Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Wikimedians of Singapore User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Wikimedians of Singapore User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Singapore | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | May 2024 to June 2025 | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024-2025 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Robertsky | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Kingoflettuce | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | The mission of the Wikimedians of Singapore User Group is to organise public outreach activities around the country; act as a hub for Wikimedians in Singapore; collaborate with other regional affiliates in the ESEAP Hub and worldwide where possible, and other thematic affiliates if and when there is a need; promote Wikipedia and various Singapore Wikimedia projects throughout Singapore and rest of the world; and act as a voice and representative for the Singaporean Wikimedia community. | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | Our goals are to establish a foundation for the user group to grow on and evolve, expand Singapore-related content on various Wikimedia content projects, and increase on-wiki participation from Singaporean citizens and residents. (2024 Strategic Plan) | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | Regular conversations are made between active members across various communication channels such as our Telegram and Discord group chats as well as during physical meetups. Decisions are similarly communicated via the same channels. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | NA | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | Five (Robertsky, Kingoflettuce, Justanothersgwikieditor, ZKang123, and Alan Ang) | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | No | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | Several meetups and workshops were led by affiliate members. | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Communication, on-wiki technical expertise, passion. | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | We are in the midst of drafting a succession planning framework. | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Not at the moment. | |
| 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? | All males but across various age groups. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | NA | |
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 are looking to incorporate Universal Code of Conduct guidelines in our constitution. | |
| 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. | Meetup records | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | Most members actively contribute to the English Wikipedia and other projects, including but not limited to Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and Wiktionary. | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | NA | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 1 (Robertsky) | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | About 20 across meetups and workshops. | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | Meetups (online and offline), workshops, and ESEAP Summit and Wikimania attendance. | |
| 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) | Contributor development | |
| Partnerships | ||
| Education | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Increasing our core numbers | |
| Improving our organisational governance and resource policies | ||
| Enhancing our communication and media relations | ||
| 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? | National Library Board, National Heritage Board, Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia | |