Yes, Wikimedia Australia is in the process of forming their own chapter. I have also noticed that almost all (if not all) other chapters have membership fees, so it might be a good idea for WMC to do the same.
For reference, this a list of chapters with links to their membership fees pages: * Wikimedia Argentina: http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/wiki/Cuota_Social * Wikimédia France: http://www.wikimedia.fr/wiki/Devenir_membre#Montants * Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany): http://www.wikimedia.de/satzung/beitragsordnung/ * Wikimedia Israel: ? * Wikimedia Italia (Italy): http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/Subscriptions#Associative_fees * Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands): http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aanmelding_lidmaatschap * Wikimedia Polska (Poland): http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sk%C5%82adki (?) * Wikimedia Србије (Serbia): ? * Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden): http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Sverige#Membership * Wikimedia CH (Switzerland): http://www.wikimedia.ch/Mitgliederbeitrag * 中華民國維基媒體協會 (Taiwan): http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/%E7%AB%A0%E7%A8%8B/EN#Articl... * Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom): http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/membership
If we do opt to have a membership fee, we should probably base it off of the other chapters.
On Feb 3, 2008 8:18 PM, Alan Walker fastalan@gmail.com wrote:
In a cursory search on Meta, I found an active Wikimedia Australia project. I note their bylaw draft includes a $40.00 annual membership fee. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/Draft_Rules_for_Wikimedia...]
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