Wikimedia Armenia 2022 report
Wikimedia Armenia received a notice on official suspension of Wikimedia Armenia's benefits on May 10, 2022 due to its non-compliance with the terms of the Chapter Agreement dated February 14, 2014 and continued failure to fully remediate issues despite multiple prior notices. The suspension lasted until 22 November, 2022 when Wikimedia Armenia was notified that it can restart its activities along with working on strengthening ist governance practices.
The following were the non-compliant issues of Wikimedia Armenia:
- Bylaws updation and implementation without AffCom approval
- Governance challenges- Removing members & closing Hubs without having substantial grounds, requests for action from members or processes.
- Nature of activities- The issues of organizing objectionable activities like military-connected events in sensitive times.
- Ineffective COVID-19 safety protocols
- Reporting discrepancies- Lack of transparency in reporting activities and also similar lack of transparency in sharing information with the Armenian language community.
- Negligence in publishing identity information of participants (minors) on social media.
- Failure to follow the approved election process and system of voting.
After the notice Wikimedia Armenia designed an action plan and a roadmap to address all above-mentioned issues. You can see the details here and also here.
Board and community meetings[edit]
While implementing the action plan, Wikimedia Armenia held community meetings and extended Board meetings informing the members and the community:
- about the communication with AffCom,
- the current situation,
- financial problems,
- the new Charter and members' suggestions about its amendments,
- about the implementation of the road map and its various points,
- received suggestions and requests from community members and members of the organization,
- the election of the new Board,
- the development of a plan for future activities, goals and priorities, etc.
All these information is available on Wikimedia Armenia's official website which is open and accessible to everyone.
Financial activities during this period[edit]
Table 2 Please report all spending in the currency of your grant unless US$ is requested.
- Please also include any in-kind contributions or resources that you have received in this revenues table. This might include donated office space, services, prizes, food, etc. If you are to provide a monetary equivalent (e.g. $500 for food from Organization X for service Y), please include it in this table. Otherwise, please highlight the contribution, as well as the name of the partner, in the notes section.
Revenue source Currency Anticipated Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative Anticipated ($US)* Cumulative ($US)* Explanation of variances from plan Opening balance (1/01/2022) AMD 8,693,383 — — 8,693,383 19,491 Wikimedia Foudation AMD 6,028,189 5,340,128 — — 11,368,316 25,489 Donations for Wikiclubs and other AMD 780,000 1,030,000 — — 1,810,000 4,058 Currency exchange gain AMD 115,532 — — — 115,532 259 TOTAL AMD 15,617,104 6,370,128 — — 21,987,231 49,298
* Provide estimates in US Dollars
* Financial balance at closing (01/07/2022) - 69,460 AMD (155,7 USD)
The US dollar/Armenian Dram exchange rate fluctuated widely by 70 points (485-407) in the first half of 2022. We calculated by the mathematical average: USD 1 = 446 AMD