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Wikimedia movement affiliates.svg
"Local chapter/s" redirects here. To see other possible uses, see Chapters, a disambiguation page.

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.

Existing chapters, both founded (dark blue) and approved (dark turquoise), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of 24 April 2014.

Contents

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
Icons-flag-am.png AM Wikimedia Armenia 2013-05-14 (2013-03-26) hy, en W: www.wikimedia.am
T: @wikimedia_am
F: WikimediaArmenia		 M: info at wikimedia.am yes 2013-12-10 16 2000 AMD (~5 USD)
Icons-flag-ar.png AR Wikimedia Argentina 2007-09-01
(2007-12-11)		 es, en W: wikimedia.org.ar/
T: @wikimedia_ar
F: WikimediaArgentina		 L: Wikimedia-AR M: correo at wikimedia.org.ar yes 2013-09-19 065~ full members ARS 100 (~USD 17)
adherents ARS 50 (~USD 8.5)
minors ARS 30 (~USD 5)
Icons-flag-at.png AT 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 at wikimedia.at
vorstand at wikimedia.at		 yes 2015-10-21 130~ 20 €
reduced 15 €
legal entities 100 €
sponsoring members 500€
Icons-flag-au.png AU 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 at wikimedia.org.au		 yes 2010-01-19 047 AU$20
AU$10 concession
Icons-flag-bd.png BD 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 at wikimedia.org.bd
U: Nahid Sultan		 yes 2011-05-24
Icons-flag-be.png BE 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 at wikimedia.org		 yes 2014-11-24 20~ 20 €
Icons-flag-ca.png CA Wikimedia Canada 2010-11-05
(2011-05-24)		 en, fr W: wikimedia.ca
T: @WikimediaCA
F: WikimediaCA		 G: wmca-public M: info at wikimedia.ca yes[2][3] 2011-06-05 040~ $10 CAD
Icons-flag-ch.png CH Wikimedia CH 2006-05-14 de, fr, it, rm, en W: wikimedia.ch
T: @WikimediaCH
F: Wikimedia CH		 L: WikimediaCH-l M: info at wikimedia.ch
I: #wikimedia-chconnect		 yes[4] 2013-02-06 486 CHF 50
Reduced: CHF 20
Sponsors: min. CHF 75
Legal entities: min. CHF 100
Icons-flag-cl.png CL Wikimedia Chile 2011-07-16 (2011-06-13) es, en W: wikimediachile.cl
T: @wikimedia_cl
F: Wikimedia Chile		 L: Wikimedia-CL M: contacto at wikimediachile.cl yes 2011-07-16 026 CLP 12,600 (USD 26.25)
Icons-flag-cz.png CZ 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 at wikimedia.org		 yes[5] 2012-01-26 039 CZK 200
reduced: CZK 100
Icons-flag-de.png DE Wikimedia Deutschland 2004-06-13 de (official),
en, it		 W: wikimedia.de
I: wikimediade
T: @wikimediade
F: WMDEeV		 L: VereinDE-l M: info at wikimedia.de
I: #wikimedia-deconnect		 yes 2015-05-10 ~20,000+ €24
reduced: €12
Min. fees, members may choose to pay more.
Icons-flag-dk.png DK 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
Icons-flag-ee.png EE Wikimedia Eesti 2010-07-25/
2010-10-06
(2010-08-31)		 et, en W: ee.wikimedia.org G: wikimedia-eesti M: wm-ee@wikimedia.org
U: Teele		 yes 2014-03-18 009 (founders), 033 (current) 5 €
Icons-flag-es.png ES Wikimedia España 2011-02-11
(2011-02-07)		 es, en W: wikimedia.es
I: wikimediaes
T: @wikimedia_es
F (group): Wikimedia España
F (page): Wikimedia España		 L: Wikimedia-Es (open list) I: #wikimedia-esconnect
M: info at wikimedia.org.es
O: Wikimedia España		 yes[6] 2013-10-6 100~ Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 15 €; Young Adults (16-18 yrs): free.
Icons-flag-fi.png FI Wikimedia Suomi 2009-06-14
(2009-09-21).		 fi (en) W: wikimedia.fi L: Wikimedia-FI I: #wikimedia-ficonnect
M: info at wikimedia.fi		  ? 2010-09-25 021 € 10
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-fr.png FR Wikimédia France 2004-10-23 fr (statuts) W: wikimedia.fr (blog)
I: wikimediafrance
T: @Wikimedia_Fr		 L: WikimediaFR-l I: #wikimedia-frconnect
M: contact at wikimedia.fr		 yes 2012-01-25 250 normal : 12 €
honorary : 100 €
Icons-flag-hk.png HK 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
$70 HKD (first year)
Icons-flag-hu.png HU Wikimédia Magyarország 2008-09-27
(2008-11-03)		 hu, en W: wikimedia.hu
