Dear Affcom, Tanvir, and Asaf,
We answered Affcom's last question to us about the proposed Cascadia
Wikimedians group on August 7th, over a month ago. I have attempted to
contact Affcom a number of times to check on the status of our application,
but the last information that I received was on August 17th, which was over
3 weeks ago. We have projects that we want to do but we are waiting for
Affcom approval before we launch them. This is a busy time of year here in
Cascadia and I feel it is important that we get ourselves launched as soon
as possible. We had anticipated receiving approval from you before now. We
would appreciate an update about when we can expect to hear from you about
the status of our application.
Also, are we allowed to set up social media accounts using the Cascadia
Wikimedians name while we wait for your approval? We would like to use
social media to recruit and coordinate for our events, and I have heard
that other thematic organizations have done this prior to receiving
recognition from Affcom.
My understanding is that user groups are intended by the WMF Board to be
lightweight and easy to set up. The amount of time that this approval
process is taking is problematic for us here in Cascadia, and the lack of
communication and a clear timeframe for approval are also making it
difficult for us to have the impact that we would like to have.
Thank you,
Pine
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