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'''Cascadia Wikimedians User Group''', an independent group of Wikimedians,''' '''is the [[Wikimedia user groups|user group]] which serves as the regional affiliate for the [[w:Cascadia (region)|Cascadia]] region of North America, including the [[w:Northwestern United States|Northwestern United States]] ([[w:Oregon|Oregon]] and [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]], also known as the [[w:Pacific Northwest|Pacific Northwest]]) and [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]]. Its mission is to support Cascadian Wikimedians in their Wikimedia-related endeavors and to partner with local organizations in their use of Wikimedia projects. 

When this organization matures to the point where it achieves [[Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapter]] status, it will likely change its name to '''Wikimedia Cascadia'''.

==Cascadia==
[[File:Cascadia map2.svg|thumb|right|Cascadia region]]

"Cascadia" is a term describing the {{w|Cascadia (bioregion)|bioregion}} surrounding the {{w|Cascade Range}}. The region politically centers on the cities {{w|Vancouver}}, {{w|Seattle}} and {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}}, which are geographically proximate and each have city populations of about 600,000 and metropolitan area populations of more than two million. Cascadia also refers to the {{w|Cascadia (independence movement)|social movement to promote cultural independence}} for people in the region. Cascadia Wikimedians is not affiliated with the independence movement but does share the common goal of promoting local culture.

==What does this organization do that independent volunteers cannot?==
Independent volunteers can handle most Wikimedia projects, including the coordination of many events and outreach efforts. However, at the point when projects become so complicated that participants in them begin to consider a long-term, invested effort to make the project successful, the participants expect the professionalism and stability that comes with an organization rather than with only unaffiliated, independent volunteers. In such cases, Cascadia Wikimedians accepts proposals for collaboration so that Wikimedia users can have the backing and support of an organization when they conduct their Wikimedia outreach efforts. This makes the local Wikimedia community participants feel supported, the outreach audience feel more confident, and gives the international network of Wikimedia project participants a communication channel with the region so that they can have a stake in the major projects there.

==Events and meetups==
{{Main|Cascadia Wikimedians/Events}}
[[File:Wiki_Loves_Libraries_(Vancouver,_Washington).jpg|thumb|right|Wikimedians participating in Wiki Loves Libraries in Vancouver, Washington in 2013]]
[[File:Edit-a-thon_overview_by_Ellis_Christopher.jpg|thumb|right|Edit-a-thon in Portland (2013)]]
[[File:Seattle Wiknic 2016 group photo.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Seattle Wiknic 2016|Seattle Wiknic (2016)]]
[[File:Editing as Activism edit-a-thon at UW Bothell, 2017-02-23 — 05.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Editing as Activism edit-a-thon at UW Bothell, 2017|Editing as Activism edit-a-thon @UW Bothell, 2017]]

Do you want to learn about Wikipedia? Certainly you can learn by visiting the website, but perhaps you would like to meet a Wikipedian and get an in-person tour of the site! Are you a Wikipedian who wants a collaboration partner? Why not meet other Wikipedians near you and start working together?

Wikimedia Cascadia organizes and promotes {{w|Wikipedia:Meetup|meetups}} so that Wikipedians can have conversations with each other in person. There are many different kinds of meetups: [[outreach:GLAM/Model_projects/GLAM_events#Backstage_Pass|backstage passes]], conferences, [[outreach:edit-a-thon|edit-athons]], social events, talks, {{w|Unconferences|unconferences}}, etc. 

The following are the Wikipedia meetups pages for active cities in the Cascadia region:
*{{w|Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle|Seattle}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver, Washington}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland|Portland}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:Meetup/Eugene|Eugene}}

With hundreds of thousands of contributors and millions of readers around the world, Wikipedia offers plenty to discuss and do. In addition to organizing meetups, multiple campaigns are organized by Wikipedians in the United States each year, providing many opportunities for local interaction. Examples include {{w|Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day|Wikipedia Day}}, the {{w|Wikipedia:Wiknic|Great American Wiknic}}, {{w|Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America|Wikipedia Takes America}} and {{w|Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries|Wikipedia Loves Libraries}}.