F: WikimediaHU		 G: huwiki-egyesulet M: board at wikimedia.hu
U: Gábor Bihary (Executive Vice President)		 yes[7] 2015-03-21 042 2000 HUF (~6.5€, 7$)
Icons-flag-id.png ID 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 at wikimedia.or.id 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]
Icons-flag-il.png IL Wikimedia Israel 2007-07-15
(2007-03-06)		 he (legally binding), en W: wikimedia.org.il L: Wikimedia-IL M: mail at wikimedia.org.il yes 2012-01-11 035~ 20 ILS(~7 USD / 4 €)
Icons-flag-in.png IN 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 at wikimedia.in (chapter)
U: Yohann Thomas (M: yohannvt at wikimedia.in, Executive Committee member)
U: Ravishankar Ayyakkannu (M: ravidreams at wikimedia.in)		 yes[9] 2015-09-11 100~ 100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations)
Icons-flag-it.png IT Wikimedia Italia 2005-07-17 it, en W: wikimedia.it
I: wikimediaitalia
T: @WikimediaItalia		 M: info at wikimedia.it (info whatsoever)
M: associazione at wikimedia.it
U: Frieda (chair)
U: Marcok		 yes 2011-01-08 350~ 25 € (members removed after a year if they don't renew the subscription)
Icons-flag-mk.png MK 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
Icons-flag-mo.png MO Wikimedia Macau 2009-04-09
(2011-04-24)		 en (charter) W: Website
F: Wikimedia Macau		 M: info at wikimedia.org.mo  ? 2011-05-07
Icons-flag-mx.png MX 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.
Icons-flag-nl.png NL Wikimedia Nederland 2006-03-27
(2006-09-21)		 AoI, Bylaws (en/nl) W: wikimedia.nl
T: @wmnl		 L: WikimediaNL-l M: info at wikimedia.nl (general inquiries)
U: Grijz (chair)		 yes[12] 2013-01 200 € 24 recommended
(Members may choose less or more, min. € 12)
Icons-flag-no.png NO 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
Icons-flag-ph.png PH 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 at wikimedia.org.ph
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.
Icons-flag-pl.png PL 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 at wikimedia.pl		 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
Icons-flag-pt.png PT 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 at wikimedia.pt
O: Contacto		 yes[15] 2011-03-01 030~ 10€
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-rs.png RS Wikimedia Србије 2005-12-03 sr (copy), en W: rs.wikimedia.org L: WikimediaSR-l
L: Serbia-Internal-l (internal)		 M: info-rs at wikimedia.org
U: Dungodung		 n/a[16] 2011-09-24 080~ None
Icons-flag-ru.png RU 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 at wikimedia.ru
M: press at wikimedia.ru
U: Ctac
U: Dr Bug		 yes 2014-04-24 017 list Registration fee: 5000 RUB (~140 USD)
Membership fee: 1200 RUB (~33 USD)
Icons-flag-se.png SE Wikimedia Sverige 2007-10-20
(2007-12-11)		 sv, en W: wikimedia.se
T: @WikimediaSE
F: Wikimedia Sverige		 L: WikimediaSE-l M: info at wikimedia.se (info)
M: press at wikimedia.se (press)		 yes 2015-03-22 629 SEK 100 / EUR 10 / USD 15
Organisations: 1000 SEK
Icons-flag-tw.png TW 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 at wikimedia.tw
U: Ted Chien (chair)
U: Reke Wang (secretariat)		 yes 2015-01-24 030 TWD 1000 / ~USD 35
Icons-flag-ua.png UA Wikimedia Ukraine 2009-05-31
(2009-07-03)		 uk, en W: ua.wikimedia.org
F: Вікімедіа Україна		 L: WikimediaUA M: WikimediaUA
M: wm-ua at wikimedia.org		 yes 2014-08-22 064 list 50 UAH (3 €) min
Icons-flag-uk.png GB Wikimedia UK 2008-11-05
(2009-01-12)		 en W: wikimedia.org.uk
T: @wikimediauk
F: WikimediaUK		 L: WikimediaUK-l M: secretary at wikimedia.org.uk
U: MichaelMaggs		 Yes (UK charity) 2012-02-17 360~ GBP 5
Icons-flag-us.png US-DC Wikimedia District of Columbia 2011-05-07
(2011-09-12)		 en W: wikimediadc.org
T: @wikimediadc		 L: Wikimedia-DC I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect
M: info at wikidc.org
U: Harej		 yes 2014-01-11 071 USD 10
Icons-flag-us.png US-NYC 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 at wikimedia.org
U: Pharos		 yes 2012-05-14 035 USD 5
