia.it I: wikimediaitalia T: @WikimediaItalia |
M: infowikimedia.it | yes | 2017-12-31 | 410~ | 25 € (members removed after a year if they don't renew the subscription) | |
KR | Wikimedia Korea | 2014-10-19 (2018-11-11) |
en, ko | W: wikimediakr, wikimedia.kr (on Meta) T: @Wikimedia_KR F: wikimediakr |
L: Wikimedia-KR | M: officewikimedia.kr (mail to secretary-general) |
yes[8] | 2015-11-10 | 35~ | 10,000 KRW per 6 months |
MX | Wikimedia México | 2011-08-03 (2011-08-03)[9] |
es, en | W: on Meta (es, en) | L: Wikimedia-MX | I: #wikimedia-mxconnect U: User:Wotancito O: on Meta |
yes[10] | 2013-02-08 | 15 | Pending for define. |
NL | Wikimedia Nederland | 2006-03-27 (2006-09-21) |
AoI, Bylaws (en/nl) | W: wikimedia.nl T: @wmnl |
L: WikimediaNL-l | M: infowikimedia.nl (general inquiries) U: Grijz (chair) |
yes[11] | 2013-01-01 | 200 | € 24 recommended (Members may choose less or more, min. € 12) |
NO | Wikimedia Norge | 2007-06-23 (2008-11-03) |
nb, nn, se, en | W: wikimedia.no T: @Wikimedianorge F: WikimediaNorge |
– | M: postwikimedia.no O: on meta |
Yes | 2024-01-15 | 63 | Ordinary: 200 NOK reduced: 100 NOK |
PL | Wikimedia Polska | 2005-08-14 | pl, en | W: pl.wikimedia.org T: @wikipedia_pl / @WikimediaPL F: polska.wikipedia / Wikimedia Polska |
L: WikimediaPL-l | I: #wikimedia-plconnect M: zarzadwikimedia.pl |
n/a[12] | 2010-03-13 | 120 list | 50 PLN |
PT | Wikimedia Portugal | 2009-09-21 (2009-07-03) | Estatutos pt, en | W: pt.wikimedia.org T: @wikimediapt I: @wikimediapt F: Wikimedia Portugal |
L: WikimediaPT | I: #wikimedia-ptconnect M: geralwikimedia.pt O: Contacto |
yes[13] | 2011-03-01 | 40~ | None |
RS | Wikimedia Serbia | 2005-12-03 | sr, en | W: wikimedia.rs | L: WikimediaSR-l L: Serbia-Internal-l (internal) |
M: info-rswikimedia.org U: Miroslav Loci |
yes[14] | 2021-07-19 | 235 | None |
SE | Wikimedia Sverige | 2007-10-20 (2007-12-11) |
sv, en | W: wikimedia.se T: @WikimediaSE F: Wikimedia Sverige |
L: WikimediaSE-l | M: infowikimedia.se (info) M: presswikimedia.se (press) |
yes | 2021-04-26 | 405 | SEK 100 / EUR 10 / USD 15 Organisations: 5000 SEK[15] |
TH | Wikimedia Thailand | 2019-06-14 (approved) | www.wmth.org | wikimedia-th.lists.wikimedia.org | User:Athikhun.suw | yes | 2019-06-28 | 0 (per bylaws) | ||
TW | Wikimedia Taiwan | 2007-02-11 (2007-07-04) |
zh, en | W: wikimedia.tw T: @WikimediaTW F: Wikimedia Taiwan G: Wikimedia Taiwan |
G: Wikimedia Taiwan (Board) L: Wikimedia-TW |
M: infowikimedia.tw U: Ted Chien (chair) U: Reke Wang (secretariat) |
yes | 2015-01-24 | 30 | TWD 1000 / ~USD 35 |
UA | Wikimedia Ukraine | 2009-05-31 (2009-07-03) |
uk, en | W: ua.wikimedia.org F: Вікімедіа Україна Y: Wikimedia Ukraine |
L: WikimediaUA | M: WikimediaUA M: wm-uawikimedia.org |
yes | 2020-06-30 | 66 list | 100 UAH (3.3 €) min |
US-DC | Wikimedia District of Columbia | 2011-05-07 (2011-09-12) |
en | W: wikimediadc.org T: @wikimediadc |
L: Wikimedia-DC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: infowikidc.org U: Harej |
yes | 2014-01-11 | 71 | USD 10 |
US-NYC | Wikimedia New York City | 2009-07-07 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: nyc.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedianyc |
L: Wikimedia_NYC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: wm-nycwikimedia.org U: Megs |
yes | 2012-05-14 | 35 | USD 5 |
VE | Wikimedia Venezuela | 2012-02-14 (2011-10-28) |
es | W: wikimedia.org.ve T: @wikimedia_ve F: Wikimedia.Venezuela |
L: Wikimedia-VE | I: #wikimedia-veconnect M: infowikimedia.org.ve |
yes | 2016-01-14 | 15~ | USD 25 |
ZA | Wikimedia South Africa | 2012-02-27 (2011-03-26) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.za F: Wikimedia ZA |
L: WikimediaZA | O: on Meta M: infowikimedia.org.za U: Discott |
yes | 2017-02-05 | 18 | R 30 (USD 2) |
Former chapters
The following were recognized Wikimedia chapters during the periods indicated.