Visit Cascadia Wikimedians' '''[[Cascadia Wikimedians/Events by type|Events by type]]''' page for additional information about these campaigns.

===Meetups by other friendly organizations===
Other grassroots community organizations which host regular public meetups are listed below. While Wikipedia is not a focus of these organizations, these organizations promote online activism and education and have compatible values to Cascadia Wikimedians. They also have Wikipedia supporters at their meetings. All of them give presentations which are accessible to people without professional background in any particular field.

*[http://cascadianow.org/ Cascadia Now!], in Seattle and Portland, promoting regional culture
*[https://www.nwabr.org/events-programs/community-events/community-conversation-series Northwest Association of Biomedical Researchers], in Seattle, promoting conversation between biomedical scientists and the public
*[http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge] in Portland, an annual conference about open source software and online culture
*[http://www.scienceontap.org/ Science on Tap] in Seattle, a monthly meetup at a bar with a scientist presenter
*[http://seattle.infocamp.org/ Seattle Infocamp]{{dead link}} in Seattle, an annual conference about online information
*[https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-seattle Seattle Tech Activism 3rd Mondays] (TA3M), meeting to discuss online activism as participants like

=== Mailing lists and social media ===
* '''Mailing list''': https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
* '''Facebook''': fbl.me/cascadiawiki
* '''Twitter''': @cascadiawiki
* '''Google+''': gplus.to/cascadiawiki
* '''LinkedIn''': linkd.in/1BFUwi7

==Supported WikiProjects==
===Regional===
*{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia|WikiProject British Columbia}}
**{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver|WikiProject Vancouver}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington|WikiProject Washington}}
**{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Seattle|WikiProject Seattle}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana|WikiProject Montana}}
*{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon|WikiProject Oregon}}
**{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject UO Weaving Women Into Wikipedia|WikiProject UO Weaving Women Into Wikipedia}}

===Thematic===
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer|WikiProject Beer}}''' – Cascadia has a large concentration of breweries
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Cannabis|WikiProject Cannabis}}''' – [[w:California|California]], [[w:Oregon|Oregon]], [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]] comprise the world's largest region where farmers may legally produce and distribute {{w|cannabis}}
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject_Food_and_drink/Beverages_Task_Force/Coffee_and_Tea_task_force|Coffee and Tea task force}}''' of {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink|WikiProject Food and drink}} – {{w|coffee culture}} has a strong presence throughout Cascadia; major brands and retailers based in the region include {{w|Blenz Coffee}}, {{w|Caffé Vita Coffee Roasting Company}}, {{w|Peet's Coffee & Tea}}, {{w|Salt Spring Coffee Co.}}, {{w|Seattle's Best Coffee}}, {{w|Starbucks}}, {{w|Stumptown Coffee Roasters}} and {{w|Tully's Coffee}}
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:Communicate OER|Communicate OER}}''' – funded by an initiative of the San Francisco Bay Area's {{w|William and Flora Hewlett Foundation}}, Communicate OER is an effort to encourage anyone to produce any kind of {{w|open educational resources}}
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Globalization|WikiProject Globalization}}''' – relevant to this region are subjects such as global communications, global education, global health, global philanthropy, global trade, and global transportation. Related projects include the {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject_Transport/Maritime_transport_task_force|Maritime transport task force}}, {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation|WikiProject Aviation}}, {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Education|WikiProject Education}}, {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject International Development|WikiProject International Development}}, {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations|WikiProject International relations}}, and {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine|WikiProject Medicine}}
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine|WikiProject Medicine}}''' – Cascadia hosts a large number of medical research facilities which focus on promoting {{w|global health}}. 
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Open Access|WikiProject Open Access}}''' – Cascadia is known as a region where people and organizations have a commitment to promoting {{w|open access}}, especially in computing, biotechnology, global health, public education, and academic publishing. Such organizations as the {{w|Allen Institute for Brain Science}}, {{w|Linux Mark Institute}}, {{w|OCLC}}, {{w|Public Library of Science}}, {{w|Sage Bionetworks}}, and the {{w|Wikimedia Foundation}} all are resident here.
*'''{{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine|WikiProject Wine}}''' – many wineries are in Cascadia

