İştirak Komitesi
The Affiliations Committee (formerly known as Chapters Committee, colloquially AffCom) is a Wikimedia community committee entrusted with advising the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on the approval of new movement affiliates: national or subnational chapters, thematic organisations and user groups.
The Committee was created on January 15, 2006, by a resolution of the Board of Trustees, along with several other Wikimedia committees. Its original mandate included coordination of the development of Wikimedia chapters—which at the time were at an early stage of organisation—, as well as facilitating communication among the chapters and between chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.
In 2012, following a community discussion and a resulting Board of Trustees' resolution, the scope of the Committee was expanded to include thematic organisations and user groups. In accordance with the resolution, the Committee drafted its charter which was officially approved by the Board in August, finalising the transition into the Affiliations Committee.
Ne yapmalı
The Affiliations Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees on the recognition, approval and existence of Wikimedia movement affiliates, and for facilitating the creation of those organisations. In other words, the Committee helps Wikimedians from all around the world self-organise into chapters, thematic organisations and user groups, and to gain official recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation.
We can guide you through the founding process of your organisation by helping you to prepare bylaws, answering questions about what the Foundation expects from an affiliate, providing help and advice on solving common technical, trademark, administrative and community-building issues, and—if appropriate—by approving limited financial support for starting up your activities (such as covering the costs of registration and running initial projects).
If you're interested in getting in touch with local efforts in your area, feel free to contact us using any of the methods listed below, and we'll be happy to put you in contact with the right people.
Biz kimiz
The Committee comprises volunteers selected for their enthusiasm and their skills in community organising, cross-cultural communication, reviewing bylaws, and providing governance advice for emerging organisations. There are currently ten voting members with terms of two years each; the terms are arranged so that half of the seats are up for election every year.
Voting members of the Committee are helped by an unspecified number of non-voting advisers, either appointed by the Board of Trustees (known as board liaisons) or by the Committee itself. Advisers provide the Committee with on-the-ground experience, language skills, and governance advice, and are able to take part in discussions on an internal wiki and a non-public mailing list.
If you'd like to be a voting member of the Committee, please leave a note on the talk page, and you'll be notified when seats become available. The next selection is scheduled for the end of 2014, with new members joining the Committee in January 2015. (New members and advisers maybe added mid-term, as well.)
The Affiliates Committee comprises volunteers selected for their enthusiasm and their skills in community organising, cross-cultural communication, reviewing bylaws, and providing governance advice for emerging organisations. There are currently 9 (nine) voting members with terms of three years each.
Voting members of the Committee are helped by non-voting advisors. Advisors provide the Committee with on-the-ground experience, language skills, and governance advice, and are able to take part in discussions at subcommittee meetings.
Certain Wikimedia Foundation staff members support the Committee in its operations and help the Committee to function effectively. They are actively present on the Affiliations Committee's non-public mailing list and internal wiki, and may provide advice to the Committee based on their knowledge and expertise. They are not voting Committee members.
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appoint liaisons to the Committee to facilitate communication and coordination between the Committee and the Board. The liaisons shall be the Committee's primary point of contact with the Board, and shall serve to update the Board on the Committee's activities and update the Committee on relevant Board activities. They may request information related to the Committee's operations as necessary to carry out their role. They are not voting Committee members.
Voting members
| Photo | Name | Languages | Location (time zone) | Term ends | Role |
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Mari Avetisyan | hy-N, en-3, tr-3, ru-3 | Armenia, Eastern Europe (UTC+4) | 28 Şubat 2027 | Chair |
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Harriet Henry Bayel | Ghana, West Africa (UTC+0) | 28 Şubat 2027 | Vice-Chair | |
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Robert Jamal | en-5, twi-N, fat-N | Ghana, West Africa (UTC+0) | 28 Şubat 2029 | Treasurer |
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Jeffrey Keefer | en-N, fr-2 | United States, North America (UTC-4/UTC-5) | 28 Şubat 2027 | |
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Suyash Dwivedi | hi-N, en-3, sa-2 | India, South Asia (UTC+05:30) | 28 Şubat 2027 | |
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Aleksey Chalabyan | hy-N, ru-N, en-3 | Armenia, Eastern Europe (UTC+4) | 29 Şubat 2028 | |
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Mehman Ibragimov | ka-N, ru-N, tr-N, az-N, en-3 | Georgia, Eastern Europe (UTC+4) | 28 Şubat 2027 | |
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Agus Damanik | Indonesia, Southeast Asia (UTC+7) | 28 Şubat 2027 | ||
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Juan Bautista Alegre | en-5, tl-5 | Philippines, Southeast Asia (UTC+8) | 28 Şubat 2029 |
Non-voting advisors
| Photo | Name | Languages | Location (time zone) | Date of appointment for current term | Term end | Notes |
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Delphine Ménard | fr-N, en-5, de-3, es-3, it-2 | France, Europe (UTC+1) | 18 Şubat 2024 | 4 Mart 2027 | Reappointed in March 2026 |
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Maor Malul | es, en-5, lad-4, pt-4, de-3, he-3, ca-3, af-2, guc-2, tr-2 | Israel, Western Asia (UTC+2) | 1 Mart 2025 | 4 Mart 2027 | former voting member (2013-19, 2023-24) |
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Tochi Precious Friday | ig-N, en-GB-4, de-3, fr-2 | 1 Mart 2025 | 4 Mart 2027 | Reappointed in March 2026 |
Board liaisons
| Liaison | Languages | Location (time zone) | Term end | Notes |
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| Lorenzo Losa | — |
Support staff
The work of the Affiliations Committee is supported by the Community Operations team of the Wikimedia Foundation.
News
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Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: This past quarter, AffCom recognized no new Affiliates due to the pause in recognizing new affiliates.
AffCom Conflict Intervention: AffCom is currently addressing eight ongoing affiliate conflict cases received in previous quarters.
Affiliate Recognition Pause Extension: The Wikimedia Foundation, together with the AffCom, has extended the pause on new affiliate recognition until September 1, 2026.
New Affiliate Model Development Efforts: The Affiliations Committee held collaborative meetings with the Global Resource Distribution Committee (GRDC) to explore the development of a new affiliations model.
Towards a Healthy Ecosystem of Wikimedia Organizations: Two major pilot initiatives were launched to address long-standing questions about the roles of movement organizations and the future of resource allocation.
Archives
2024-present
Quarterly newsletters
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 1 (January-March 2024)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 2 (April-June 2024)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 3 (July-September 2024)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 4 (October-December 2024)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 5 (January-March 2025)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 6 (April-June 2025)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 7 (July-December 2025)
- Affiliations Committee/News/Issue 8 (January-March 2026)
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Contact us
- The best way to contact the Committee is to write an e-mail to affcom
lists.wikimedia.org; please note that the Committee might be sometimes slow in responding to e-mails, so if you don't receive a reply to your message in a reasonable time, just send us a reminder.
- You can also contact the members of the Committeee individually by clicking on their usernames in the timeline above; feel free to use our talk pages and e-mails for any questions related to chapters, thematical organisations or user groups.
- Sporadically, members of the Committee idle on the #wikimedia-chaptersbağlan IRC channel on Freenode; however, contacting us on the mailing list would almost always be a better choice.