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The '''Wiki Indaba Steering Committee''' (colloquially known as '''WISCom''') was created in 2018.

The Wiki Indaba Steering Committee is responsible for supporting the organisation of Wiki-Indaba Conferences, providing a unified voice for all organisations and providing non-financial resources to all who associate with Wiki-Indaba. The committee is made up of a representative of all past organizers of Wiki-Indaba, a representative from the current LOC, 3 volunteer slots opened to all members from the continent and 2 WMF liaison roles.

The committee was formed as a result of constant burnout from previous organizers of the conference. A process was announced at the 2018 Wiki Indaba to initiate a steering committee to support future organizers.

==== List of Wiki-Indaba Conferences ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Logo
!Conference
!Date
!Host Country
|-
|[[File:Wiki Indaba 2014.jpeg|150x150px]]
|[[m:WikiIndaba conference 2014|WikiIndaba 2014]]
|June 20–22
|Johannesburg, South Africa <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/06/24/what-does-wikipedia-need-to-do-in-africa/|title=What does Wikipedia need to do in Africa?|last=June|first=Charlie Fripp on 24th|date=2014-06-24|website=htxt.africa|access-date=2017-02-08}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:WikiIndaba 2017.jpg|153x153px]]
|[https://2017.wikiindaba.net WikiIndaba 2017]
|January 20–22
|Accra, Ghana<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theafricandream.net/wiki-indaba-kickstarts-accra-ghana/|title=Wiki Indaba Kickstarts in Accra, Ghana - The African Dream|website=www.theafricandream.net|date=15 January 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:WikiIndaba2018_Tunisia_v2.0.svg|153x153px]]
|[[m:WikiIndaba_conference_2018|WikiIndaba 2018]]
|March 16–18
|Tunis, Tunisia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018|title=WikiIndaba conference 2018|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Promotion banner WikiIndaba 2019 01.png|153x153px]]
|[[m:WikiIndaba_conference_2019|WikiIndaba 2019]]
|November 8–10
|Abuja, Nigeria<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2019|title=WikiIndaba conference 2019|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:WikiIndaba 2021 Logo.png|153x153px]]
|[[m:WikiIndaba_conference_2021|WikiIndaba 2021]]
|November 5–7
|Kampala, Uganda
|-
|[[File:WikiINdaba logo black.jpg|153x153px]] 
|[[WikiIndaba conference 2022|WikiIndaba 2022]]
|November 4-6
|Kigali, Rwanda
|-
|[[File:Logo WikiIndaba 2023 Text Color.svg|153x153px]] 
|[[WikiIndaba conference 2023|WikiIndaba 2023]]
|November 3-5
|Agadir, Morocco
|}


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;Current committee
<div style="float:right;">{{edit|Wiki Indaba Steering Committee/Members}}</div>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Member
! [[Template:User language|Languages]]
! Region
! Special tasks
|-
| [[User:Bobbyshabangu|Bobby Shabangu]] <small>(WMZA)</small>
| ss, en-4
| Johannesburg, South Africa
|
|-
| [[User:Rberchie|Raphael Berchie]] <small>(WUG-OFWA)</small>
| en-N, tiw-N
| Ghana, Accra
| 
|-
| [[User:Youssefbhy|Youssef Ben Haj Yahia]] <small>(WUG-TUN)</small>
| fr-3, en-3, it-1
| Tunisia, Tunis 
|
|-
| [[User:Wikicology|Isaac Olatunde]] <small>(WUG-NGA)</small>
| 
| Nigeria, Lagos 
|
|-
| [[User:Kateregga1|Geoffrey Kateregga]] <small>(WUG-UGA)</small>
| 
| Uganda, Kampala 
|
|-
| [[User:Ndahiro derrick| Derrick Ndahiro]]<small>(WUG-RWA)</small>
| fr, en-2
| Rwanda, Kigali
|
|}