==Organization outreach==

A Wikimedian may want to request that an organization in Cascadia assist in the development of Wikipedia by sharing information, applying a Wikimedia-compatible license to its media content, or otherwise collaborating with the Wikipedia community in developing Wikipedia articles within its field of expertise. In such cases, Cascadia Wikimedians assists Wikimedians in making requests to organizations within the region by giving a forum for keeping records of the request, providing community review of the request, and potentially endorsing the request as a communication of the chapter.

===How to do organization outreach===
#Identify an organization in the geographical jurisdiction of Cascadia
#Write a draft of a request to that organization and post it here for chapter review
#Get feedback from Cascadia Wikimedians participants and the general Wikipedia community
#If the community consensus is that the request is aligned with the goal of advancing the development of Wikipedia, then the chapter will endorse it
#Send the request with chapter backing!

===Examples of requests to make from organizations===
When you draft your proposal, consider adding any of the following requests:

Would you please send me…
#general sources of information on the field of your organization’s expertise, regardless of whether these sources have anything to do with your organization specifically?
#links to online copies or citations for print-published third-party, externally published media describing your organization and its projects?
#images or other media describing your organization’s work, licensed with a Wikimedia-compatible free license
#an appointment to meet with any of your staff to talk about developing Wikipedia articles on your organizations' field of expertise?
#your thoughts about having one of your expert staff be the guest at an edit-a-thon in which people develop Wikimedia content in your field?

===GLAM outreach===
{{Main|Cascadia Wikimedians/GLAM}}
[[File:GLAM logo transparent.png|right|250px]]

'''[[:outreach:GLAM|GLAM]]''' is an international Wikipedia project to support Wikipedians’ outreach efforts to '''g'''alleries, '''l'''ibraries, '''a'''rchives, and '''m'''useums. Cascadia Wikimedians encourages interested Wikipedians to contact local cultural institutions to explore options for collaborating with them to advance the shared goals they might have with the Wikipedia project. For example, local museums may want that Wikipedians visit their collections, photograph them, then share the images in [[Commons:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]] and link those images to the Wikipedia article on the museum. Visit Cascadia Wikimedians' [[Wikimedia Cascadia/GLAM|GLAM page]] for additional information.

===Health organization outreach===
Cascadia hosts a large number of major health organizations, including the following, which invest at least one billion dollars yearly in international health projects: {{w|Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}}, {{w|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center}}, {{w|Oregon Health & Science University}}, {{w|Program for Appropriate Technology in Health|PATH}}, {{w|Seattle BioMed}}, {{w|University of Washington}}, and {{w|World Vision International|World Vision}}.

All of these organizations do public educational outreach of their work, and all of them have a stake in community education in their field of expertise. Since Wikipedia is the leading or at least a very popular source of information for general information in their fields, these organizations should recognize that to achieve their outreach mission they ought to consider the quality of information which their outreach audience is getting from Wikipedia.

Cascadia Wikimedians reviews any proposals anyone has to collaborate with these organizations to advance Wikimedia projects. Examples of proposals might be contacting these organizations for help finding published sources of information in their field or doing an edit-a-thon with them.

===Commercial entities===
There is no real interest in partnering with typical commercial entities, but Cascadia hosts some commercial entities which hold critical data, publications, and media which are fundamental to understanding the region and global culture. If anyone has any proposal to contact the following organizations to request their assistance in collecting information on their fields of research then please share. No one wants any {{w|WP:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest}} controversy or commercial promotion but each of these companies are billion-dollar entities and have had a cultural impact even beyond their economic impact, so understanding their fields is a part of understanding the unique influence each has had on the region.

