Congrats Pavan and may you have a blessed Ugadi festival. 

Belinda Mbambo Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications  Wikimedia Foundation

On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 6:40 AM pavan santhosh <pavansanthosh.s@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaskaram/నమస్కారం,

As a Telugu Wikimedian, I'm delighted to see our user group get recognition as an affiliate. We submitted our application to AffCom in August 2022, and since then, the Telugu Wikimedia Community has made remarkable leaps in defining its strategic direction. On this occasion, I'd like to share some insights into our work in this area.

Our community, the Telugu Wikimedia Community, organized a community-wide conference. This event, enriched by studies, discussions, and consultations, focused on assessing the quality and status of our projects, as well as identifying the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead. These efforts resulted in a strategic document that now guides the Telugu Wikimedia Community's initiatives. The user group has enthusiastically begun to undertake activities and projects aligned with this strategic direction.

For those interested, you can read our strategy and the journey to its formation here.

Incidentally, this announcement comes just days before the Ugadi Festival, "Telugu New Year," which is a significant festival in Telugu culture, lending an even sweeter note to this news.

Best regards,

Pavan Santhosh,

Member, Telugu Wikimedians User Group.

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 10:42 PM Affiliations Committee <affcom@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] Telugu Wikimedians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to to grow and promote Telugu language in Wikimedia Projects including supporting Telugu Wikimedia communities in India.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
Jeffrey Keefer
Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition of Telugu Wikimedians User Group
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