Wikimedia chapters
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Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 41 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent.
This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the step-by-step chapter creation guide and the movement affiliates FAQ for more information. An Affiliations Committee advises on and assists the creation of and to support affiliates.
Some chapters have an office.
Find an overview of chapter-related Meta pages on Chapters Portal.
Contents
- 1 Existing chapters
- 2 Chapters in discussion phase
- 3 Former chapters in discussion
- 4 Ideas for chapters
- 5 Composition of chapters
- 5.1 [AM] Wikimedia Armenia (Armenia)
- 5.2 [AR] Wikimedia Argentina (Argentina)
- 5.3 [AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)
- 5.4 [AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)
- 5.5 [BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
- 5.6 [BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)
- 5.7 [CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)
- 5.8 [CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)
- 5.9 [CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)
- 5.10 [CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)
- 5.11 [DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)
- 5.12 [DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)
- 5.13 [EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)
- 5.14 [ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)
- 5.15 [FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)
- 5.16 [FR] Wikimédia France (France)
- 5.17 [GB] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)
- 5.18 [HK] Wikimedia Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- 5.19 [HU] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)
- 5.20 [ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)
- 5.21 [IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)
- 5.22 [IN] Wikimedia India (India)
- 5.23 [IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)
- 5.24 [MK] Wikimedia Macedonia (Macedonia)
- 5.25 [MO] Wikimedia Macau (Hong Kong)
- 5.26 [MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)
- 5.27 [NL] Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)
- 5.28 [NO] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)
- 5.29 [PH] Wikimedia Philippines (Philippines)
- 5.30 [PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)
- 5.31 [PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)
- 5.32 [RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)
- 5.33 [RU] Викимедиа РУ (Russia)
- 5.34 [SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)
- 5.35 [TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)
- 5.36 [UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)
- 5.37 [US-DC] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)
- 5.38 [US-NYC] Wikimedia New York City (United States)
- 5.39 [UY] Wikimedia Uruguay (Uruguay)
- 5.40 [VE] Wikimedia Venezuela (Venezuela)
- 5.41 [ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)
- 6 Inter-chapter initiatives
- 7 Mailing lists and wikis
- 8 Wikimedia chapters related news and announcements
- 9 See also
- 10 Notes
Existing chapters[edit]
There are currently 41 recognised Wikimedia chapters.
country code |
Chapter | Founding (approval) date | Bylaws | W: Website I: Identi.ca T: Twitter F: Facebook |
L: Mailing list G: Google Groups |
I: IRC M: Mail contact U: User contact O: Other Contact |
Non- profit? [1] |
Last verified | Members | Yearly membership fee |
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Wikimedia Armenia | 2013-05-14 (2013-03-26) | hy, en | W: www.wikimedia.am T: @wikimedia_am F: WikimediaArmenia |
M: info![]() |
yes | 2013-12-10 | 16 | 2000 AMD (~5 USD) | |
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Wikimedia Argentina | 2007-09-01 (2007-12-11) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.org.ar/ T: @wikimedia_ar F: WikimediaArgentina |
L: Wikimedia-AR | M: correo![]() |
yes | 2013-09-19 | 065~ | full members ARS 100 (~USD 17) adherents ARS 50 (~USD 8.5) minors ARS 30 (~USD 5) |
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Wikimedia Österreich | 2008-05-02 (2008-02-26) |
de, en | W: wikimedia.at (website), mitglieder.wikimedia.at (member wiki) T: @WikimediaAT F: WikimediaAustria |
L: VereinAT-l | I: #wikimedia-atconnect M: verein ![]() vorstand ![]() |
yes | 2015-10-21 | 130~ | 20 € reduced 15 € legal entities 100 € sponsoring members 500€ |
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Wikimedia Australia | 2008-08-06 (2008-03-04) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.au T: @wm_au F: Wikimedia.AU |
L: WikimediaAU-l | I: #wikimedia-auconnect M: contact ![]() |
yes | 2010-01-19 | 047 | AU$20 AU$10 concession |
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Wikimedia Bangladesh |
2014-06-09 (2011-10-03) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.bd T: @wikimediabd F: WikimediaBD |
L: Wikimedia-BD | I: #wikimedia-bdconnect M: info ![]() U: Nahid Sultan |
yes | 2011-05-24 | 41 | Regular member: 500 BDT Supporting member: 100 BDT |
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Wikimedia Belgium | 2014-10-08 (2014-06-23) | nl, fr, en | W: be.wikimedia.org T: @Wikimedia_BE F: WikimediaBelgium |
L: WikimediaBE-l | I: #wikimedia-beconnect M: wmbe ![]() |
yes | 2014-11-24 | 50+ | 20 € |
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Wikimedia Canada | 2010-11-05 (2011-05-24) |
