[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

[Nurunnaby Chowdhury]

wow..good..congratulations!


On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Jane Darnell <jane023 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats to the Catalan army! I became a fan during the Teylers
> project last year and have noticed since then that they are
> particularly good at GLAM projects. I think part of their success is
> based on their ca-wikipedia though, because European countries without
> a specific language-pedia never seem to get chapter-ish workgroups off
> the ground (I am thinking here of the be and lux of Benelux).
>
> I certainly hope the themed framework will change this!
> Jane
>
> 2013/6/7, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>:
> > Agreed with what others have said - this is great news!
> >
> > Many of us know what a longstanding issue this has been - how to
> recognise
> > and support the excellent work of the Catalan community in a way that
> fits
> > within our structures.
> > There have been many years of sometimes controversial debates about the
> > role of Chapters etc. that have revolved around this as a case-in-point.
> > So, I'm pleased to see that we now have a way of formally recogising
> > Amicalthat is supportive of their work but also recognises the
> > different
> > circumstances of their situation.
> >
> > I look forward to seeing how the Thematic Organisations system will grow
> > and also to seeing how we can develop the range of ways that individuals
> > and groups can be recognised without it being a zero-sum-game.
> >
> > All in all, excellent news :-)
> >
> > -Liam
> >
> > wittylama.com
> > Peace, love & metadata
> >
> >
> > On 7 June 2013 13:09, David Cuenca <dacuetu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Finally! It took us some years but I'm glad that it definitely happened!
> >> :)
> >>
> >> Congratulations to everyone that made it possible, and I hope the great
> >> work done in Catalonia extends to Valencia too :)
> >>
> >> Micru
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > The WMF Board has recognized Amical Wikimedia as the first Wikimedia
> >> > Thematic Organization.  Please join me in celebrating their work and
> >> > success!
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Resolutions/Recognition_of_Amical_Wikimedia
> >> >
> >> > This group was founded in 2008 as Associació Amical Viquipèdia,
> >> > focused on Catalan language and culture. You may know them from the
> >> > regular reports they have published to this list and to Meta for
> >> > years.  They have organized dozens of successful cultural projects,
> >> > including public events, research, GLAM initiatives, and content
> >> > liberation.
> >> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia#Activities
> >> >
> >> > After first applying to become a chapter four years ago, Amical
> >> > members later helped the Movement Roles working group develop new
> >> > models for affiliation, and were the first to apply to be a thematic
> >> > organization. Gomà and Arnaugir, the founder and current chair of
> >> > Amical, attended the Milan conference and shared their projects and
> >> > their future plans.  An in-person meeting there helped to resolve the
> >> > remaining bureaucratic steps in the process of becoming a thematic
> >> > organization.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you to everyone from AffCom and Amical who have been involved
> >> > throughout this process, particularly Bence and Bishakha for their
> >> > guidance since the first movement roles discussions, and Gomà and
> >> > María for their facilitation.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Sam, on behalf of the Board
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > == About Thematic Organizations ==
> >> > Thematic Organizations are one of the new affiliation models created
> >> > last year, to recognize organizations that have consistently done
> >> > interesting work with partners and in outreach, both online and
> >> > offline.  They are meant to be well-established and persistent
> >> > organizations, focused on a common theme.
> >> >
> >> > The review and approval process for Thematic Organizations is similar
> >> > to that for chapters.  A list of groups considering becoming thematic
> >> > orgs can be found on Meta.
> >> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Thematic_organizations
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/Thematic_Organizations
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Samuel Klein          w:user:sj          @metasj          +1 617 529
> >> 4266
> >> >
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