FYI
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From: Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:07 PM Subject: WCA: Invitation
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**** The Wikimedia Chapters Association - an invitation to all Wikimedia chapters ****
For several years, Wikimedians thought of an international non-governmental organization combining the Wikimedia chapters: to support each other and to represent them. In March 2012, more than 25 chapters signed in Berlin the 'Berlin Agreement'. They declared their interest to join the new Wikimedia Chapters Association (WCA) based on a Charter published in Berlin.
On July 11th, 2012, the WCA had its first Council meeting. 18 Wikimedia chapters had joined so far; two more did so shortly after in person. The list of the current member chapters of the WCA you can see here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Membership
Some Wikimedia chapters that have signed the Berlin Agreement did not join until now, or they did not appoint a Council Member to confirm that. Other chapters were not represented in Berlin but would like to join and support the WCA.
If your chapter has not joined yet, please consider it. There is no contribution, and a member chapter can appoint a WCA Council Member. (Note that only official Wikimedia chapters can join, not organizations that are still not recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation.)
Your chapter can join by a paper letter, or a scanned letter in PDF form sent by e-mail, to the Chair of the WCA Council: faenwp@gmail.com. It should be signed by two of your board members, declare that your chapter wants to join and name a person to be Council Member.
On a Meta Wiki page, we provide information about the WCA, now also with a "Frequently Asked Questions" section: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association
The more chapters join, the better the WCA can represent the chapters. Please watch our Meta Wiki page and think with us about how to support the WCA and the Wikimedia chapters in general.
Ashley van Haeften, Chair of the Council Ziko van Dijk, Deputy Chair of the Council