Delphine Ménard代表維基媒體基金會(Wikimedia Foundation)新成立的分會事務委員會(Chapters committee)發了一封電郵到[Wikipedia-l]，以簡介該委員會。以下是郵件的中譯。

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維基媒體基金會剛剛成立了一個專責處理有關地方分會事務的委員會，以下為這個委員會的概覽：

分會事務委員會[1]成立於2006年1月15日，是維基媒體基金會下屬的一個委員會[2]，負責代表基金會協調分會事務。它的職能包括：
* 作為諮詢角色，協助地方分會[3]的成立，並負責批淮通過分會的章程
* 作為分會與基金會的聯絡溝通橋樑
* 就基金會跟分會之間的協議進行協商，包括籌款、贊助及商標使用等
* 協調不同地方分會之間的溝通
* 一般來說就是在所有有關分會的事務上代表基金會的利益

有關分會事務委員會的更詳細介紹，可以到： http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee/Scope_and_area_of_delegation

委員會由以下五位成員所組成：
* Nathan Carter (m:User:Cartman02au)
* Łukasz Garczewski (m:User:TOR)
* Austin Hair (m:User:Austin) - 副主席
* Delphine Ménard (m:User:Notafish) - 主席
* Hari Prasad Nadig  (en:User:HPN)

以及兩位顧問：
* Arne Klempert (m:User:Akl)
* Andrew Lih (en:User:Fuzheado)

簡單來說，如果你不知道甚麼是地區分會、或想成立分會、或不明白分會可以做甚麼、或是想跟某個分會聯絡，請隨時找我們。你可以透過IRC上的#wikimedia-chapters頻道或電郵 (mailing chaptercommittee-l ＠ wikimedia ‧ org) 跟我們聯繫。如果用英語的話我們所有成員都看得懂，但你也可以嘗試用其他語言。

謝謝。

分會事務委員會
Delphine 代行

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_committees
[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Delphine Ménard <notafishz@gmail.com>
Date: May 24, 2006 5:12 PM
Subject: [Wikipedia-l] What is the chapters committee?
To: wikipedia-l@wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List < foundation-l@wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Translators < translators-l@wikimedia.org>

It's recently become clear to us, having met with chapter organizers
and talked with various members of the community, that the role of the
newly formed Chapters Committee is still not well-understood (or
well-known).  Here's an overview:

The Chapters Committee [1] is a Wikimedia committee [2] created on 15
January 2006 to coordinate Wikimedia Foundation efforts regarding
local chapters.  Its duties include:
* Facilitating the creation of Wikimedia chapters [3], acting in an
advisory capacity and responsible for granting final approval of
bylaws, etc.
* Acting as the Foundation's point of contact for chapters, and the
line of communication with chapters from within the Foundation.
* Negotiating agreements between the Foundation and chapters, as for
fundraising, sponsorship, and trademark use.
* Coordinating interchapter communication.
* Generally acting on behalf of the Foundation to serve its interests
in chapter matters.

A more complete overview of the work of the Chapters committee can be
found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee/Scope_and_area_of_delegation

The committee consists of five members:
* Nathan Carter (m:User:Cartman02au)
* Łukasz Garczewski (m:User:TOR)
* Austin Hair (m:User:Austin) - vice chair
* Delphine Ménard (m:User:Notafish) - chair
* Hari Prasad Nadig  (en:User:HPN)

And two advisers:
* Arne Klempert (m:User:Akl)
* Andrew Lih (en:User:Fuzheado)


In a word or in a hundred, if you don't know what a chapter is, if you
want to create a chapter, if you wonder what a chapter can do, if you
want to get in touch with a chapter, do not hesitate to contact us,
either on IRC in #wikimedia-chapters or by mailing chaptercommittee-l
AT wikimedia PUNTO org. English is preferred, so that all of us
understand, but we get by in Spanish, French, German, Polish, Kannada,
Italian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Chinese...and I think that's it.

Thank you,

Delphine
for the Chapters Committee

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_committees
[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters


PS. Could the translator-l addressees translate/forward this message
to their language list? Thank you!
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