en, fr | W: wikimedia.ca T: @WikimediaCA F: WikimediaCA |
G: wmca-public | M: info![]() |
yes[2][3] | 2011-06-05 | 040~ | $10 CAD |
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Wikimedia CH | 2006-05-14 | de, fr, it, rm, en | W: wikimedia.ch T: @WikimediaCH F: Wikimedia CH |
L: WikimediaCH-l | M: info![]() I: #wikimedia-chconnect |
yes[4] | 2013-02-06 | 486 | CHF 50 Reduced: CHF 20 Sponsors: min. CHF 75 Legal entities: min. CHF 100 |
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Wikimedia Chile | 2011-07-16 (2011-06-13) | es, en | W: wikimediachile.cl T: @wikimedia_cl F: Wikimedia Chile |
L: Wikimedia-CL | M: contacto![]() |
yes | 2011-07-16 | 034 | CLP 12,000 (USD 17,1) |
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Wikimedia Česká republika | 2008-03-06 (2008-02-26) |
cs, en | W: wikimedia.cz T: @Wikimedia_CR F: Facebook |
L: WikimediaCZ-l | I: #wikimedia-czconnect M: wm-cz ![]() |
yes[5] | 2012-01-26 | 039 | CZK 200 reduced: CZK 100 |
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Wikimedia Deutschland | 2004-06-13 | de (official), en, it |
W: wikimedia.de I: wikimediade T: @wikimediade F: WMDEeV |
L: VereinDE-l | M: info![]() I: #wikimedia-deconnect |
yes | 2015-05-10 | ~20,000+ | €24 reduced: €12 Min. fees, members may choose to pay more. |
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Wikimedia Danmark | 2009-03-14 (2009-07-03). | da, en | T: @wikimediadk | L: WikimediaDK | I: #wikimedia-danmarkconnect U: Palnatoke O: on Meta |
? | 2010-09-26 | 015 | DKK 100 |
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Wikimedia Eesti | 2010-07-25/ 2010-10-06 (2010-08-31) |
et, en | W: ee.wikimedia.org F: WikimediaEesti |
G: wikimedia-eesti | M: info@wikimedia.ee U: Teele |
yes | 2016-03-10 | 009 (founders), 035 (current) | 5 € |
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Wikimedia España | 2011-02-11 (2011-02-07) |
es, en | W: wikimedia.es W: Blog I: wikimediaes T: @wikimedia_es F (group): Wikimedia España F (profile): Wikimedia España |
L: Wikimedia-Es (open list) | I: #wikimedia-esconnect M: info ![]() O: Wikimedia España |
yes[6] | 2016-03-9 | 110~ | Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 15 €; Young Adults (16-18 yrs): free. |
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Wikimedia Suomi | 2009-06-14 (2009-09-21). |
fi (en) | W: wikimedia.fi | L: Wikimedia-FI | I: #wikimedia-ficonnect M: info ![]() |
? | 2010-09-25 | 021 | € 10 reduced: € 5 |
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Wikimédia France | 2004-10-23 | fr (statuts) | W: wikimedia.fr (blog) I: wikimediafrance T: @Wikimedia_Fr |
L: WikimediaFR-l | I: #wikimedia-frconnect M: contact ![]() |
yes | 2012-01-25 | 250 | normal : 12 € honorary : 100 € |
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Wikimedia Hong Kong | 2007-07-14 (2008-03-04) |
MoA: zh, en, AoA: zh, en | W: wikimedia.hk T: @WMHK F: WikimediaHK |
L: WikimediaHK | U: Tango Chan O: on Meta |
yes | 2010-09-12 | 040 | $50 HKD $70 HKD (first year) |
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Wikimédia Magyarország | 2008-09-27 (2008-11-03) |
hu, en | W: wikimedia.hu F: WikimediaHU |
G: huwiki-egyesulet | M: board![]() U: Gábor Bihary (Executive Vice President) |
yes[7] | 2015-03-21 | 042 | 2000 HUF (~6.5€, 7$) |
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Wikimedia Indonesia | 2008-09-05 (2008-10-07) |
Bylaws: id, en AoI: id, en |
W: wikimedia.or.id T: @wikimediaid F: wikimedia.indonesia |
G: wikimedia-indonesia | M: info![]() |
n/a | 2012-01-30 | 019 (founders) 027 (members) |
IDR 250K (~USD 23) for public IDR 150K (~USD 14) concession IDR 100K (~USD 9) for students 17-20 years old.[8] |
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Wikimedia Israel | 2007-07-15 (2007-03-06) |
he (legally binding), en | W: wikimedia.org.il | L: Wikimedia-IL | M: mail![]() |
yes | 2012-01-11 | 035~ | 20 ILS(~7 USD / 4 €) |
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Wikimedia India | 2011-01-03 (2010-06-15) |
en kn | W: Wiki.wikimedia.in T: @Wikimediaindia F: WikimediaIndia |
L: WikimediaIndia-l (community) L: Wikimedia-IN-Exec (Board) G: wmin-members (members only) |
I: #wikimedia-inconnect M: chapter ![]() U: Yohann Thomas (M: yohannvt ![]() U: Ravishankar Ayyakkannu (M: ravidreams ![]() |
yes[9] | 2015-09-11 | 100~ | 100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations) |
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Wikimedia Italia | 2005-07-17 | it, en | W: wikimedia.it I: wikimediaitalia T: @WikimediaItalia |
M: info![]() M: associazione ![]() U: Frieda (chair) U: Marcok |
yes | 2011-01-08 | 350~ | 25 € (members removed after a year if they don't renew the subscription) | |
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Wikimedia Macedonia | 2009-09-21 (2010-02-01) |
mk, en | W: mk.wikimedia.org |
L: Wikimedia-MK | U: Brest (president) | yes | 2011-09-18 | 014 | None |
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Wikimedia Macau | 2009-04-09 (2011-04-24) |
en (charter) | W: Website F: Wikimedia Macau |
M: info![]() |
? | 2011-05-07 | |||
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Wikimedia México | 2011-08-03 (2011-08-03)[10] |
es, en | W: on Meta (es, en) | L: Wikimedia-MX | I: #wikimedia-mxconnect U: User:ProtoplasmaKid O: on Meta |
yes[11] | 2013-02-8 | 015 | Pending for define. |
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Wikimedia Nederland | 2006-03-27 (2006-09-21) |
