[Wikimedia-l] Approval of Wikimedians of Nepal user group

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Nepali Wikimedians!!

Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy)
Wikimedia Bangladesh
On May 30, 2013 11:12 PM, "Deryck Chan" <deryckchan at wikimedia.hk> wrote:

> Congratulations Ganesh and the Nepal team! Are there plans to move on and
> transition to an incorporated Wikimedia chapter?
> Deryck
>
> On 30 May 2013 17:32, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am happy to inform you that the Affiliations Committee has approved the
> > recognition of a Wikimedia User Group today:  Wikimedians of Nepal.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming this new group into the fold of Wikimedia
> > entities, and let's celebrate their success and hard work as Wikipedia
> > turns eleven in Nepal!
> >
> > == Wikimedians of Nepal ==
> >
> > Wikimedians of Nepal <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nepal>
> is a
> > group of enthusiastic Nepali Wikimedians working towards developing and
> > promoting Wikimedia projects in Nepal. They've been actively working to
> > help expand the community, launch projects in more languages of Nepal and
> > promote and support the existing ones.
> >
> > The group is working towards chapterhood, and have a good chance of
> > attaining that status this year. Granting them user group recognition
> > allows the movement to express its appreciation for their hard work even
> > while they are working on the bureaucratic aspects of meeting the
> > requirements of chapterhood. The timing is fortuitous  in that the group
> is
> > going to mark the 11th anniversary of Wikipedia in a Nepali language on 3
> > June, next Monday.
> >
> > Ganesh, the group's interim president has been invited to this year's
> Milan
> > conference, where he gave a comprehensive overview of the group's
> history,
> > its projects (including a successful 'wikiwomen" programme) and its
> > ambitions. The slides are at:
> > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/WMNepal_WMC_2013.pdf
> >
> > The Affiliations Committee's
> > recognition<
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Nepal_-_May_2013
> > >is
> > valid until 28 May 2014, or until they are recognized as a chapter.
> >
> >
> > == Wikimedia User Groups ==
> >
> > Wikimedia User Groups are one of the three new types of affiliations
> > created last year to empower volunteers wanting to conduct offline work
> and
> > provide them recognition from the Wikimedia movement.
> >
> > User group status is meant to be an easy form of affiliation, where the
> > main requirements are an agreed goal, plans for offline work, at least
> > three people participating and a public wiki page with all the relevant
> > information).
> >
> > Under the movement roles
> > recommendations<
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/User_Groups>
> > , user groups are to be recognized in a quick and easy process directly
> by
> > the Affiliations Committee, for a fixed, renewable time-period and they
> are
> > to enjoy limited trademark use and simplified access to grants.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bence Damokos
> > Chair, Affiliatons Committee
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