'''Current Local Organising Committee (LOC) Leads'''
*[[User:Reda benkhadra| Reda benkhadra]], Morocco LOC
*[[User:Anass Sedrati| Anass Sedrati]], Morocco LOC
*[[User:Rachidourkia| Rachid ourkia]], Morocco LOC

;WMF staff liaison
*[[User:VThamaini (WMF)|Veronica Thamaini]], Senior Program Officer, WMF (Jan 2022 - )
*[[User:DNdubane (WMF)|Dumisani Ndubane]], Evaluation Strategist, WMF (Jan 2018 - )

;WISCom Timeline
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    color:former-m from:01/01/2018 till:31/12/2020 text:"[[User:Flixtey|Felix Nartey]] -(WUG-OFWA)"
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    color:former-m from:01/03/2022 till:31/12/2022 text:"[[User:Rberchie|Raphael Berchie]] -(WUG-OFWA)"
    color:former-m from:01/01/2021 till:31/12/2022 text:"[[User:Sami Mlouhi|Sami Mlouhi]] -(WUG-TUN)"
    color:former-m from:01/01/2021 till:30/06/2021 text:"[[User:Olaniyan Olushola|Olaniyan Olushola]] -(WUG-NGA)"
    color:member from:01/07/2021 till:31/12/2022 text:"[[User:Wikicology|Isaac Olatunde]] -(WUG-NGA)"
    color:member from:01/03/2022 till:31/12/2022 text:"[[User:Kateregga1|Geoffrey Kateregga]] -(WUG-UGA)"

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    color:member from:01/01/2023 till:31/12/2024 text:"[[User:Ndahiro derrick|Ndahiro Derrick Alter]] -(WUG-RWA)"

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    color:former-a from:01/07/2018 till:30/06/2020 text:"[[User:Reda Kerbouche|Reda Kerbouche]]"
    color:former-a from:01/07/2018 till:05/11/2021 text:"[[User:Csisc|Houcemeddine Turki]]"
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    color:observer from:01/08/2019 till:30/11/2022 text:"[[User:Zeinebtakouti|Zeineb Takouti]] -(WUG-TUN)"
    color:observer from:30/11/2021 till:30/11/2022 text:"[[User:Ndahiro derrick|Ndahiro Derrick Alter]] -(WUG-RWA)"

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;Legend: 
Current voting members marked in green; former in light green:
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#CCFFB2;">&nbsp;</span><!--(former)--> 
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#B2E5B2;">&nbsp;</span><!--(current)--> 

Current non-voting advisers marked in gold (yellow-orange); former non-voting advisers in light orange (peach): 
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#FFE599;">&nbsp;</span><!--(former)--> 
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#FFD800;">&nbsp;</span><!--(current)--> 

Current Wikimedia Foundation staff liaisons marked in Red; former liaisons in (lighter) Red: 
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#FFBFBF;">&nbsp;</span><!--(former)--> 
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#FF7373;">&nbsp;</span><!--(current)-->

Current non-voting observer members in gray:  
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#d9ebf8;">&nbsp;</span><!--(former)-->
<span style="padding:0 1em;background:#6cbbf7;">&nbsp;</span><!--(current)-->

{{anchor|contact-us}}{{Wiki Indaba Steering Committee/MainNav|section=contact}}

* The best way to contact the Committee is to write an e-mail to Wiscom{{@}}lists.wikimedia.org; please note that the Committee might be sometimes slow in responding to e-mails, so if you don't receive a reply to your message in a reasonable time, just send us a reminder.

* You can follow or tweet the Committee on {{plainlinks|https://twitter.com/WikimediaWISCom|@WikimediaWISCom}}
* You can follow or write to the Committee on {{plainlinks|https://facebook.com/WikimediaWISCom|@WikimediaWISCom}}
* You can also contact the members of the Committee individually by clicking on their usernames in the timeline above; feel free to use our talk pages and e-mails for any questions related to Wiki Indaba.
* You may also arrange a phone call (via [[w:en:Skype|Skype]] or [[w:en:Google Hangouts|Google Hangout]]) with members of the Committee.

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