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PhilWiki Community Philippine Wikimedia Community, Inc. Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group
Philippines
Location	Philippines
Country code	PH-WC
Legal status	non-stock non-profit corporation
Founding date	1 June 2015
Approval date	17 October 2015
Main office	Naga City
Official language(s)	Philippine languages
Other language(s)	Central Bikol language, Rinconada Bikol language
Reports	Link to reports
Facebook	Facebook group and Facebook page

The Philippine Wikimedia Community, Inc., an affiliate organization established as Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group or PhilWiki Community (PH-WC), is a free, open and vibrant organization of Filipino volunteers and content editors from the Philippines and all over the world.

Ad Hoc/Interim Board

The ad hoc board of PhilWiki Community was composed of the following people:

Name	Username	Position	Bylaws signatory
Irvin P. Sto. Tomas	Filipinayzd	Co-founder	Yes
Steven A. Fung	Steven*fung	Co-founder	Yes
Gil L. Gregorio	Geopoet	Co-founder	Yes
Froy P. Beraña	FroyAgta	Secretary	No
Maffeth C. Opiana	Maffeth.opiana	Treasurer	Yes
Ramon O. Olaño, Jr.	Ringer	Member	Yes

PhilWiki Community's past and current Board Members at a Board Meeting held on June 15, 2019

Eleven (11) members with guests during the awarding ceremony of Wiki Loves Earth Philippines

2021 Board of Trustees

The 2021 annual general meeting was held on the 20th day of March, from 1:47pm - 8:02 pm Philippine Time at Blackscoop Café, Naga City with live updates in Facebook messenger. The thirteen (13) members in attendance were: Marvin Rojo Molin, Maffeth Opiana, Irvin Sto. Tomas, Ian Kenneth Orasa (proxy: Irvin), Ira Villanueva (proxy: Irvin), Joseph Ciudadano (proxy: Marvin), John Paul Collantes (proxy: Marvin), Rodel Frias (proxy: Maffeth), Steven Fung (proxy: Maffeth), Leah Banastao (proxy: Marvin), Ralff Nestor Nácor (proxy: Irvin), Maricris Gomez, and Harold Gomez. Members who did not attend the meeting were: Vanj Padilla, Ramon Olano Jr., Josefwintzent Libot, Marvin Aquino, Harry King Avenido, and Maricon Opiana. One membership is suspended.

Name of Trustee	Position
Ralff Nestor S. Nacor	President/Chairman
Steven A. Fung	Vice President/Vice Chairman
Irvin P. Sto. Tomas	Treasurer/Board Member
Leah Banastao	Secretary/Board Member
Maricris Gomez	Board Member

Name of Member	Position
Joseph Ciudadano	Auditor
Ian Kenneth Orasa	Public Information Officer
Ira Villanueva	Member
John Paul Collantes	Member
Rodel Frias	Member
Marvin Molin	Member
Maffeth Opiana	Member
Harold Gomez	Member

Through PH-WC Resolution No. 4 Amending the 2021-2022 Officers of the Corporation, Maricris F. Gomez was appointed as the new Board Chair.

Timeline

Record from the first annual meeting in March 2018

Current Members of the Board of Trustees and Officers

Maricis Fragata Gomez

Board Chair

Maricris was first involved as a participant in WikiTutorial conducted in 2018-2019. She has since actively involved in community outreach activities. She is the first woman Board Chair and among the first three female members of the Board. Email: crisfraggygogmail.com

Ralff Nestor S. Nacor

President; Membership Committee Chair

Ralff is an administrator of Bikol Wikipedia. He currently serves as President and Membership Committee Chair (2020-2021). A licensed Chemical Engineer in the Philippines, he is currently a pilot-scale brewer in a known Filipino beer company. Email: rojo_nacoryahoo.com

Steven A. Fung

Vice President/Vice Chair; Advocacy Committee Chair

Steven is one of the founders of Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group and has been involved in the Wikimedia movement since 2007. He currently serves as Vice President and Advocacy Committee Chair. He previously served as Auditor and Overseas Chapter Representative. He represented the user group at the 2018 Wikimedia Conference held in Berlin, Germany. Email: apollotranslationsyahoo.co.uk

Irvin P. Sto. Tomas

Treasurer; GLAM Committee Chair

Irvin has been involved in the Wikimedia movement since 2007. He is one of the founders of Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group where he currently serves as Treasurer and GLAM Committee Chair. He used to be the President/Chair of PhilWiki Community. He is an administrator of Bikol Wiktionary and was an administrator of Bikol Wikipedia. He represented the user group at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Wikimedia Conference held in Berlin, Germany, 2018 ESEAP Wikimedia Conference held in Bali, Indonesia, and 2018 Wikipedia+Education Conference held at San Sebastian, Basque Country in Spain. Email: irvinstotomasyahoo.com

Leah Banastao

Secretary

Leah was first involved as a participant in WikiTutorial conducted in 2018-2019. She has since actively involved in community outreach activities. She is among the first three female members of the Board. Email: lheybbanastaogmail.com

Interested in participating

If you are interested in taking an active role in the working group, please signify below your intention to join this group. Our group is interested to undertake projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Membership application

To formally join the organization, request a membership form at contact.philwikicommunitygmail.com.