*{{w|Amazon.com}} is the world's largest online retailer and the most successful pioneer of the concept that people can buy things online. The company has expertise in web architecture and other Internet technologies.
*{{w|Boeing}} is one of the world's largest {{w|aerospace manufacturers}} and the company's history is a timeline of the cultural heritage of aviation.
*{{w|Lions Gate Entertainment}} is a major producer of movies.
*{{w|Microsoft}} is the company which set as its goal "a computer on every desktop" at a time when owning a computer was a strange thing. They hold unique media about the societal adoption of personal computing technology.
*{{w|Nike, Inc.}} holds information about footwear, athleticism, international manufacture, and advertising.
*{{w|Starbucks}} is the world's largest  {{w|coffee}} processor. Coffee is one of the world's most traded commodities. Starbucks funds and maintains the world's most thorough research on all aspects of {{w|coffee production}}, including its impact on economies both local and international, biochemical explanations of coffee variation by production technique, and its cultural influence.
*{{w|Weyerhaeuser}} is one of the largest producers of paper and one of the leading funders of {{w|forestry}} research in Cascadia and internationally.

===Activist organizations===
People contribute to Wikimedia projects because they are fun but contributing is also an act of altruistic activism to increase free public access to the world's information. The following organizations are notable as major regional activist organizations. All of these organizations do educational outreach and if anyone has any ideas to collaborate with them in accordance with Wikipedia's community policy on adhering to a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], ) then these organizations definitely have notable perspectives to share.

*{{w|Adbusters}} is the name of both a magazine and an organization which promote consumer consciousness and advance the {{w|consumer movement}}. The organization ignited the {{w|Occupy Wall Street}} movement among other things.
*{{w|Creative Commons}} developed the alternative to traditional copyright licensing which Wikipedia authors and many other content creators use.
*{{w|Electronic Frontier Foundation}} advocates for civil awareness of personal rights issues relating to the Internet.
*{{w|Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation}} funds projects expected to radically improve the lives of future generations.
*{{w|Greenpeace}} was founded to encourage environmental protection.
*The {{w|Linux Foundation}} seeks to grant everyone access to free general purpose computing software.
*{{w|Sierra Club}} is an environmental protection organization.

==Wikipedia Education Program==
{{Main|Cascadia Wikimedians/Education Program}}
[[File:Wikipedia Education Program with mini Wikipedia globe in the hands of Moka.png|right|200px]]

The {{w|Wikipedia:Canada Education Program|Canada Education Program}} and {{w|Wikipedia:United States Education Program|United States Education Program}}, projects within the [[outreach:Education Portal|Wikimedia Education Program]], are efforts to connect university classes with Wikipedians who assist the students in learning about Wikipedia and creating article content. Cascadia Wikimedians provides "[[outreach:Wikipedia Campus Ambassador|campus ambassadors]]" to classes. Campus ambassadors are Wikipedians who give presentations to the classes about Wikipedia and arrange for the classes to have support in editing. Campuses in the Cascadia region with ambassadors include {{w|Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Campus_Ambassadors#San_Francisco_State_University|San Francisco State University}} and the {{w|Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Campus_Ambassadors#University_of_Washington|University of Washington}}.

==Wilderness recreation, Wikivoyage, and OpenStreetMaps==
OpenStreetMaps is a project to map the world. It works by having individuals track their travel with a GPS device, such as the smartphone they carry, and then upload their location data to the project under a free license. In this way, everyone who uploads data improves the integrity of the map. As of 2011, the Wikimedia Foundation began to support the OpenStreetMaps in various ways so that it could integrate its maps into Wikimedia projects - see [[OpenStreetMap]] on Meta Wikimedia and [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_Wikipedia Collaboration with Wikipedia] on the OpenStreetMap project page.

Cascadia attracts some of the best hiking, river sports, and mountaineering opportunities in the world, and no one can map these wilderness trails except the volunteers who actually travel them for fun. Wikimedia Cascadians seeks to facilitate the mapping of all regional wilderness travel routes in an effort to encourage people to appreciate its natural places. Along with the mapping data, region would benefit from its explorers noting the outdoor recreation opportunities in [[Wikivoyage]], the Wikimedia tourism project. In that project, people can contribute trail guides, advice on wilderness exploring, and educational information which would help people understand the significance of the bioregion.

