Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report 2009-10/People & places
People & places
[edit]Representation, governance, and leadership
- Ting Chen, Chair
- Michael Snow, Chair (through July 2010)
- Jimmy Wales, Founder
- Stu West, Vice-chair and Treasurer
- Jan-Bart de Vreede, Vice-chair (through July 2010)
- Samuel Klein, Executive Secretary
- Kat Walsh, Executive Secretary (through July 2010)
- Bishakha Datta
- Arne Klempert
- Matt Halprin
- Phoebe Ayers
- Angela Beesley
- Ward Cunningham
- Melissa Hagemann
- Mimi Ito
- Mitch Kapor
- Neeru Khosla
- Teemu Leinonen
- Nhlanhla Mabaso
- Rebecca MacKinnon
- Wayne Mackintosh
- Benjamin Mako Hill
- Roger McNamee
- Domas Mituzas
- Trevor Neilson
- Craig Newmark
- Florence Devouard
- Achal Prabhala
- Clay Shirky
- Michael Snow
- Jing Wang
- Ethan Zuckerman
Executive Director
- Sue Gardner
During 2009–10, Wikimedia’s network of volunteer-driven international chapters grew from 26 to 30. Wikimedia’s chapters, which are independent from the Wikimedia Foundation, are made up of local members and directors, and they focus on region-specific work. Typically, that work includes building awareness of Wikimedia projects, handling media inquiries, staging public outreach events, and forming partnerships with local educational and cultural organizations.
(As of March 2011)
- AR Wikimedia Argentina
- AT Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)
- AU Wikimedia Australia
- CH Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)
- CZ Wikimedia Česká republika (Czech Republic)
- DE Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)
- DK Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)
- EE Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- ES Wikimedia España (Spain)
- FI Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)
- FR Wikimédia France
- GB Wikimedia United Kingdom
- HK 香港維基媒體協會 (Hong Kong)
- HU Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)
- ID Wikimedia Indonesia
- IL ויקימדיה-ישראל , ويكيمديا اسرأييل (Israel)
- IN Wikimedia India
- IT Wikimedia Italia (Italy)
- MK Wikimedia Macedonia
- NL Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)
- NO Wikimedia Norge (Norway)
- PH Wikimedia Philippines
- PL Wikimedia Polska (Poland)
- PT Wikimedia Portugal
- RU Викимедиа РУ (Wikimedia Russia)
- RS Wikimedia Србије (Serbia)
- SE Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)
- TW 中華民國維基媒體協會 (Taiwan)
- UA Вікімедіа Україна (Ukraine)
- US-NYC Wikimedia New York City
Chapters approved in FY 2009–10
- UA Вікімедіа Україна (Ukraine)
- PH Wikimedia Philippines
- EE Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- IN Wikimedia India
Wikimania 2009, Buenos Aires
[edit]Our fifth annual Wikimania gathering was a bilingual conference held in both English and Spanish, with a simultaneous translation service for the main track. Over 550 Wikimedia volunteers and supporters from around the world gathered at the Centro Cultural General San Martín in Buenos Aires to celebrate the free knowledge movement, with a special emphasis on how to improve the representation and involvement of the global community of Spanish speakers in our projects.
These annual gatherings are part of the Foundation’s effort to strengthen the community and broaden the base of participation all over the planet. With the 2010 venue in Gdańsk, Poland, and the 2011 gathering in Haifa, Israel, our tradition of visiting new countries and regions is continuing.
