Wikimedia user groups/af

Wikimedia user groups are groups of Wikimedia users who have decided to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in the offline world by organizing meetups and other projects. User groups may or may not be legally incorporated entities. Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". 143 user groups currently exist in the world.

This page lists current and planned user groups. Please see the step-by-step user group creation guide for more information. The Affiliations Committee exists to aid the creation of, and to support, user groups.

Note: The Affiliations Committee is just starting to process applications for User Groups. Please leave any comments and feedback on the requirements and guides on the respective talk pages. If you have plans for user groups, please contact the Committee at affcomlists.wikimedia.org.

Approved user groups

Name	Focus	Status	Start of recognition	End of recognition	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
MediaWiki Group San Francisco		Formalizing existing activities	2013-01-12	2013-12-31	Non applicable	mw:Groups/San Francisco		Quim Gil	2012-12-26
MediaWiki Group Promotion		Willingness to organize MediaWiki promotion & outreach activities around this group	2013-01-13	2013-12-31	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Promotion		Quim Gil	2012-12-26
Esperanto kaj Libera Scio (ELiSo)		Pending signature of User Group agreement	2013-04-04	2014-04-30	Non-applicable	Esperanto kaj Libera Scio		Ziko	2013-04-04

Planned user groups

Wikimedia organizations in active preparation to become Wikimedia user groups. Please provide a link to a page on meta with more detailed information (with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.

Key

A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Affiliations Committee;

A light grey background means awaiting an update (either from the proposed organization or from AffCom)

Name	Focus	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Webtuiste	E-pos lys	Kontak	Laaste opdatering
Wikimedia Stammtisch München	The Wikimedia Stammtisch München coordinates local and regional editors, promotes collaboration and provides information to new and established Wikimedians.	Existing as regular meetup group	Non applicable	de:Wikipedia:München	wikimedia-de-by	User:H-stt	2013-02-11
Wikimedia Northeastern China User Group		Beginning discussion internally	Not started	Will start our own website soon		User:Shujenchang	2012-09-07
Wikimedia Ghana		Interim WMF trademarks and logo license executed. Converting request into User Group for now.		Wikimedia Ghana	wikimedia-ghlists.wikimedia.org,	Rexford (Coordinator)	2012-08-28
Wikimedians of Greece User Group		Discussion between organizers and Affiliations Committee		http://wikimedia.gr	wikiEL	User:Geraki	2012-11-19
Wikipedia Club Pune		Discussion between organizers, chapter and Affiliations Committee					2012-12-10

User groups in discussion

Name	Focus	Status	Articles of Incorporation / Statute (if any)	Website	Mailing list	Contact	Last update
Wikimedia Austria User Group		Existing as regular meetup group	Non applicable	Wikipedia Wien		Hubertl	2012-11-30
MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad		Seeking recognition as a Wikimedia India SIG and then as a Wikimedia User Group	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad		Harsh Kothari	2013-01-28
MediaWiki Group Surakarta		Formalizing existing activities	Non applicable	mw:Groups/Proposals/Solo		Bennylin	2013-01-21
Wiki BUG	Wiki users in San Francisco Bay area (US)	Formalizing existing activities	Not applicable	Meta page only	wikimedia-sf covers same area	Pete F (talk)	2013-01-27
Wikimedia-KH Cambodia User Group	Wiki users in Phnom Penh/ Cambodia	Formalizing existing activities, building offline community, forming physical body, first as a User Group with long term goal of incorporation into official WMF's Local Chapter in Cambodia.	Not applicable	Wikimedia-KH Cambodia User Group	Wikimedia-KH	វ័ណថារិទ្ធ (Vantharith) (talk)	2013-03-22

See also: Proposed MediaWiki Groups

News

• 2013-03-21 The standard User Group Agreement has been published

• 2013-01-14 First two user groups have been approved

• 2012-12-22 If you want to help the creation of new user groups, apply for AffCom membership!

• 2012-12-08 Naming convention for user groups and thematic organizations discussion

• 2012-12-08 MediaWiki Groups proposal

See also

• Wikimedia affiliation models/User Groups
• Requirements for future user groups