Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Commons Photographers User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Commons Photographers User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | Global | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Global | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | January-December | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Suyash.dwivedi | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Ailura | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | Commons Photographers is an international cooperative of photography enthusiasts who publish their images under free licenses. We are devoted to transcribing the world visually and having others benefit from our work through Wikipedia and other places that share our values. | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | We will give photographers in the Wikimedia universe a voice – a voice that will naturally represent the members of Commons Photographers.
We will improve our skills by learning from each other. We will organize events in order to strengthen our community, to promote our values, and to engage in taking images together. We are committed to increasing the amount and quality of freely licensed images on the internet. | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | By the Board - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commons_Photographers_User_Group,_Board_meeting_notes_%E2%80%93_November_4,_2023.pdf | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | N/A | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | Board - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group/Board | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | Increasing: 230 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group/Membership_list | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | * Actively increasing the amount of high-quality images through the daily work of our members
Energizing both existing community members and new talents through awards Representing the Wikimedia photography community, e.g. at international events like Wikimania Promoting the idea of publishing high-quality image material under free licenses in on- and offline media, through exhibitions, and other means Enhancing our members' photography skills by teaching each other | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | recruiting members, advocacy, partnership, communication, <Global outreach | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | Election Based | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Let's Connect. | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | No | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | 60-40% | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | Members Consultation open community call | |
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
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| How does the affiliate leadership ensure, enforce, and evaluate compliance with the Universal Code of Conduct obligations? | Yes We do follow | |
| Engagement and Collaboration | ||
| Please share the publicly available records of regular meetings, activities, events, or conference in the past year where the affiliate has participated. | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 80% | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 10% | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 8 | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | 80% | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group/Activities | |
| What would affiliate leadership list as the top 3 (three) capacities of the affiliate? (e.g. evaluation, community governance, programs and events, organizational governance and resource policies, conflict management, partnerships, fundraising, communication and media relations, contributor development, on-wiki technical skills, policy advocacy, etc) | partnerships, ontributor development, on-wiki technical skills, policy advocacy | |
| communication and media relations | ||
| Global outreache, encouraging multilingual accessibility, | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | programs and events | |
| policy advocacy | ||
| partnerships | ||
| What are the organizations, community projects, or groups that the affiliate had been working or seeking to work with to develop and support the 3 capacities? | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group/Collaboration | |