2022-12-07 The Board of Trustees has adopted the revised charter for the Affiliations Committee.
2022-11-30 The term of the serving AffCom members was prolonged to the end of 2023, and as per the decision of the Board of Trustees, and no elections are held in late 2022. The Board has invited AffCom to work on Affiliate Strategy.
2022-04-09Joy Agyepong and Benoît Prieur have been appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new members. In addition, incumbent member Mehman Ibragimov has been re-appointed for an additional term.
2021-12-19 The AffCom is seeking new members and advisors! Applications are accepted from January 1 to January 31. Also, everyone can share endorsement and comments for prospective members and advisors.
2021-06-01 The AffCom is seeking new members! Applications are accepted from June 1 to June 30. Also, everyone can share endorsement and comments for the June 2021 candidates.
2021-02-07 The Dagbani Wikimedians User Group User Group has been recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2019-03-07 Affiliations Committee has officially appointed Kirill Lokshin as Chair, Emna Mizouni as Vice-Chair, Sami Mlouhi as Secretary, and Olushola Olaniyan as Treasurer, for a one-year term.
2019-02-21 Following the December 2018 Call for Candidates, three new members were appointed and two members were reappointed in the Affiliations Committee.
2018-08-10 The Affiliations Committee has published a list of Next Questions for the communities in Brazil, after the de-recognition of WCUGB and Wiki Education Brazil.
2018-08-09 In the coming weeks an Affiliate Data survey will be launched to reach out to update key information about all affiliates.
2018-01-23 Following the December 2017 Call for Candidates, three new members were appointed and two members were reappointed in the Affiliations Committee.
2016-06-23 The Affiliations Committee convened at the Wikimania 2016. The committee presented a session at the last day of Wikimania about Wikimedia affiliates.
2016-06-07 Kentucky Wikimedians User Group is recognized as a user group for a one-year renewable period.
2016-05-31 Wikimedia of Latvia User Group is renewed for an additional one-year renewable period as a Wikimedia user group.
2016-05-31 Wikimedia Tunisia User Group is renewed through December 31, 2016 at which time they may again renew for an additional one-year term.
2016-05-27 Wikimedians in Thailand is renewed for an additional one-year renewable period as a Wikimedia user group.
2016-05-24 Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research is renewed for an additional one-year renewable period as a Wikimedia user group.
2014-11-04 Manuel Schneider, Ganesh Paudel, Emily Temple-Wood, Ting Chen, and Anirudh Singh Bhati are appointed to the Affiliations Committee for two-year terms. Bence Damokos and Lodewijk Gelauff have decided to resign from the Affiliations Committee due to personal commitments.
2014-10-20 The Affiliations Committee approves the travel of Salvador Alcántar to attend Iberoconf 2014 (Iberoamerican Wikimedia Conference 2014) to meet and negotiate with current and prospective affiliates.
2014-04-11 Vice-chair Cynthia Ashley-Nelson passed away in her sleep while attending the Affiliations Committee annual meeting in Berlin.
2014-04-10 New officers were selected for the committee. Carlos Colina is chair, and Cynthia Ashley-Nelson is vice-chair for a term ending April 1, 2015.
2013-09-17 The report of the Affiliations Committee's Wikimania meeting is now available on Meta.
2013-07-31 The Affiliations Committee will be holding an in-person meeting at Wikimania on 6–7 August, and will be present at the Chapters Village on 9–11 August. We encourage all Wikimania attendees to reach out to us in person. We apologize for any delay in responding to e-mails during this time as our members will be working and travelling.
2013-03-17 New officers were selected for the committee. Bence Damokos is chair, Carlos Colina vice-chair and Maria Sefidari is serving as treasurer until March 2014.
2012-12-12 If you want to help the creation of new thematic organizations, apply for AffCom membership!
2012-11-16 For thoughts regarding the naming of thematic organizations, see the talk page.
2012-06-18 As the model of thematic organizations is new, there might be certain changes in policy, recommendations and best practices over time. Please have this page on your watchlist in order not to miss any announcements.
