Congratulations South Korea !
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 12:57, Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopetzky(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Congrats Korea! :-)
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 05:17, Roman Bustria Jr. <bustrias(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
In behalf of the East, Southeast Asia and the
Pacific Regional
Cooperation
(ESEAP) we would like to extend our
congratulations to our member country
for being elevated as a fully recognized chapter!
We are looking forward to our future regional meeting and collaboration!
Kind regards,
Butch
Philippines
Note: ESEAP is a regional collaborative composed of affiliates Wikimedia
Indonesia, Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Korea,
Wikimedians in Thailand, Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group,
Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia, Wikimedia User Group China,
Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong, and Vietnam Wikimedians.
Membership also include Wikimedia communities and nationalities of
Brunei,
Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar,
New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Singapore, and Timor Leste (East Timor).
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 6:11 AM María Sefidari <msefidari(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am happy to share that earlier this year, the Wikimedia Foundation
Board
> of Trustees approved our newest Wikimedia chapter - Wikimedia Korea!
>
> For more information about our newest Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia
Korea,
please
see the announcement on the Wikimedia Foundation website:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/23/wikimedia-korea-new-chapter-affi…
>
> I want to congratulate the new chapter and recognize their commitment,
> efforts, and time involved in moving through the chapter recognition
> process over the past year. From their work building partnerships with
> universities, to supporting and training new editors in South Korea, we
> look forward to seeing the impactful work from our community members in
> South Korea as they advance in their new affiliate role.
>
> As many of you know, this is our first chapter approval in several
years
-
since the newest Wikimedia affiliate approval
processes were put in
place.
> This marks a new moment in the history of our Wikimedia movement
> affiliates. The Board appreciates the amazing work coming from these
user
> groups around the world, and is inspired to
see how far some of these
> groups have come in terms of their impact both on our movement and
their
> local communities. Indeed, we should all be
proud of the impact our
> affiliates continue to have on our projects, our vision, and the world
> around us.
>
> Any affiliate interested in becoming a chapter or thematic organization
> must have at least two years of activities and experience as a user
group
> before applying. Please check out the user
group creation guide to get
a
user
group started - it is meant to be very easy:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Creation_guide
You can find a lot more information about our movement affiliates model
on
Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models
>
> You may also reach out to the Affiliations Committee with questions or
to
> begin the approval process for your group:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee
> Please join me in congratulating Wikimedia Korea for this important
> achievement and thanking the members of the Affiliations Committee and
> Wikimedia Foundation staff who supported and worked with them during
this
long
process.
Kind regards,
María
--
María Sefidari Huici
Chair of the Board
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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