AoI, Bylaws (en/nl) | W: wikimedia.nl T: @wmnl |
L: WikimediaNL-l | M: info![]() U: Grijz (chair) |
yes[12] | 2013-01 | 200 | € 24 recommended (Members may choose less or more, min. € 12) |
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Wikimedia Norge | 2007-06-23 (2008-11-03) |
nb, nn, se, en | W: no.wikimedia.org T: @Wikimedianorge F: WikimediaNorge |
– | U: Jarle Vines (chair) U: Erling Bjørtvedt (deputy chair) O: Short presentation in English |
? | 2014-04-28 | 80~ | Ordinary: 200 NOK reduced: 100 NOK |
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Wikimedia Philippines | 2010-04-12 (2010-03-17) |
en, tl (articles) en (bylaws) |
W: wikimedia.org.ph I: @pinoywikipedia T: @WikimediaPH F: wikimediaphilippines |
L: Wikimedia-PH | M: info![]() U: Eugene (president) U: Josh (secretary) |
yes[13] | 2013-02-01 | 111 [4] | PHP 500 (regular) PHP 100 (concession) Non-paying members are Associate members, without voting privileges. |
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Wikimedia Polska | 2005-08-14 | pl, en | W: pl.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedia_pl F: polska.wikipedia |
L: WikimediaPL-l | I: #wikimedia-plconnect M: zarzad ![]() |
n/a[14] | 2010-03-13 | 130 list | 1 PLN (0.2 USD) min. Members may choose to pay more: average is ~ 20 PLN / 5 USD |
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Wikimedia Portugal | 2009-09-21 (2009-07-03) | Estatutos pt, en | W: wikimedia.pt T: @wikimediapt I: @wikimediapt F: Wikimedia Portugal |
L: WikimediaPT | I: #wikimedia-ptconnect M: geral ![]() O: Contacto |
yes[15] | 2011-03-01 | 030~ | 10€ reduced: € 5 |
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Wikimedia Србије | 2005-12-03 | sr (copy), en | W: rs.wikimedia.org | L: WikimediaSR-l L: Serbia-Internal-l (internal) |
M: info-rs![]() U: Dungodung |
n/a[16] | 2011-09-24 | 080~ | None |
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Викимедиа РУ, Wikimedia RU | 2008-11-11 (2008-05-24) |
ru, en | W: wikimedia.ru W: ru.wikimedia.org (wiki) T: @Wikimedia_RU F: Wikimedia RU |
L: Wikimedia-RU L: WikimediaRU-l (internal) |
M: info![]() M: press ![]() U: Ctac U: Dr Bug |
yes | 2014-04-24 | 017 list | Registration fee: 5000 RUB (~140 USD) Membership fee: 1200 RUB (~33 USD) |
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Wikimedia Sverige | 2007-10-20 (2007-12-11) |
sv, en | W: wikimedia.se T: @WikimediaSE F: Wikimedia Sverige |
L: WikimediaSE-l | M: info![]() M: press ![]() |
yes | 2015-03-22 | 629 | SEK 100 / EUR 10 / USD 15 Organisations: 1000 SEK |
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Wikimedia Taiwan | 2007-02-11 (2007-07-04) |
zh, en | W: wikimedia.tw T: @WikimediaTW F: Wikimedia Taiwan G: Wikimedia Taiwan |
G: Wikimedia Taiwan (Board) L: Wikimedia-TW |
M: info![]() U: Ted Chien (chair) U: Reke Wang (secretariat) |
yes | 2015-01-24 | 030 | TWD 1000 / ~USD 35 |
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Wikimedia Ukraine | 2009-05-31 (2009-07-03) |
uk, en | W: ua.wikimedia.org F: Вікімедіа Україна |
L: WikimediaUA | M: WikimediaUA M: wm-ua ![]() |
yes | 2014-08-22 | 064 list | 50 UAH (3 €) min |
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Wikimedia UK | 2008-11-05 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: wikimedia.org.uk T: @wikimediauk F: WikimediaUK |
L: WikimediaUK-l | M: secretary![]() U: MichaelMaggs |
Yes (UK charity) | 2012-02-17 | 360~ | GBP 5 |
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Wikimedia District of Columbia | 2011-05-07 (2011-09-12) |
en | W: wikimediadc.org T: @wikimediadc |
L: Wikimedia-DC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: info ![]() U: Harej |
yes | 2014-01-11 | 071 | USD 10 |
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Wikimedia New York City | 2009-07-07 (2009-01-12) |
en | W: nyc.wikimedia.org T: @wikimedianyc |
L: Wikimedia_NYC | I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect M: wm-nyc ![]() U: Pharos |
yes | 2012-05-14 | 035 | USD 5 |
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Wikimedia Uruguay | Not yet (2013-07-12) |
es | W: wikimediauruguay.org T: @wikimedia_uy F: Wikimedia.Uruguay |
G: wikimedia-uy | O: on Meta | Yes | ~30 | 900 UYP (~35 USD) | |
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Wikimedia Venezuela | 2012-02-14 (2011-10-28) |
es | W: wikimedia.org.ve T: @wikimedia_ve F: Wikimedia.Venezuela |
L: Wikimedia-VE | I: #wikimedia-veconnect M: info ![]() |
yes | 2016-01-14 | ~15 | USD 25 |
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Wikimedia South Africa | 2012-02-27 (2011-03-26) |
W: wikimedia.org.za F: Wikimedia ZA |
L: WikimediaZA | O: on Meta | yes | 2010-08-08 |
Chapters in discussion phase[edit]
Chapters in active preparation to become a chapter. You should add here any chapter that is under discussion to be started up. Please provide link to a page (in meta) with more detailed information (at best with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.
- Key
- A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Affiliations Committee;
- A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed organization? from AffCom?)
- A light blue background means the AffCom has asked the Board to approve the organization's formation.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
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Wikimedia Botswana | Early development | — | Meta, wikimedia.bw (doesn't exist yet) |