country code |
Chapter | Founding (approval) date | De-recognition date | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
KE | Wikimedia Kenya | Never incorporated (2012-02-08[16]) |
2013 | Provisional recognition expired |
HK | Wikimedia Hong Kong | 2007-07-14 (2008-03-04) |
2017-02-01 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[17] |
MK | Wikimedia Macedonia | 2009-09-21 (2010-02-01) |
2017-09-10 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[18] |
MO | Wikimedia Macau | 2009-04-09 (2011-04-24) |
2017-08-01 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[19] |
PH | Wikimedia Philippines | 2010-04-12 (2010-03-17) |
2017-02-28 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[20] |
IN | Wikimedia India | 2011-01-03 (2010-06-15) |
2019-09-14 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[21] |
UY | Wikimedia Uruguay | 2013-11-16 (2013-07-12) |
2021-02-10 | Derecognized for prolonged non-compliance[22] |
RU | Wikimedia Russia | 2011-02-01 | 2024-03-26 | Recognition lapsed[23] |
Chapters in discussion phase
Chapters in active preparation to become a chapter. 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 Affiliations Committee;
- A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed organization? from AffCom?)
- A light blue background means the AffCom has asked the Board to approve the organization's formation.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BW | Wikimedia Botswana | Early development | — | Meta, wikimedia.bw (doesn't exist yet) |
wikimediabw (doesn't exist yet) | tn:User:Oarabile Mudongo (kck, tn, en-3, zu-1, sn-1), Facebook, talk on Meta, talk on Wikipedia |
2012-12-19 |
BY | Wikimedia Belarus | In discussion | — | Meta, wikimedia.by |
wikimediaby | ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be), ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be) |
2010-05-29 |
BG | Wikimedians of Bulgaria | In discussion | — | wikimedia.bg | info-l | See Wikimedians of Bulgaria | 2014-04-18 |
CI | Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire | Writing bylaws | fr, en | Meta | Wikimedia-CI | Zenman (talk) | 2014-06-30 |
DZ | Wikimedia Algeria | In discussion | to come | Meta | Wikimedia Algeria/Gestion/Members and Mohammed Bachounda | 2007-07-01 | |
EG | Wikimedia Egypt | Writing bylaws | Proposed by-laws | Wikimedia Egypt | mail:wikimediaeg-l | Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg | 2009-03-01 |
GE | Wikimedia Georgia | AffCom Review | ka | http://ge.wikimedia.org/ | wikiwikimedia.ge | infowikimedia.ge | 2023-07-28 |
GR | Wikimedia Greece | In discussion | Not translated | wikimedia.gr | Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el | 2024-04-16 | |
HR | Wikimedija Hrvatske | Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. | hr, en | SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr | 2011-01-12 | ||
IE | Wikimedia Ireland | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Ireland Community | mail:wikimediaie | wikimediaireland@gmail.com | 2014-07-26 |
IN-DL | Wikimedia Delhi City | Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. | — | Meta | Wikimedia-in-del | Vibhijain | 2011-06-05 |
IR | Wikimedia Iran | Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Iranian Wikimedians User Group - Liaison approval, July 2015 | — | Meta | infowikimediairanir | Mardetanha | 2008-07-07 |
KG | Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | — | Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky), Maksat (en, ru, ky) |
2012-05-02 |
KZ | Wikimedia Kazakhstan | Reviewing bylaws with AffCom. No currently ongoing communication. | en | Ashina, Alash, Rauank | 2012-08-05 | ||
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 | Community Approved Draft By-Laws in Nepali Now in Lawyer's revision/ By-laws translation into English | Affcom studying on proposal | Meta (on meta), T:@WikimediaNepal, F:Wikimedia Nepal |
