Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/North Carolina Wikipedians User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
|---|---|---|
| What is the affiliate name? | North Carolina Wikipedians | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | English | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | United States of America | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | May 1 to April 30 | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024-2025 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | User:Gaurav | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | User:Sodapopinski7 | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | Our mission is to: (1) Connect with and educate fellow North Carolinians about the value of Wikimedia projects, (2) Increase and improve Wikipedia coverage of currently underrepresented groups (with a scope not limited to North Carolina-related topics), (3) Support the integration of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons into K-12 and university instruction, and (4) Serve as a regional base of organizing, strategizing, and decision-making for the global Wikimedia movement | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | Organize regular meetups and events to keep the local Wikimedia community active, engaged and connected | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | Ad-hoc volunteer-lead leadership, currently discussing a more formal decision-making group | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | No funding applied for or received | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | All meeting attendees | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | The number of monthly meeting attendees has remained stable at 4-6. Number of in-person meeting attendees remains steady at 5-10. | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | None | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Organizing events | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | No | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | No | |
| 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? | N/A (no official leadership body) | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | N/A | |
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? | N/A | |
| 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://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/Monthly-Meeting/2024, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/Monthly-Meeting/2025 | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | Unknown | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | Unknown | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 3-5 of our group members have organized or co-organized events | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | Most of our group members have participated in events organized by this group | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | Was involved in or organized all North Carolina meetups/events in 2024:
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| 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) | Event organization | |
| Teaching Wikipedia editing | ||
| Data-based projects on Wikipedia/WikiData | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Group governance | |
| Increase number and frequency of events | ||
| Develop ongoing projects | ||
| 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? | North America Hub, affiliates near us such as Wikimedia DC and Wikimedia NYC, trying to find more active members | |