is going strong and
actively working in the region, they continue to do so with support. I
think care should be taken with such negative notices to ensure we dont
damage the existing and ongoing positive activities with a notice thats
focusing on an unrelated issue.
On 24 April 2017 at 06:05, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have a request and/or question. I've got the
idea from "Incident report".
When things don't go as planned in servers, we write an incident report and
try to learn from lapses happened. Now my question is. Has something
similar done for chapters that get de-recognized? Do you want to talk to
volunteers in those chapters and investigate why this happened so other
chapters can learn and fix mistakes early on? Sometimes it's outside our
control (for example socioeconomic situation in a country can contribute to
amount of activities in the chapter) but maybe there are issues in the
governance of the chapter that can lead to such cases.
I know AffCom members are volunteers and this might be too much for a group
of volunteers which have already a lot on their plate. Just for
consideration.
Thanks and keep the great work up.
Best
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 7:20 PM Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Itzik has put it nicely. The volunteers in Affcom
are committed folks,
and it is reassuring that multiple steps are taken to encourage
struggling affiliates to meet the basic requirements.
Running a chapter is a hard burden for a small group of volunteers,
particularly if relying on volunteers to produce monthly reports and
run accounts. There no shame it letting it go if not enough volunteers
want to take this on.
For those involved who may feel discouraged, I recommend keeping an
social group running, even on a very informal and ad hoc way. Later,
it may be worth considering the benefits of recognizing a small
society as an affiliate User Group, where the administrative
requirements are very small indeed. In fact it can be rather nice not
to have to worry about holding money, running accounts or even
managing memberships, none of this being a firm requirement. The
reporting is just 'logging' of related events and projects, the sorts
of things small societies want to do for ourselves, yet gives you the
modest benefit of being able to use "Wikimedia" as a brand and logo
for events.
Thanks,
Fae
Wikimedia LGBT+
On 23 April 2017 at 09:14, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
<itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
> Thank you Maor for the update.
>
> We usually love to see our movement expend and welcome recognition of
new
> organizations, but I strongly believe that
we continuously need to
check
and
evaluate our current organizations.
Our brand, name and reputation are part of our core assets - and while
it's
> not an easy step, I appreciate Affcom efforts not only to recognize new
> ones but also to de-recognize organizations that are not longer active
or
> non-compliance with our movement
requirements.
>
> Few weeks ago in Berlin we had a first meeting to start discuses what
is
a
"movement accountability" and how we
evaluate organizations who operate
outside of the FDC process and I believe Affcom have a significant part
in
> it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> |
http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the
sum of
all knowledge. That's our commitment!
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com> wrote:
> *
>
> Dear all,
>
> *
>
> **
>
> *Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter, thematic
organization,
> or user group - allows an independent group
to officially use the
Wikimedia
> name to further the Wikimedia mission, with
certain duties and
> responsibilities. While most Wikimedia affiliates adhere to the basic
> compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia
> Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the exceptional
cases
> when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet
minimum compliance standards
and
>> their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a risk
to
the
>> Wikimedia movement.*
>>
>> *
>>
>> On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was notified of their
>> suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing and serious
>> governance issues, as well as non-compliance with reporting
requirements
> which
go as back as 2014, has been sent multiple warnings regarding
them,
>> and on the date mentioned above, was provided with an explicit list
of
>> tasks and deadlines in order to return
to compliance with their
chapter
>> agreement. The chapter failed to
complete these tasks by the deadline
of
>
November 28, 2016, and was consequently notified that they would no
longer
> be recognized as a Wikimedia chapter after
the termination of their
Chapter
> Agreement on March 1, 2017. It is important
to make clear that the
> Affiliations Committee will continue to support other organized
Wikimedia
>> communities and their activities in the Philippines.
>>
>> If you have questions about what this means for the community members
in
>> their region or language areas, we have
put together a very basic FAQ,
>> which may be found
at<https://meta.wikimedia.org/
>> wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ>https:/
>> /meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/
>> Affiliate_derecognition_FAQ.*
>>
>>
>> --
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wayuukanairua
>> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale
etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
junain."
> Maor
Malul
> Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve
> <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
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