Wikipedia articles and Wikimedia Commons media files already exist for many hiking trails in the region, but these also need expansion.
*[[:en:Category:Hiking trails in British Columbia]]
*[[:en:Category:Hiking trails in Washington (state)]]
*[[:en:Category:Hiking trails in Oregon]]

Here are some potential partners in the region who might support a project to map wilderness paths:
*{{w|The Mountaineers (club)|The Mountaineers}}
*{{w|REI}}
*{{w|Sierra Club}}
*{{w|Washington Trails Association}}, who already maintain an extensive [http://www.trailwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page hiking wiki]

==Regional indigenous languages==
[[Wikimedia Indigenous Languages]] is the primary organizing body for incorporating media and text related to {{w|indigenous languages}}. In the Pacific Northwest there are many native communities and organizations which already work to promote appreciation of native languages. Cascadia Wikimedians offers Wikimedia support to cultural institutions who would have their volunteers incorporate their local-language content into their own language Wikipedia projects. Here are some local organizations which host indigenous language researchers, writers, translators, and educators:
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*{{w|Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture}}
*{{w|Museum of Anthropology at UBC}}
*{{w|Tamástslikt Cultural Institute}}
*{{w|First Voices}}
*{{w|Salish Kootenai College}}
*[http://salishschoolofspokane.org/ Salish School of Spokane]
*[http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/ The Northwest Indian Language Institute]
*[http://www.pieganinstitute.org/pieganindex.html Piegan Institute]
*[http://life.umt.edu/aiss/nativeamericancenter/default.php University of Montana Native American Center]
*[http://www.cotr.bc.ca/press/fullhdLine.asp?IDnumber=440 College of the Rockies]
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See also
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*[[:en:Category:First Nations in British Columbia]]
*[[:en:Category:Native American tribes in Washington (state)]]
*[[:en:Category:Native American tribes in Oregon]]
*[http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/website-creates-community-among-243851.aspx Wiki for Indigenous Languages (WIL), UCLA]
{{Div col end}}

==Policies==
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QN4PLOjM09tWGUPmLOT3Uga-ybCYB0fpFCGSkFPZ7Lo/edit Safe space policy]

==Press about Wikipedia activity in Cascadia==
*{{cite news |last1=Eaton |first1=Nick |title=Seattleites to celebrate Wikipedia’s 10th birthday |url=https://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/01/14/seattleites-to-celebrate-wikipedias-10th-birthday/ |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=14 January 2011}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/05/wikipedia_a_passion_for_portla.html|title=Wikipedia a passion for Portland's Jason Moore|first=David|last=Stabler|work=[[en:The Oregonian|The Oregonian]]|date=May 11, 2013}}
* {{Cite news|url=http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/10/11/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-aims-to-improve-crowd-sourced-local-arts-coverage|title=Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Aims to Improve Crowd-Sourced Local Arts Coverage|first=Alison|last=Hallett|work=[[en:The Portland Mercury|The Portland Mercury]]|date=October 11, 2013}}
* {{Cite news|title=Oregon Arts Project: A Wiki-Based Approach to Local Arts Coverage|first=Alison|last=Hallett|date=October 16, 2013|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregon-arts-project/Content?oid=10779486|work=The Portland Mercury|location=Portland, Oregon}}
* {{Cite news|url=http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/01/15/wikipedia-arts-feminism-edit-a-thon|first=Alison|last=Hallett|date=January 15, 2014|title=Wikipedia Arts + Feminism Edit-a-Thon|work=The Portland Mercury}}
* {{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wikipedia-s-medical-errors-and-one-doctor-s-fight-to-correct-them-1.2743268|title=Wikipedia's medical errors and one doctor's fight to correct them: Dr. James Heilman says medical students and physicians are using potentially inaccurate Wikipedia entries|date=August 21, 2014|publisher=CBC News|first=Lien|last=Yeung}}
* {{Cite news|url=http://www.inlander.com/spokane/writing-her-place/Content?oid=2372780|title=Writing Her Place: Maya Angelou, gender disparity and how one Inland Northwest woman is making Wikipedia a better place|date=October 29, 2014|work=The Pacific Northwest Inlander|first=Lisa Waananen|last=Jones}}
* {{cite web|title=Valentine’s Day 'edit-a-thon' to address Wikipedia gender gap|first=Peter|last=Kelley|date=February 10, 2015|publisher=University of Washington|work=UW Today|url=http://www.washington.edu/news/blog/valentines-day-edit-a-thon-to-address-wikipedia-gender-gap/}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://dailyuw.com/archive/2015/02/16/news/feminists-aim-fix-wikipedia-gender-gap#.VOOLdUI-DUI|title= Feminists aim to fix the Wikipedia gender gap|first=Kendra|last=Hanna|work=The Daily|publisher=University of Washington|date=February 16, 2015}}
*{{cite web|last1=Solomon|first1=Molly|title=Portland Edit-A-Thon Aims To Close Wikipedia Gender Gap|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-edit-a-thon-close-wikipedia-gender-gap/|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|language=en|date=20 March 2017}}
*{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Cam|title=Child serves as living timeline for Seattle tunnel project|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tunnel-effect/child-serves-as-living-timeline-for-seattle-tunnel-project/281-4dc0a9e6-6ad8-47e7-b250-d4b1fccc715c|publisher=KING-TV|language=en|date=16 January 2019}}
*{{cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Sarah |title=Is Wikipedia telling the truth? |url=http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_adfff588-ff39-11e9-b6f6-5b736f20466a.html |website=The Daily of the University of Washington |language=en |date=November 4, 2019}}
*{{cite news |last=Schucht |first=Eric |date=March 20, 2022 |title=Meet Marysville's Wikipedia workhorse |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/meet-marysvilles-wikipedia-workhorse/ |work=The Everett Herald}}