wikimediabw (doesn't exist yet) | tn:User:Oarabile Mudongo (kck, tn, en-3, zu-1, sn-1), Facebook, talk on Meta, talk on Wikipedia |
2012-12-19 |
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Wikimedia Belarus | In discussion | — | Meta, wikimedia.by |
wikimediaby | ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be), ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be) |
2010-05-29 |
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Wikimedians of Bulgaria | In discussion | — | wikimedia.bg | info-l | See Wikimedians of Bulgaria | 2014-04-18 |
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Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire | Writing bylaws | fr, en (drafts) | Meta | Wikimedia-CI | Zenman (talk) | 2014-06-30 |
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Wikimedia Colombia | Writing bylaws | es, en (untranslated) |
http://co.wikimedia.org/ | — | Baiji, Racso or #wikimedia-co | 2012-04-04 |
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Wikimedia Algeria | In discussion | to come | Meta | Vikoula5 | 2007-07 | |
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Wikimedia Egypt | Writing bylaws | Proposed by-laws | Wikimedia Egypt | mail:wikimediaeg-l | Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg | 2009-03 |
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Wikimedia Georgia | Development. | ka | http://wikimedia.ge/ | — | info![]() |
2010-12-17 |
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Wikimedia Greece | In discussion | Research stage | wikimedia.gr/wiki | Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el | 2011-06 | |
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Wikimedija Hrvatske | Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. | hr, en | SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr | 2011-01-12 | ||
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Wikimedia Ireland | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Ireland Community | mail:wikimediaie | wikimediaireland@gmail.com | 2014-07-26 |
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Wikimedia Delhi City | Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. | — | Meta | Wikimedia-in-del | Vibhijain | 2011-06-05 |
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Wikimedia Iran | In discussion | — | Meta | — | 2008-07-07 | |
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Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | In discussion | — | Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan | — | Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky), Maksat (en, ru, ky) |
2012-05-02 |
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Wikimedians of Korea / Korean Wikimedia Association |
|
ko (done) |
|
mail:wikimedia-kr | the secretary-general of Korea Wikimedia Association
|
2015-11-10 |
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Wikimedia Kazakhstan | Reviewing bylaws with AffCom. No currently ongoing communication. | en | Ashina, Alash, Rauank | 2012-08-05 | ||
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Wikimedia Lietuva | Stopped at discussion phase | — | — | none | none | 2009-12-10 |
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Wikimedia Malaysia | Early development | Research stage | Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta) | — | Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia | 2009-01-12 |
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Wikimedia Nepal | Community Approved Draft By-Laws in Nepali Now in Lawyer's revision/ By-laws translation into English | Affcom studying on proposal | Meta (on meta), T:@WikimediaNepal, F:Wikimedia Nepal |
nepaliwiki@gmail.com; nepaliwiki@googlegroups.com | Rajesh Pandey, Ganesh Paudel, Saroj K. Dhakal (en, hi, ne), Nirmal Dulal (en, hi, ne) |
2013-04-24 |
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Wikimedia România | Early stages (planning) | ro (drafts) | wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) | WikimediaRO-l | IulianU or Razool | 2005-09-26 |
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Wikimedia Saudi Arabia | Early development | — | Wikimedia Saudi Arabia | — | Alrwaikm | 2008-12-26 |
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Wikimedia Singapore | Early development | — | Wikimedia Singapore | Wikimedia-SG | Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect | 2011-04-27 |
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Wikimedia Slovenia | In discussion | Writing first draft | Wikimedia Slovenia (on meta), w:sl:Wikipedija:Društvo on sl.wikipedia.org |
none yet | Wikimedia Slovenia, Miha / xJaM / Yerpo |
2013-03-14 |
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Wikimedia Türkiye | In discussion | Early development | Wikimedia Türkiye (on Meta), tr.wikimedia.org |
wikimedia-tr | #wikimedia-tr | 2011-11-01 |
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Wikimedia Cascadia | In discussion, drafting bylaws | pending | Meta | wikimedia-cascadia | Another Believer | |
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Wikimedia Midwest US | In discussion | — | Meta | — | Varnent (talk) | 2012-06-22 |
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Texas Wikimedians | In discussion | pending | Meta | WhisperToMe |
Former chapters in discussion[edit]
Chapters formerly in preparation to become a chapter, which have either stalled or been absorbed into other chapters.