Icons-flag-uy.png UY 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)
Icons-flag-ve.png VE 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
U: Oscar (M: oscar at wikimedia.org.ve
U: Carlos (M: jewbask at wikimedia.org.ve)
U: Ybsen (M: ybsen at wikimedia.org.ve)		 yes 2014-11-14 ~15 254 Bs (~USD 5)
Icons-flag-za.png ZA 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
Icons-flag-bw.png BW 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
Icons-flag-by.png BY Wikimedia Belarus In discussion — Meta,
wikimedia.by		 wikimediaby ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be),
ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be)		 2010-05-29
Icons-flag-bg.png BG Wikimedians of Bulgaria In discussion — wikimedia.bg info-l See Wikimedians of Bulgaria 2014-04-18
Icons-flag-ci.png CI Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire Writing bylaws fr, en (drafts) Meta Wikimedia-CI Zenman (talk) 2014-06-30
Icons-flag-co.png CO Wikimedia Colombia Writing bylaws es,
en (untranslated)		 http://co.wikimedia.org/ — Baiji, Racso or #wikimedia-co 2012-04-04
Icons-flag-dz.png DZ Wikimedia Algeria In discussion to come Meta Vikoula5 2007-07
Icons-flag-eg.png EG Wikimedia Egypt Writing bylaws Proposed by-laws Wikimedia Egypt mail:wikimediaeg-l Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg 2009-03
Icons-flag-ge.png GE Wikimedia Georgia Development. ka http://wikimedia.ge/ — info at wikimedia.ge 2010-12-17
Icons-flag-gr.png GR Wikimedia Greece In discussion Research stage wikimedia.gr/wiki Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el 2011-06
Icons-flag-hr.png HR Wikimedija Hrvatske Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. hr, en SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr 2011-01-12
Icons-flag-ie.png IE Wikimedia Ireland In discussion — Wikimedia Ireland Community mail:wikimediaie wikimediaireland@gmail.com 2014-07-26
Icons-flag-in.png IN-DL Wikimedia Delhi City Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. — Meta Wikimedia-in-del Vibhijain 2011-06-05
Icons-flag-ir.png IR Wikimedia Iran In discussion — Meta — 2008-07-07
Icons-flag-kg.png KG Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan In discussion — Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan — Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky),
Maksat (en, ru, ky)		 2012-05-02
Icons-flag-kr.png KR Wikimedians of Korea / Korean Wikimedia Association ko (done) mail:wikimedia-kr the secretary-general of Korea Wikimedia Association
  • office at wikimedia.kr (mail to secretary-general)
 2015-07-18
Icons-flag-kz.png KZ Wikimedia Kazakhstan Reviewing bylaws with AffCom. No currently ongoing communication. en Ashina, Alash, Rauank 2012-08-05
Icons-flag-lt.png LT Wikimedia Lietuva Stopped at discussion phase — — none none 2009-12-10
Icons-flag-my.png MY Wikimedia Malaysia Early development Research stage Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta) — Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia 2009-01-12
Icons-flag-np.png NP 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
Icons-flag-ro.png RO Wikimedia România Early stages (planning) ro (drafts) wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) WikimediaRO-l IulianU or Razool 2005-09-26
Icons-flag-sa.png SA Wikimedia Saudi Arabia Early development — Wikimedia Saudi Arabia — Alrwaikm 2008-12-26
Icons-flag-sg.png SG Wikimedia Singapore Early development — Wikimedia Singapore Wikimedia-SG Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect 2011-04-27
Icons-flag-si.png SI 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
Icons-flag-tr.png TR Wikimedia Türkiye In discussion Early development Wikimedia Türkiye (on Meta),
tr.wikimedia.org		 wikimedia-tr #wikimedia-tr 2011-11-01
Flag of Cascadia.svg US-CAS Wikimedia Cascadia In discussion, drafting bylaws pending Meta wikimedia-cascadia Another Believer
Icons-flag-us.png US-MW Wikimedia Midwest US In discussion — Meta