==Board==
As of the June 15, 2025 general members meeting, the current board and officer assignments are below:

;2024-06-09 through 2027-12-31 terms (3 year){{efn|group=note|Elected at [[Cascadia Wikimedians/June 2024 general members meeting|June 2024 general members meeting]]}}
* Peaceray
* Jmabel
* llywrch

;2025-06-15 through 2028-12-31 terms (3 year){{efn|group=note|Elected at [[Cascadia Wikimedians/June 2025 general members meeting|June 2025 general members meeting]]}}
* SounderBruce
* BlueRasberry

We have 4 remaining open seats on our board that may be appointed by the other board members, or may be filled during the next regular election.

===Officers===
'''TBA'''
*President:
*Vice President:
*Secretary:
*Treasurer:
<!--*President: Peaceray
*Vice President: Benjamin Mako Hill
*Secretary: ''Vacant''
*Treasurer: ''Vacant''-->

==Reports and meeting minutes==
{{:Cascadia Wikimedians/List of annual reports template}}

== Resolutions ==
* [[Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Cascadia Wikimedians - Liaison approval, September 2014 |Cascadia Wikimedians recognition]] - September 2014
* [[Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Renewals_from_2015_WMCon_Eligibility_Renewal_Sprint|Renewals from 2015 WMCon Eligibility Renewal Sprint]] - December 2015

