Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Maithili Wikimedians User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Maithili Wikimedians User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | Maithili | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Nepal | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | January-December | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Pankaj Deo | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Bijay Chaurasia | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | Mission and Objectives | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | The major goals of MWUG is to organizing Wiki Meetups, organizing online – offline article writing competition, conducting Workshops, promote Wikimedia projects and free content in general, encourage the use of Wikimedia resources in education, and organize events to collect Creative Commons Contents and Upload it at Wikimedia Commons. | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | The Maithili Wikimedians consists of a nine members board, which makes the main decisions through online (mostly) and offline meeting. The majority vote is required to reach a decision. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | The Maithili Wikimedians financial report is stable and complaint. | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | 6 to 7 | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | Stable | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | Our members are active in several events like
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| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Communication, Collaboration, Governance and Organizing event. | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | We hold Annual General Meetings in every two years to decide the board. | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Not yet, but we are looking forward to it in 2025-26. | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | Yes | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | There are 33% Women and 66% Men in leadership role. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | The majority vote is required to reach a decision. | |
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? | We follow the Friendly space policy and UCoC obligation while organizing any events. | |
| 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. | Annual Activity Reports of 2024 | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 20+ | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 5+ | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 5+ | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | 30+ (Average at each events) | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | Annual Activity Reports | |
| 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) | Programs and Events | |
| Partnerships | ||
| Community Governance | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Collaboration | |
| On-Wiki Technical Skills | ||
| Contributor Development | ||
| 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? | Maithili Sahitya Parishad, Kshitiz Educational Foundation and Universal Academy | |