Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Iranian Wikimedians User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Iranian Wikimedians User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | Persian, English | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Iran | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | January-December | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Darafsh | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Ladsgroup | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | Supporting and promoting Persian content and Iran-related topics on Wikimedia platforms | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | Maintain and enlarge free knowledge and media on the said region. | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | Most of decisions are made by group members on Monthly Meetings. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | All affiliate spents are fund by its member expences. | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | Everyone interested and active. | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | There is a change in the structure of the user group based on Outcomes of the Iranian Wikimedians UG meeting | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | The full list is available on Iranian Wikimedians User Group/Activities | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Communication, accounting, event organizing, skills training. | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | Yes | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | In 2024 our leadership members haven't received trainings but we're planning to do so in 2025. | |
| 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? | We have 3 active female in our group, and we are working on the gender gap in our affiliation. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | Two contact persons are male. | |
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? | Our policies are in compliane with UCoC. | |
| 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. | Iranian Wikimedians User Group/Activities | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | Of the 75 total signed members of our user group, 30 members are active on-wiki contributors within the group topic. | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | Of the remaining 45, around 10 are not active in-wiki but participate in offline and off-wiki activiies (finding sources, technical tasks, etc.), 5 are temporarily inactive due to different reasons. | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | More than 8 members are active in organizing projects and events. | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | More than 100 people participated in our events. | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | Iranian Wikimedians 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) | Community governance | |
| Skill management | ||
| Programs and events | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Leadership skills | |
| Financial stability | ||
| Diversity | ||
| 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? | Russia-Iran Wiki Collaboration, Armenia-Iran Wiki Collaboration, Iranian Wikimedians UG meeting 2024 | |