country code | Chapter | Status | Articles of Incorporation/ Statute |
Website | Mailing list | Contact | Last update |
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Wikimedia California | Inactive | pending | Meta | wikimedia-california | Geoff Plourde | 2010-05-05 |
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Wikimedia Pennsylvania | Stalled, merged with Wikimedia New York City | en | pa.us.wikimedia.org | Wikimediapa-l | Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa | 2009-04-29 |
Ideas for chapters[edit]
- Charter
- Members
- Resolutions
- Budget
- News
- MassMessages
- Requests for comments
- Reports
- Noticeboard
- Movement affiliates
Affiliate resources
- Affiliate liaisons
- Movement affiliates portal
- Frequently asked questions
- Organizational development
- Logo best practices
- Naming guidelines
Chapters
Thematic organisations
- Thematic organisations portal (Talk)
- Noticeboard
- Requirements
- Creation guide
- Thematic organisation agreement
Wikimedia user groups
- Wikimedia user groups portal (Talk)
- Noticeboard
- Requirements
- Creation guide
- Apply
- Agreement and code of conduct
Internal documents
Other links
- Annual Report 2013
- Pipeline
- Private wiki – mailing list
- Become a member!
- Wikimedia affiliation models
(Principles)
Contact us
- By e-mail affcom
lists.wikimedia.org
- Twitter: @WikimediaAffCom
See the movement affiliates FAQ to understand what a local chapter is, and what it entails to create a new one. If you wish to create a local chapter, follow the step-by-step chapter creation guide. In case you have any questions, contact the Affiliations Committee.
In Europe[edit]
- Wikimedia Galiza – In discussion and calling for supporters. Discussion and planning is at w:gl:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Galiza.
In North America[edit]
- Wikimedia Cascadia – a chapter in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington and possibly including Northern California and/or British Columbia)
- Wikimedia Florida – Possibility of a chapter for Florida
- Wikimedia Oklahoma – Possibility of a chapter for Oklahoma
- Wikimedia Texas – Possibility of a chapter for Texas and the south-central United States
In Asia[edit]
- Wikimedia Mainland China – The discussion of establishing a chapter started in 2009 on Chinese Wikipedia. The discussion was ended due to the political problems and no possibility to legally incorporated. While the discussion restarted in 2013 when WMF start to recognize User Group, and the Wikimedia User Group China has been recognized since August 2014. There is no further plan for forming a chapter before the NPO can be freely incorporated in mainland China.
- Wikimedia Japan – 設立の是非について投票中です。 The page reads "There are currently no active arguments to establish a local Japanese chapter, mainly because very few Japanese language community members are interested in it. Lack of legal knowledge and accounting skills among the community is also a large contributing factor."
- Wikimedia Nepal विकिमिडिया नेपाल is recognized as a user group Wikimedians of Nepal on 29th May, 2013. Now it is in the way of becoming national chapter. Wikipedia was begun in Nepal on June 3, 2002 with Nepali Wikipedia. Now Wikipedias are avaible in five languages spoken in Nepal. Wikimedia Nepal begun regular meetups and discussions from 17 July 2010. It has been organizing outreach and various programs to promote Wikipedia in Nepal.
- Wikimedia Pakistan is recognized as a user group.
In Africa[edit]
- Wikimedia Botswana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Ghana – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Maroc – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Tunisie – in discussion.
- Wikimedia Uganda – Initiating discussion and calling for supporters.
In Oceania[edit]
- Wikimedia New Zealand is being discussed.
In South America[edit]
- Wikimedia Ecuador – Recognized on September 18th as Wikimedians of Ecuador user group. Still calling for supporters.
In Central America[edit]
- Wikimedia Costa Rica – Calling for supporters.