#wikimedia-midwest

 — Varnent (talk) 2012-06-22
Flag of Texas.svg US-TX 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
Flag of California.svg US-CA Wikimedia California Inactive pending Meta wikimedia-california Geoff Plourde 2010-05-05
Icons-flag-us.png US-PA 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]

± Affiliations Committee portal

Affiliations Committee portal

Affiliate resources

Chapters

Thematic organisations

Wikimedia user groups

Internal documents

Other links

Contact us

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]

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 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.

In Africa[edit]

In Oceania[edit]

In South America[edit]

  • Wikimedia Ecuador – Recognized on September 18th as Wikimedians of Ecuador user group. Still calling for supporters.

In Central America[edit]

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]

Staff

[AT] Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)[edit]

Elected 2012-12-01.

[AU] Wikimedia Australia (Australia)[edit]

Committee (elected 11 October 2015):

[BD] Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)[edit]

[BE] Wikimedia Belgium (Belgium)[edit]

See wmbe:Board for an overview of the board positions within Wikimedia Belgium.

[CA] Wikimedia Canada (Canada)[edit]

[CH] Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)[edit]

[CL] Wikimedia Chile (Chile)[edit]

[CZ] Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)[edit]

Board and Audit committee elected in April 2015.

[DE] Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)[edit]

Elected on November 2014:

[DK] Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)[edit]

[EE] Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)[edit]

[ES] Wikimedia España (Spain)[edit]


[FI] Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)[edit]

Effective 2014-01-01.

[FR] Wikimédia France (France)[edit]

Conseil d’administration après son renouvellement partiel du 11 octobre 2014 :

  • Christophe Henner (Schiste), président,
  • Émeric Vallespi (ShreCk), vice-président,
  • Guillaume Goursat (GuillaumeG), trésorier,
  • Sébastien Beyou (Seb35), trésorier-adjoint,
  • Benoît Évellin (Trizek), secrétaire,
  • Pierre-Selim Huard, secrétaire-adjoint,
  • Jean-Frédéric Berthelot (Jean-Frédéric),
  • Alexis Marise Bique,
  • Léa Lacroix,
  • Samuel Le Goff,
  • Benoît Prieur.
Voir aussi : Courtes biographies des membres du Conseil d’administration

[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]

Elected: 2014-11-29.

[ID] Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)[edit]

The administrative board (2011-2012).

[IL] Wikimedia Israel (Israel)[edit]

[IN] Wikimedia India (India)[edit]

  • Dr. Ekbal Bappukunju
  • Jayanta Nath
  • Nikhil Kawale
  • Priyanka Tiwari
  • Sanket Oswal
  • Yohann Varun Thomas

For biographical summaries, please visit [<tvar|wmin-executive>http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimedia_India_Chapter_Executive_Committee_Members</> Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members]

[IT] Wikimedia Italia (Italy)[edit]

[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.

[MO] Wikimedia Macau (Hong Kong)[edit]

See this list in the official website (Traditional Chinese).

[MX] Wikimedia México (Mexico)[edit]

Updated 2014-03-01

[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


[<tvar|wmno-about>http://no.wikimedia.org/wiki/About_us</> Presentation in English]

[PH] Wikimedia Philippines (Philippines)[edit]

Officer who is not a member of the Board of Trustees:

[PL] Wikimedia Polska (Poland)[edit]

[PT] Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)[edit]

(elected on December 18, 2011 - until December 2013)

[RS] Викимедија Србије (Serbia)[edit]

[RU] Викимедиа РУ (Russia)[edit]

[SE] Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)[edit]

  • Mattias Blomgren, chairman
  • Bengt Oberger, member
  • Holger Motzkau, treasurer
  • Ylva Pettersson, member
  • Kristina Berg, member
  • Harald Andersson, member
  • Maria Arneng, member
  • Brit Stakston, member
  • Karin Åström Iko, member

[TW] Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)[edit]

See the Chatper page.

[UA] Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)[edit]

Board elected in December 2014

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]

[ZA] Wikimedia South Africa (South Africa)[edit]

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).

Wikimedia chapters related news and announcements[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Letters Patent
  3. ↑ Applying for charitable status as well.
  4. ↑ 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].
  5. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
  6. ↑ All associations in Spain have Non profit status.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ At the founding team's request, the provisional approval was extended by the WMF executive director until April 2013.
  11. ↑ Officialy recognized as Wikimedia México A.C. (civic association) under Mexican laws since February 2013.
  12. ↑ 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'.
  13. ↑ Wikimedia Philippines is applying for NGO accreditation and donee institution status (charitable status).
  14. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
  15. ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
  16. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Serbia.
  17. ↑ internal.wikimedia.org
  18. ↑ chapters.wikimedia.ch
  19. ↑ https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/chapters
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