==Supporters!==
{{Commons category|Wikimedia Cascadia}}
# [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="cursor:help"><span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span></span>]] 01:57, 15 June 2012 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Dennis Bratland|Dennis Bratland]] ([[User talk:Dennis Bratland|talk]]) 14:40, 15 June 2012 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Maximilianklein|Maximilianklein]] ([[User talk:Maximilianklein|talk]]) 22:10, 17 June 2012 (UTC) - San Francisco
# [[User:Epistemophiliac|Epistemophiliac]] ([[User talk:Epistemophiliac|talk]]) 23:15, 17 June 2012 (UTC) - Portland
# [[User:Blurpeace|<span style="color:#002BB8;">'''Blurpeace'''</span>]] 03:28, 18 June 2012 (UTC) - Portland
# [[User:Pine|<font color="#01796F"><b>Pine</b></font>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup><font color="#000000">(talk)</font></sup>]] 04:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Yawnbox|Yawnbox]] ([[User talk:Yawnbox|talk]]) 17:28, 22 June 2012 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Another Believer|Another Believer]], 28 June 2012
# [[User:The Interior|The Interior]] ([[User talk:The Interior|talk]]) 17:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC) - Vancouver, BC
# [[User:Brianhe|Brianhe]] ([[User talk:Brianhe|talk]]) 17:53, 14 December 2012 (UTC) - Seattle/{{w|Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside}}
# [[User:Riley Huntley|Riley Huntley]] 23:08, 19 December 2012 (UTC) - {{w|Lower Mainland}}
# [[User:Djembayz|Djembayz]] ([[User talk:Djembayz|talk]]) 03:52, 5 March 2013 (UTC) - spends time in {{w|Missoula, Montana}}
# [[User:Sodaant|Sodaant]] ([[User talk:Sodaant|talk]]) 06:44, 20 March 2013 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 06:53, 20 March 2013 (UTC) - San Jose
# ''[[User:Cindamuse|Cindamuse]] ([[User talk:Cindamuse|talk]])† 10:05, 14 June 2013 (UTC) - Kennewick''
# [[User:Mcnabber091|Mcnabber091]] ([[User talk:Mcnabber091|talk]]) 19:24, 23 June 2013 (UTC) - Bainbridge Island
# [[User:GabrielF|GabrielF]] ([[User talk:GabrielF|talk]]) 01:42, 2 July 2013 (UTC) - Seattle (formerly Boston)
# [[User:Vanisaac|Vanisaac]] ([[User talk:Vanisaac|talk]]) 07:47, 4 November 2013 (UTC) - SW Washington
# [[User:OR drohowa|OR drohowa]] ([[User talk:OR drohowa|talk]]) 17:55, 30 December 2013 (UTC) (NYC, hailing from Portland, Seattle) 
# [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]] ([[User talk:Admrboltz|talk]]) 21:07, 20 January 2014 (UTC) (SLC currently but originally from Bellevue area). 
# [[User:Llywrch|Llywrch]] ([[User talk:Llywrch|talk]]) 17:43, 13 February 2014 (UTC) -- Portland, Oregon
# [[User:GeorgeBarnick|GeorgeBarnick]] ([[User talk:GeorgeBarnick|talk]]) 05:17, 5 May 2014 (UTC) - Not currently residing in the area, but support it regardless
# <b>[[User:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#C40099">m</font><font color="#600099">a</font><font color="#2D0399">k</font><font color="#362365">o</font>]][[User_talk:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#000000">๛</font>]]</b> 02:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC) — Seattle
# [[User:Jtmorgan|Jtmorgan]] ([[User talk:Jtmorgan|talk]]) 01:18, 20 May 2014 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Dschwen|Dschwen]] ([[User talk:Dschwen|talk]]) 03:51, 3 August 2014 (UTC) - Idaho Falls, Idaho
# [[User:Quiddity|Quiddity]] ([[User talk:Quiddity|talk]]) 19:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC) - Victoria, B.C.
# [[User:Peaceray|Peaceray]] ([[User talk:Peaceray|talk]]) 05:53, 22 August 2014 (UTC) - Seattle
# [[User:Arlolra|Arlolra]] ([[User talk:Arlolra|talk]]) 23:43, 23 August 2014 (UTC) - Victoria, BC
# [[User:Figureskatingfan|Figureskatingfan]] ([[User talk:Figureskatingfan|talk]]) 21:32, 7 November 2014 (UTC) - Pullman, Washington (Washington State University)
#[[User:Ragesoss|Ragesoss]] ([[User talk:Ragesoss|talk]]) 04:10, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
