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

Thu May 30 18:53:04 UTC 2013

Congratulations!!!

*Osmar Valdebenito G.*
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A. C. Wikimedia Argentina

2013/5/30 Arnau Duran <arnauduran at gmail.com>

> Congratulations guys! wish you all the success!
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> 2013/5/30 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh at nhasive.com>
>
> > Congratulations Nepal team!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Ivan Martínez <galaver at 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 at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > 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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