nepaliwiki@gmail.com; nepaliwiki@googlegroups.com | Rajesh Pandey, Ganesh Paudel, Saroj K. Dhakal (en, hi, ne), Nirmal Dulal (en, hi, ne) |
2013-04-24 |
RO | Wikimedia România | Early stages (planning) | ro (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, Miha / xJaM / Yerpo |
2013-03-14 |
TR | Wikimedia Türkiye | In discussion | Early development | Wikimedia Türkiye (on Meta), tr.wikimedia.org |
wikimedia-tr | #wikimedia-tr | 2011-11-01 |
US-CAS | Wikimedia Cascadia | In discussion, drafting bylaws | pending | Meta | wikimedia-cascadia | Another Believer | |
US-MW | Wikimedia Midwest US | In discussion | — | Meta | — | Varnent (talk) | 2012-06-22 |
US-TX | Texas Wikimedians | In discussion | pending | Meta | WhisperToMe |
Former chapters in discussion
Chapters formerly in preparation to become a chapter, which have either stalled or been absorbed into other chapters.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US-CA | Wikimedia California | Inactive | pending | Meta | wikimedia-california | Geoff Plourde | 2010-05-05 |
US-PA | Wikimedia Pennsylvania | Stalled, merged with Wikimedia New York City | en | pa.us.wikimedia.org | Wikimediapa-l | Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa | 2009-04-29 |
Ideas for chapters
See the movement affiliates 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 Affiliations Committee.
In Europe
- Wikimedia Galiza – In discussion and calling for supporters. Discussion and planning is at w:gl:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Galiza.
In North America
- Wikimedia United States Coalition – mailing list
- Wikimedia Cascadia – a chapter in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington and possibly including Northern California and/or British Columbia)
- Wikimedia Florida – Possibility of a chapter for Florida
- Wikimedia Oklahoma – Possibility of a chapter for Oklahoma
- Wikimedia Texas – Possibility of a chapter for Texas and the south-central United States
In Asia
- Wikimedia Mainland China – The discussion of establishing a chapter started in 2009 on Chinese Wikipedia. The discussion was ended due to the political problems and no possibility of being legally incorporated. While the discussion restarted in 2013 when WMF start to recognize User Group, and the Wikimedia User Group China has been recognized since August 2014. There is no further plan for forming a chapter before the NPO can be freely incorporated in mainland China.
- 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 among the community is also a large contributing factor."
- Wikimedia Nepal विकिमिडिया नेपाल is recognized as a user group Wikimedians of Nepal on 29th May, 2013. Now it is in the way of becoming national chapter. Wikipedia was begun in Nepal on June 3, 2002 with Nepali Wikipedia. Now Wikipedias are avaible in five languages spoken in Nepal. Wikimedia Nepal begun regular meetups and discussions from 17 July 2010. It has been organizing outreach and various programs to promote Wikipedia in Nepal.
- Wikimedia Pakistan is recognized as a user group.
In Africa
- Wikimedia Botswana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Ghana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Maroc – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Tunisie – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Uganda – Initiating discussion and calling for supporters.
- Wikimedia Mauritanie – in discussion.
In Oceania
- Wikimedia New Zealand is being discussed.
In South America
- Wikimedia Ecuador – Recognized on September 18th as Wikimedians of Ecuador user group. Still calling for supporters.
- Wikimedia Bolivia – Recognized on 2018 as Wikimedistas of Bolivia user group. Still calling for supporters.
In Central America
- Wikimedia Costa Rica – Calling for supporters.