#[[User:CDA|CDA]] ([[User talk:CDA|talk]]) 18:10, 22 November 2014 (UTC) - Sandpoint, Idaho & Usk, Washington
# '''[[User:OlEnglish|OlEnglish]]''' <sup>([[User talk:OlEnglish|Talk]])</sup> 22:12, 6 June 2015 (UTC) - Surrey, BC
# '''[[User:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#5d9731; color:white; padding:2px;">Sounder</span>]][[User talk:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#1047AB; color:white; padding:2px;">Bruce</span>]]''' 00:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC) - Seattle metro area
# [[User:Tezamen|Tezamen]] ([[User talk:Tezamen|talk]]) 03:01, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
# [[User:Montanabw|Montanabw]] ([[User talk:Montanabw|talk]]) 08:23, 28 May 2016 (UTC), Montana
# [[User:Miriya52|Miriya52]], Calgary, Alberta, Canada
# [[User:Alex Shih|Alex Shih]] Occasionally Vancouver, BC
# [[User:Carmelator|Carmelator]] Spokane, Washington
# [[User:Liz|Liz]], Oregon
# [[User:Clayoquot|Clayoquot]] Vancouver, BC 
# [[User:Here.it.comes.again|Here.it.comes.again]] ([[User talk:Here.it.comes.again|talk]]) 04:31, 19 December 2019 (UTC) Portland, Oregon 
# [[User:Philoserf|Philoserf]] ([[User talk:Philoserf|talk]]) 18:06, 7 March 2020 (UTC) –– Seattle metro area
# [[User:brandonletsinger|brandonletsinger]] ([[User talk:brandonletsinger|talk]]) 6:06, 5 May 2020 (UTC) –– Seattle, Cascadia bioregion.
# [[User:Slaporte|'''stephen''']] ([[User talk:Slaporte|talk]]) 02:43, 10 November 2020 (UTC) — Vancouver, WA
# [[User:Wil540 art|Wil540 art]] ([[User talk:Wil540 art|talk]]) 19:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
# [[User:Ashersea|<font color="#C40099">Ashersea</font>]] ([[User talk:Ashersea|talk]]) 00:24, 5 August 2023 (PST) - (North Wildlife) University of Idaho!!!
# [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ([[User talk:Jmabel|talk]]) 05:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC) (Seattle)
# [[user:HistoryTheorist|<span style="font-family:Courier;color:#2F7E98">❤History</span>]][[User talk:HistoryTheorist|<span style="font-family:Courier;color:lightpurple">Theorist❤</span>]] 05:14, 15 December 2023 (UTC) Seattle area 
# [[User:TechnoSquirrel69|TechnoSquirrel69]] ([[User talk:TechnoSquirrel69|sigh]]) 04:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC) — Portland, Oregon.
# [[User:Valfontis|Valfontis]] ([[User talk:Valfontis|talk]]) 02:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC) - Oregon
# [[User:XR228|<span style="color:#001425">XR</span><span style="color:#96D8D8">228</span>]]  ([[User talk:XR228|<span style="color:#C8102E">talk</span>]]) 19:04, 1 August 2024 (UTC) – [[w:Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside]] of Seattle
# [[User:Guylaen|Guylaen]] --[[User:Guylaen|Guylaen]] ([[User talk:Guylaen|talk]]) 07:06, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
#:Temporarily living in Monterey California for school [[User:Guylaen|Guylaen]] ([[User talk:Guylaen|talk]]) 04:56, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
# [[User:RogueScholar|'''⚞<big>ℜ</big>ogueScholar⚟''']] 🞛 [[User talk:RogueScholar|''₨Talk''<sub>📟</sub>]] 00:43, 10 October 2024 (UTC) — [[w:Mendocino County, California|Mendocino Co., Calif.]] currently, also an [[w:Oregon State University|OSU]] alum and former [[w:Portland, Oregon|Portland metro]] resident for many years
# [[User:Sink Cat|Sink Cat]] ([[User talk:Sink Cat|talk]]) 00:20, 8 November 2024 (UTC) — Vancouver, BC
# [[User:Ooligan|Ooligan]] ([[User talk:Ooligan|talk]]) 21:50, 26 June 2025 (UTC) Oregon.
# [[User:Feedmepaperr|Feedmepaperr]] ([[User talk:Feedmepaperr|talk]]) 14:58, 12 May 2026 (UTC) - Bellingham, Washington

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