Composition of chapters[edit]
See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries. This list may be partially outdated; provided in alphabetical order by country codes:
[AM] Wikimedia Armenia (Armenia)[edit]
[AR] Wikimedia Argentina (Argentina)[edit]
- Board
- Galileo Vidoni, president
- Ivana Lysholm, vice-president
- Patricio Molina, secretary
- Ivana Molena, vice-secretary
- Nicolás Giorgetti, treasurer
- Mariano Pérez, vice-treasurer
- Beatrice Murch, member
- Esteban Zárate, member
- Jorge Abreu, member
- Leandro Kibisz, alternate member
- Andrea P. Kleiman, alternate member
- Malena Lorente, audit committee
- Nahuel Kahles, audit committee
- Mauricio V. Genta, audit committee
- Staff
- Anna Torres Adell, executive director
- Giselle Bordoy, communications manager
- Lusina Ferrante, education manager
[AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)[edit]
Elected 2012-12-01.
- Kurt Kulac president
- Alexander Wagner deputy president
- Beppo Stuhl secretary
- Michael Karolzak vice-secretary
- Reiner Strubert treasurer
- Arno Grumbeck vice-treasurer
- Andrea Kareth adviser
- Bernhard Wallisch adviser
[AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)[edit]
Committee (elected 11 October 2015):
- Gideon Digby, president
- Pru Mitchell, vice-president
- Andrew Owens, treasurer
- Andrew Owens, secretary
- Charles Gregory, ordinary member
- Robert Myers, ordinary member
- Steven Crossin, ordinary member
- Tom Hogarth, ordinary member
[BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)[edit]
- Ali Haidar Khan, president
- Nahid Sultan, secretary
- Tanweer Morshed, treasurer
- Munir Hasan, Member
- Tanvir Rahman, Member
- Shabab Mustafa, Member
- Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive, Member
- Moheen Reeyad, Member
- Masum Al Hasan, Member
[BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)[edit]
See wmbe:Board for an overview of the board positions within Wikimedia Belgium.
[CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)[edit]
- Alan Walker, vice-president
- Zana Gordon
- Jeffery Nichols
- Benoit Rochon
- Ray Saintonge
[CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)[edit]
- Patrick Kenel, president
- Frédéric Schütz, secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, treasurer
- Mauro Cassina, board member
- Stéphane Coillet-Matillon, board member
- Micha L. Rieser, board member
- Gabriel Thullen, board member
[CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)[edit]
- Marco Correa, president
- Eduardo Testart, vice-president
- Sarah Chambers, secretary
- Juan David Ruiz, treasurer
- Dennis Tobar, director
- Rocío Consales, director
[CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)[edit]
Board and Audit committee elected in April 2015.
- Board Members
- Vojtěch Dostál, chairman
- Jan Loužek, vice-chairman
- Jaro Zastoupil, treasurer
- Dominik Matus, member
- Michal Reiter, member
- Tomáš Mozga, member
- Audit committee
[DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)[edit]
Elected on November 2014:
- Tim Moritz Hector (Chair)
- Kurt Jansson (Vice Chair)
- Lukas Mezger (Vice Chair)
- Sebastian Moleski (Treasurer)
- Nikolas Becker (At-large)
- Sabria David (At-large)
- Jürgen Friedrich (At-large)
- Harald Krichel (At-large)
- Catrin Schoneville (At-large)
[DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)[edit]
- Board Members
- Ole Andersen, formand (chairman)
- Simon Van Studinski, næstformand (vice-chairman)
- Thomas Bredøl, kasserer (treasurer)
- Victor Valore, sekretær (secretary)
- Jan Friberg, menigt medlem (board member)
- Finn Årup Nielsen, menigt medlem (board member)
- Steen Thomassen, menigt medlem (board member)
- Auditor
[EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)[edit]
- Board Members:
- Teele Vaalma
- Metsavend
- Eva Lepik
- Tanel Pern
- Audit committee:
[ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)[edit]
- President: Santiago Navarro
- Vice-president: Jorge Sierra
- Secretary: Luis Ulzurrun
- Treasurer: Miguel Ángel García
- Board member: David Abián
- Board member: Diego Delso
- Board member: Jesús Tramullas
- Board member: José Emilio Mori
- Board member: Manuel Palomo
- Board member: Manuel Torío
- Board member: Montserrat Sáez
- Board member: Pablo Machón
- Board member: Pedro Pacheco
[FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)[edit]
Effective 2015-01-01.
- Tommi Kovala, president; press
- Johanna Janhonen, secretary
- Vesa Linja-aho, vice-president
- Tarmo Toikkanen, treasurer
- Heikki Kastemaa, member
- Henrik Saari, member
- Jyrki Lehtinen, member
- Kimmo Virtanen, member
[FR] Wikimédia France (France)[edit]
Conseil d’administration après son renouvellement partiel du 24 octobre 2015 :
- Christophe Henner (Schiste), président,
- Émeric Vallespi (ShreCk), vice-président,
- Guillaume Goursat (GuillaumeG), trésorier,
- Sébastien Beyou (Seb35), trésorier-adjoint,
- Pierre-Selim Huard (PierreSelim), secrétaire,
- Jean-Frédéric Berthelot (Jean-Frédéric), secrétaire-adjoint,
- Samuel Le Goff,
- Édouard Hue,
- Florian Pépellin
- Benoît Prieur.