Composition of chapters
See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries. This list may be partially outdated; provided in alphabetical order by country codes:
[AM] Wikimedia Armenia (Armenia)
- President
- Board
- Garry Davtyan / Chair of the Board
- Norayr Baghdasaryan
- Artur Yengoyan
- Elen Harutyunyan
- Ashot Gabrielyan
- Auditing Commission
- Aram Soghomonyan / Chair of the Supervision Commission
- Karen Terteryan
- Sevak Ayvazyan
- Staff
- Mher Bekaryan (Quality Program Coordinator)
- David Sargsyan (Event Manager)
- Artashes Tadevosyan (Education and Community Program Coordinator)
- Haykuhi Melkonyan (Communication and Social Media Coordinator)
[AR] Wikimedia Argentina (Argentina)
- Board
- Ivana Lysholm, president
- Galileo Vidoni, vice-president
- Mariano Pérez, secretary
- Ivana Molena, vice-secretary
- Nicolás Giorgetti, treasurer
- Patricio Molina, vice-treasurer
- Andrea P. Kleiman, member
- Esteban Zárate, member
- Jorge Abreu, member
- Leandro Kibisz, alternate member
- Beatrice Murch, alternate member
- Malena Lorente, audit committee
- Nahuel Kahles, audit committee
- Lucas A. Reynoso, audit committee
- Staff
- Anna Torres Adell, executive director
- Giselle Bordoy, communications manager
- Luisina Ferrante, education manager
- Constanza Verón, community manager
[AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)
- Board
Elected 2022-06-12 / Constituted on 2022-07-06
- Ulrike Zeller president
- Sonja Fischbauer
- Beppo Stuhl secretary
- Michael Karolzak vice-secretary
- Robert Kuntner treasurer
- Tobias Schönberg vice-treasurer
- Martina Oesterreich adviser
- Heidrun Rosenberg adviser
- Staff
- Claudia Garád Executive Director
- Raimund Liebert Head of Programs
- Annemarie Buchmann Project Manager
- Manfred Werner Project Manager
- Internal auditor
[AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)
Committee (elected 7 August 2022):
- Amanda Lawrence, president
- Bunty Avieson, vice-president
- Alex Lum, secretary
- Pru Mitchell, treasurer
- Kelly Tall, ordinary member
- Jeremy Ludlow, ordinary member
- Peter Neish, ordinary member
- Tom Hogarth, ordinary member
[BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
- Shabab Mustafa, president
- Ankan Ghosh Dastidar, secretary
- Masum Al Hasan, treasurer
- Tanvir Rahman, Member
- Ali Haidar Khan, Member
- Mayeenul Islam, Member
- Moheen Reeyad, Member
- Subrata Roy, Member
- Tanweer Morshed, Member
[BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)
See wmbe:Board for an overview of the board positions within Wikimedia Belgium.
- Board members (2021)
- Chair: Geert Van Pamel - User:Geertivp - geert [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch, English, or French.
- Dominique - User:LabDom - dominique [at] wikimedia.be in French, English, or Dutch.
- Mike - User:Taketa - mike [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch, or English.
- Sam - User:Sam.Donvil - sam [at] wikimedia.be in Dutch, or English.
[CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)
In 2024, the Board of Directors is:
- Michael David Miller, President
- Etienne Beaulé, Vice President
- Hélène Ouellet, Secretary
- Jennyfer Jacques, Treasurer
- Catherine Bernier, Board member
- Pierre-Luc Joncas, Board member
- Thérèse Ottawa, Board member
- Ha-Loan Phan, Board member
- Sarah Severson, Board member
[CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)
- Muriel Staub, president
- Mauro Cassina, board member
- Matthias Nepfer, board member
- Jon Becker, board member
- Neko Rama, board member
- Cathérine Janssens, board member
[CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)
- Carlos Figueroa, president
- Marco Correa, vice-president
- Claudio Loader, secretary
- Osmar Valdebenito, treasurer
- Dennis Tobar, board member
- Luis Cristóbal Carrasco, board member
[CO] Wikimedia Colombia (Colombia)
- Mónica Bonilla, president
- Leidy Sandoval, secretary
- Frank Ballesteros, treasurer
[CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)
Board and Audit committee elected by the general assembly.
- Board Members
- Audit committee
[DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)
Board elected in 2020:
- Lukas Mezger (chair)
- Daniel Reisener (treasurer)
- Sabria David (vice-chair)
- Alice Wiegand (vice chair)
- Kilian Kluge
- Christina Dinar
- Valerie Mocker
[DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)
- Board Members
- Finn Årup Nielsen, formand (chairman)
- Karen Mardahl, næstformand (vice-chairman)
- Steen Thomassen, kasserer (treasurer)
- Matthias Smed Larsen, sekretær (secretary)
- Jan Friberg, menigt medlem (board member)
- Asger Nørgaard, menigt medlem (board member)
- Auditor
- Thyge Larsen, revisor (auditor)
- Simon Van Studinski, revisor (auditor)
[EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- Board Members: (starting from: 2023-07)
- Robert Treufeldt
- Jaan Meriniit
- Mario Luik
- Audit committee:
- Madis Maasing
- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
- Staff:
- Ivo Kruusamägi, executive director
[ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)
See https://www.wikimedia.es/inicio/nuestro-trabajo/ for a current list and biographies of board members.
