Yes, Wikimedia CH is formally established.

I'm happy and I'm also curious to check its evolution. Wikimedia CH, at moment, is the only multi-linguistic Wikimedia (I hope don't make a mistake) and I would follow its evolution and to verify if this difference could be a "plus" and not a division (I hope passionately).

Wikipedia is based, following its nature, on division by languages. Surely there are users who offer their contributes to different wikipedias, but in any case any wikipedia is a different community with different rules, different goals, different outlook. Wikimedia CH is trying to harmonize its three culture (or four or five including alemmanisch and rumantsch), this is a challenge. In the first meeting we used four languages to communicate (german, english, french and italian), the Olten's "BahnhofBuffet" seemed to be the "BabelBuffet", but the most important thing is that there was a communication.

I hope for the future :) ...in any case we started pursuing this aim having at least a member for each three main languages in the board.

Best Regards

Ilario Valdelli http://www.wikimedia.ch

-- Messaggio originale -- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 21:13:11 +0200 From: "Michael Bimmler" mbimmler@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" foundation-l@wikimedia.org, "Chapters committee list" chaptercommittee-l@wikimedia.org, "Mailing list for Wikimedia CH" wikimediach-l@wikipedia.org, "wikimediach-l-owner@wikipedia.org" wikimediach-l-owner@wikipedia.org, board@wikimedia.org, "Mailingliste der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia" wikide-l@wikipedia.org, "Mailing list per Wikipedia in italiano" wikiit-l@wikipedia.org, "Liste de diffusion de la Wikipédia francophone" wikifr-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia CH formally established Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org

Hello, This (May 14th) afternoon, Wikimedia CH has been officially established at a meeting with 12 people present at Olten. The legally binding record of the Founding Assembly will follow but I'll already enclose some information:

The board of Wikimedia CH:

As president:

Ilario Valdelli (president, representative of Ticino)

As members:

Frédéric Schutz (representative of Romandie) Robin Schwab Christian Seidl Rupert Thurner Jürg Wolf Michael Bimmler (secretary/members affairs)

The board will formally distribute the ressorts at it's first meeting.

As auditors (not part of the board): Jürg Studer Patrick Kenel

Ad hoc elected Press speaker For german-speaking part of Switzerland: Nando Stöcklin For french-speaking part of Switzerland (Romandie): Frédéric Schütz For italian-speaking part of Switzerland: Ilario Valdelli

Official contact adress: Wikimedia CH 8008 Zürich info at wikimedia dot ch www.wikimedia.ch

A press release will be distributed tomorrow.

Wikimedia CH's first event will be Swiss Wikipedia Day 2006 in Zürich (ETH Zürich), more information is to follow.

-- Regards Michael Bimmler

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This (May 14th) afternoon, Wikimedia CH has been officially established at a meeting with 12 people present at Olten. The legally binding record of the Founding Assembly will follow but I'll already enclose some information:

Congratulations!

Nicolas

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