[GB] Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)[edit]
See wmuk:board for a current list and biographies of board members.
[HK] Wikimedia Hong Kong (Hong Kong)[edit]
- Directory
- Rover WONG, president
- Ivy WONG, deputy president
- Vincent TSUI, secretary
- Tango CHAN, treasurer
- Alexander CHEUNG, director & commissioner for outreach
- Carol TANG, director & commissioner for communication
[HU] Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)[edit]
- Board: (elected: 2014-11-29)
- Péter Gervai, president
- Gábor Bihary, executive vice-president
- Mónika Balogh, financial vice-president
- Orsolya Gyenes, board member
- Tamás Mészöly, board member
- Supervisory committee: (elected: 2014-04-26)
- Péter Báthory, president
- Ágnes Módis, member
- Attila Szervác, member
[ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)[edit]
The administrative board (2016–2018).
- Board of Trustees
- Rinto Jio, trustee, chairman
- Kartika Sari Henry, trustee, member
- Ricky Setiawan, trustee, member
- Board of Executives
- Biyanto Rebin, chairman
- Farras Octara, secretary general
- Isabella Apriyana, deputy secretary general
- Djohan Satria Hasibuan, treasurer
- Rachmat Wahidi, vice-treasurer
[IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)[edit]
- Board Members
- Audit committee
- Oved Cohen
- Ido Ivri
- Other major functions
- Itzik Edri, spokesperson
- Yael Meron, secretary
- Sara Burstein, treasurer
[IN] Wikimedia India (India)[edit]
- Dr. Ekbal Bappukunju
- Jayanta Nath
- Nikhil Kawale
- Priyanka Tiwari
- Sanket Oswal
- Yohann Varun Thomas
For biographical summaries, please visit Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members
[IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)[edit]
- Lorenzo Losa, president
- Simone Cortesi, vice-president
- Luca Martinelli, secretary
- Cristian Consonni, treasurer
- Ginevra Sanvitale
[MK] Wikimedia Macedonia (Macedonia)[edit]
According to Macedonian laws, the name of organization is written in cyrilic: Викимедија Македонија, for international use the name of organization is Wikimedia Macedonia.
- President:
- Vice-Presidents:
- Kiril Simeonovski, vice-chairman
- FlavrSavr, vice-chairman
- Ivica83, vice-chairman
- Boyan, vice-chairman
- Executive Board:
- Brest, chairman (per bylaws)
- Kiril Simeonovski, member
- FlavrSavr, member
- Supervisory Board:
[MO] Wikimedia Macau (Hong Kong)[edit]
See this list in the official website (Traditional Chinese).
[MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)[edit]
Updated 2014-03-01
- Iván Martínez, president
- Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs, vice-president
- Carmen Alcázar, secretary
- Salvador Alcántar, treasurer
- Alan Lazalde, board member
- José Flores, board member
- Vlad Martínez, spokesperson
- Christian Cariño,
- Omar Sandoval,
[NL] Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)[edit]
A new board was elected on April 18, 2015. The current members of the board:
- Frans Grijzenhout, Chair, human resources
- Jan Anton Brouwer, Treasurer
- Justus de Bruijn, Secretary
- Ad Huikeshoven, International Affairs, Community
- Harriet de Man, Content - Archives, Libraries
- Marike van Roon, Content - Museums
- Bart Nieuwenhuis, Education program
[NO] Wikimedia Norge (Norway)[edit]
Updated 2015-08-6
- Hogne Neteland – chairman
- Guro Faller – vice-chairman
- Tove Eivindsen – board member
- Knut Hjelleset – board member
- Trond Trosterud – board member
- Harald Groven – board member
- Tore Sæter – assistant member of the board
[PH] Wikimedia Philippines (Philippines)[edit]
- Eugene Alvin Villar, chairman
- Johnny Alegre, vice-president
- Josh Lim, president
- Emman Ramirez, vice-president
- JP Antes, secretary
- Roel Balingit, treasurer
- Paolo Barazon, trustee
- Jenna Butac, trustee
- Marco San Andres, trustee
Officer who is not a member of the Board of Trustees:
- Vera Gesite, auditor
[PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)[edit]
- Tomasz Ganicz (Polimerek), president
- Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom), vice-president
- Marek Stelmasik (Masti), treasurer
- Karol Głąb (Karol007), secretary
- Maciej Król (Maikking), board member
- Małgorzata Wilk (Maire), board member
- Wojciech Pędzich (Wpedzich), board member
[PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)[edit]
(elected on December 18, 2011 - until December 2013)
- Directory
- Manuel de Sousa, president
- Nuno Tavares, treasurer
- João Miguel Vasconcelos, secretary
- General Assembly
- Waldir Pimenta, president
- Susana Morais, secretary
- Lars Wessman, member
- Supervisory Board
- André Barbosa, president
- Eduardo Pinheiro, secretary
- Béria Lima, member
[RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)[edit]
- Branislav Jovanović
- Đorđe Stakić
- Filip Maljković, president
- Jelena Prodanović
- Marko Kalinić
- Miroslav Loci
[RU] Викимедиа РУ (Russia)[edit]
[SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)[edit]
- Mattias Blomgren, chairman
- Bengt Oberger, member
- Holger Motzkau, member
- Ylva Pettersson, member
- Kristina Berg, member
- Brit Stakston, member
- Karin Åström Iko, member
- Elza Dunkels, member
[TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)[edit]
See the Chatper page.
[UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)[edit]
Board elected in December 2015
- Yury Bulka
- Ilya Korniyko (acting Chair)
- Pavlo Lakiichuk
- Pavlo Sokhan
- Nataliia Tymkiv (acting ED)
- Oleh Yatsozhynskyi
- Olena Zakharian
Auditing Committee
[US-DC] Wikimedia District of Columbia (United States)[edit]
See Wikimedia DC's official list.
[US-NYC] Wikimedia New York City (United States)[edit]
See Wikimedia NYC's official list.
[UY] Wikimedia Uruguay (Uruguay)[edit]
- Rodrigo Barbano, president
- Mariana Fossatti, secretary
- Andrea Mazza, treasurer
- Gustavo Ginares, ordinary member
[VE] Wikimedia Venezuela (Venezuela)[edit]
- Oscar Costero, president
- Tomás Guardia, vice-president
- Ybsen Manuel Lucero, treasurer
- Kevin Landaeta, secretary
- Jin Kadaba, spokesperson
[ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)[edit]
- Douglas Scott, president
- Dumisani Ndubane, director
- Bobby Shabangu, director
- Deon Steyn, director
- Pria Chetty, director
Inter-chapter initiatives[edit]
- See also: Interchapter groups
Active:
- Chapters Council, a proposed central organization for chapters intended to promote coordination and accountability. See Wikimedia Chapters Association.
- Wikimedia Asia, a regional cooperation initiative for chapters and working groups in Asia and Australia.
- Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, an initiative in the European Union to have a clear and coherent position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement.
Ideas:
Mailing lists and wikis[edit]
Apart from public mailing lists (most notably Chapters-reports) and websites listed elsewhere, there are two main private channels for communication and coordination among chapters, which existing chapters must follow and participate in:
- Internal wiki[17] and Internal-l – Local Chapters, board and officers coordination: each chapter can subscribe an unlimited number of board members (as of 13th August 2010), with an e-mail to the list admin by the president; additional members can be subscribed following the usual procedure (endorsement by a subscribed person + consensus on wiki);
- Chapters wiki[18] and chapters mailinglist[19] for discussions and decisions among chapters: each chapter can subscribe unlimited board members (and some staffer) and an email by the president of the chapter to the list admins with the list of email addresses to add/remove is the usual process; there are also other lists for working groups, generally subsets of the previous one, apart some more open lists (e.g. GLAM).
[edit]
- 2014-07-27 Following a request for comments, Affiliations Committee publishes best practices guide for creation of Wikimedia movement affiliate logos.
- 2014-06-23 Affiliations Committee recommends Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees vote to recognize Wikimedia Belgium as a Wikimedia chapter.
- 2013-11-25 Recommendation to the Board to recognise Wikimedia Iceland as a chapter. The board decided not to do so.
- 2013-07-12 Based on advice provided by the Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Uruguay has been recognized as a chapter.
- Other news and archives...
See also[edit]
- Interorganizational relations among chapters: a summary of a long discussion on [[<tvar|>Special:MyLanguage/IRC</>|IRC]]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Is the chapter formally recognized as a Nonprofit organization under its nation's laws? "n/a" should be used if the country's laws do not recognize a nonprofit status.
- ↑ Letters Patent
- ↑ Applying for charitable status as well.
- ↑ A small no profit association doesn't require the formal approval. It's sufficient to follow the law and to have a bylaws compliant with to the law[1][2]. The tax exemption has been formally approved [3].
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
- ↑ All associations in Spain have Non profit status.
- ↑ Wikimédia Magyarország is a registered association at the Court and all registered associations are non-profit by definition in Hungary. Wikimédia Magyarország is recognized as "organization for the public benefit" status which means: transparency requirements, tax exemptions, tax deductibility etc.
- ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting.
- ↑ Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) is registered as a Non-profit Society vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District. However applications to tax-exemption for the society and its donors are still pending.
- ↑ At the founding team's request, the provisional approval was extended by the WMF executive director until April 2013.
- ↑ Officialy recognized as Wikimedia México A.C. (civic association) under Mexican laws since February 2013.
- ↑ There is no separate official non-profit status. However, we have been granted charity status (ANBI) by the tax office since January 2010, which, among other demands, requires that the organization is a non-profit by its bylaws and operates as a non-profit in practice. During 2012 we were busy to prepare the chapter for the CBF certificate for 'small charities'.
- ↑ Wikimedia Philippines is applying for NGO accreditation and donee institution status (charitable status).
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
- ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
- ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Serbia.
- ↑ internal.wikimedia.org
- ↑ chapters.wikimedia.ch
- ↑ https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/chapters