- President: Florencia Claes
- Vice-president: Ester Bonet
- Secretary: Ignacio Casares
- Treasurer: Pedro Pacheco
- Board member: María Bolado
- Board member: Israel Salcedo
[FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)
Effective 2024-01-01.
- Tero Toivanen, president, staff, external funding applications, board member since 2017
- Heikki Kastemaa, vice president, Villa Karo, board member 2015-2018, 2023–
- Jaakko Pirinen, secretary, weekly competitions, board member since 2018
- Kaj Arnö, swedish language, board member since 2021
- Tuukka Hastrup, GLAM, Wikimedia hackathon, board member since 2022
- Kimberli Mäkäräinen, native languages, women in red, board member since 2019-
[FR] Wikimédia France (France)
See https://www.wikimedia.fr/conseil-dadministration/ for a current list and biographies of board members.
[GB] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)
See wmuk:board for a current list and biographies of board members.
[HU] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)
- Board: (elected: 2023-05-13)
- Péter Gervai, president
- Bence Damokos, executive vice-president
- Balázs Viczián, financial vice-president
- Anna Krizsán, board member
- Tímea Baksa, board member
- Supervisory committee: (elected: 2022-05-22)
- Máté Forgács, president
- László Slemmer, member
- Attila Szervác, member
[ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)
Board of Trustees (Dewan Pengawas, 19 Feb 2022-31 Dec 2024):
- Andri Irwanza Humardhani, Chair
- Ichsan Mochtar, Member
- Annayu Maharani, Member
- Fachria Marasabessy, Member
- Hendra Prastiawan, Member
Board of Executives (Dewan Pengurus, 19 Feb 2022-31 Dec 2024):
- Rachmat Wahidi, Chair
- Hillun Vilayl Napis, General secretary
- Hardiansyah, Deputy general secretary
- Fajarwati, Treasurer
- Thirza Ria Vandari, Deputy Treasurer
[IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)
- Board Members
- Itzik Edri (chairperson and spokesperson)
- Ido Ivry (secretary)
- Dana L. Dekel
- Daria Kantor
- Eli Shani
- Gidi Beery
- Sandra Zonensein
- Sheizaf Rafaeli
- Yoav Dothan
- Audit committee
- Avi Rosenthal
- Hana Yariv
- Other major functions
- Michal Wander Schwartz, executive director
[IN] Wikimedia India (India (derecognized))
- Rahul Deshmukh (President)
- Sanket Oswal (Treasurer)
- Yohann Thomas (Secretary)
- Viswanathan Prabhakaran
- Santosh Shingare
For biographical summaries, please visit Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members
[IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)
- Alessio Melandri, president
- Ferdinando Traversa, vice-president
- Elena Marangoni, secretary
- Marta Cecilia Pigazzini, treasurer
- Stefano Dal Bo, board member
[MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)
Updated 2018-06-09
- Carmen Alcázar, president
- José Flores, vice-president
- Paulina Lordméndez, secretary
- Claudia Muñoz, treasurer
- Jackeline Bucio, board member
- Luis Alvaz, board member
- Omar Sandoval, board member
[NL] Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)
As of April 18, 2020:
- Justus de Bruijn, secretary
- Lizzy Jongma, open knowledge and partnerships
- Bart Nieuwenhuis, treasurer
- Jan Bart de Vreede, çhair
- Michel Wesseling, sponsorships
- Lotte Belice Baltussen, open knowledge and partnerships
- Heleen Ririassa, communications
[NO] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)
Updated 2023-10-18 Elected board as of board meeting 17 October 2023:
- Marie Nicolaisen, chairperson
- Stian Amadeus Antonsen, vice-chairman
- Fredrik Ljone, treasurer
- Sigrun Espe, board member
- Åshild Telle, board member
- Marius Vassnes, board member
- Naomi Ichihara Røkkum, alternate member
[PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)
Board is elected by General Assembly for a two-year term. Board elected in 2024:
- Tomasz Wszeborowski (Gdarin), president
- Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom), vice-president and secretary
- Julia Maria Koszewska (Lantuszka), vice-president
- Marek Bukowski (Marcello002), treasurer
- Maria Weronika Kmoch, board member
[PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)
A new board was elected on January 15, 2023. The current members of the board:
- Directory
- André Barbosa, president
- Gonçalo Themudo, secretary
- Miguel Correia, treasurer
- General Assembly
- Manuel de Sousa, president
- Danielly Campos Dias]], secretary
- João Lemos, member
- Supervisory Board
- Waldir Pimenta, president
- Alice Santiago Faria, secretary
- Jorge Gomes, member
[RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)
- Board
- Miroslav Loci, President, chairman
- Miljan Simonović, vice-president
