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

Thu May 30 18:40:24 UTC 2013

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2013/5/30 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh a nhasive.com>

> Congratulations Nepal team!
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Ivan Martínez <galaver a gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Welcome to board, friends.
> > I know it has not been easy for Ganesh and to the Nepal team.
> > Congrats!
> >
> >
> > 2013/5/30 Tonmoy Khan <tonmoy.du a gmail.com>
> >
> > > Congratulations to Nepali Wikimedians!!
> > >
> > > Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy)
> > > Wikimedia Bangladesh
> > > On May 30, 2013 11:12 PM, "Deryck Chan" <deryckchan a 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 a 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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