As the chapter status of Wikimedia Hong Kong has come to an end, I would
like to thank the volunteers at Wikimedia Hong Kong for their incredible
work over the past years. It is easy to start discussions about the
validity of the decision, or to play a blame game - but lets at least agree
some pretty cool stuff has been done over the past years.
Most of us will remember the Wikimania conference that was organized in
Hong Kong in 2013 - an amazing conference with an incredible amount of
volunteers that were collected from all over society to help welcome these
Wikipedians. Especially in their earliest years, I believe that Wikimedia
HK was active in supporting other Asian chapters to collaborate better and
grow.
Thank you, Wikimedians from Hong Kong, for your service! You have helped
the Wikimedia movement in Hong Kong a lot over the past years, and I hope
that we will still hear a lot from you in this new phase. The end of the
organization will hopefully not mean the end of your impactful work.
Best,
Lodewijk
2017-02-08 12:48 GMT+01:00 Wong Rover <rover(a)wikimedia.hk>hk>:
Hi all,
On behalf of WMHK, I would like to say something.
Some may think it is pity that WMHK has been de-recognized. But the board
of WMHK has actually already decided to disband the chapter.
Although WMHK will cease to exist, I still hope the other chapters will
continue to try their best in the Wikimedia movement.
Regards,
Rover Wong
the last president of Wikimedia Hong Kong
2017年2月8日 下午7:10 於 "James Heilman" <jmh649(a)gmail.com> 寫道：
Thanks Kirill
In my opinion this is reasonable. We need to have criteria for what
affiliation with the movement means and what it requires from those
affiliated. If the requirements are consistently not met than removing
official affiliation until it is is simply common practice.
James
On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Recognition as a Wikimedia movement affiliate — a chapter, thematic
> organization, or user group — is a privilege that allows an independent
> group to officially use the Wikimedia trademarks to further the
Wikimedia
mission.
While most 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
movement
affiliate
does not meet basic compliance standards and their continued
recognition as a Wikimedia movement affiliate presents a risk to the
Wikimedia movement.
On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Hong Kong was notified of their
suspension
as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing
non-compliance with
reporting
requirements, and 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 1, 2016, and
was
> consequently notified that they would no longer be recognized as a
> Wikimedia chapter after the termination of their Chapter Agreement on
> February 1, 2017.
>
> If you have questions about what this means for the community members
in
Wikimedia
Hong Kong’s geographic area or language scope, we have put
together a very basic FAQ, which may be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_
affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ
.
Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Vice-Chair, Affiliations Committee
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