- Filip Maljković
- Đorđe Stakić
- Bojana Satarić
- Aleksandar Seferović
- Marko Adam
- Staff
- Ivana Madžarević, Community and Project Manager
- Nebojša Ratković, Education Program Manager
- Gorana Gomirac, GLAM Program Manager
- Bojan Cvetanović, Office Manager
[SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)
- Mattias Blomgren, chairman
- Sven-Erik Jonsson, treasurer
- Bengt Oberger, member
- Ylva Pettersson, member
- Brit Stakston, member
- Sofie Jansson, member
- Per Hasselberg, member
- Johanna Berg, member
- Karl-Magnus Johansson, member
[TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)
See the Chapter page.
[UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)
See the Chapter page.
[US-DC] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)
See Wikimedia DC's official list.
[US-NYC] Wikimedia New York City (United States)
See Wikimedia NYC's official list.
[UY] Wikimedia Uruguay (Uruguay)
- Rodrigo Barbano, president
- Mariana Fossatti, secretary
- Jorge Gemetto, treasurer
- Gustavo Ginares, ordinary member
[VE] Wikimedia Venezuela (Venezuela)
- Ybsen Manuel Lucero, president
- Carlos Mora, vice-president
- Lourdes Herrera, treasurer
- Jin Kadaba, secretary
- Santiago De Viana, spokesperson
[ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)
2020 Board
- Douglas Scott, president
- Adri Baard, director
- Bobby Shabangu, director
- Deon Steyn, director
- Coenraad Loubser, director
- Ian Gilfillan, director
- Michael Graaf, director
- Rossouw van Rooyen, director
- Wynand van der Walt, director
Inter-chapter initiatives
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 Coalition
- Central and Eastern European Wikimedia Group
- Wikimedia Asia, a regional cooperation initiative for chapters and working groups in Asia and Australia.
- Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, an initiative in the European Union to have a clear and coherent position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement.
Ideas:
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[24] 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[25] and chapters mailinglist[26] 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).
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See also
- Affiliations committee
- Local chapter FAQ
- Chapters email management
- Chapters per Wikimedia language
- Interorganizational relations among chapters: a summary of a long discussion on IRC
- Sub-national chapters
- Reports
- Guidelines for future chapters
- Requirements for future chapters
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ corporation information
- ↑ 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].
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
- ↑ All associations in Spain have Non profit status.
- ↑ Wikimédia Magyarország is a registered association at the Court and all registered associations are non-profit by definition in Hungary. Wikimédia Magyarország is recognized as "organization for the public benefit" status which means: transparency requirements, tax exemptions, tax deductibility etc.
- ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting.
- ↑ Officially approved by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea since 2015.
- ↑ At the founding team's request, the provisional approval was extended by the WMF executive director until April 2013.
- ↑ Officialy recognized as Wikimedia México A.C. (civic association) under Mexican laws since February 2013.
- ↑ There is no separate official non-profit status. However, we have been granted charity status (ANBI) by the tax office since January 2010, which, among other demands, requires that the organization is a non-profit by its bylaws and operates as a non-profit in practice. During 2012 we were busy to prepare the chapter for the CBF certificate for 'small charities'.
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
- ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
- ↑ https://neprofitne.rs/organisation-info/4772
- ↑ https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medlemskap
- ↑ board resolution here
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Feb 7th, 2017.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Sep 9th, 2017.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, Aug 13th, 2017.
- ↑ Announcement from the Affiliations Committee, April 22nd, 2017.
- ↑ Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates
- ↑ Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates
- ↑ Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates
- ↑ internal.wikimedia.org
- ↑ chapters.wikimedia.ch
- ↑ Chapters mailing list