Hello everyone,

at Wikimania, we set the ground for a new MediaWiki User Group called "Wiki Co-op". It's aim is to advocate the needs of all users of MediaWiki. It especially targets use of MediaWiki outside the Wikimedia Foundation [1].

There will be an online meeting on Friday, 22th August, at 6pm UTC. Communication channels can be found on the Wiki Co-op page [1]. The purpose of this meeting will be to finalize the mission statement so that we can request recognition from the Affiliations Committee.

Anyone who is interested in participating in this group is invited to join the meeting (and, of course, the group). If you have other comments and feedback, please feel free to share on the group's discussion page [1].

Best, Markus (mglaser) and Mark (hexmode)

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals/Wiki_Co-op [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Groups/Proposals/Wiki_Co-op