Affiliations Committee/Members
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 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.)
Current members
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Affiliations Committee after day two of annual meeting at Wikimedia Conference 2014 in Berlin, Germany. -
Affiliations Committee having a discussion with attendees at Wikimedia Conference 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
| Member | Languages | Location (time zone) | Term end | Extra |
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| Carlos Colina | es-N, en-5, lad-4, pt-4, de-3, he-3, ca-2, guc-2, af-2, it-2 | Israel, Asia (UTC+2/UTC+3) | December 31, 2014 | Chair |
| Bence Damokos | hu-N, en-3, hr-2, et-1, it-1, sr-1 | Hungary, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | December 31, 2014 | Membership voluntarily suspended from 16 June, 2014 |
| Lodewijk Gelauff | nl-N, en-3, de-2, fr-1 | The Netherlands, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | December 31, 2015 | |
| Josh Lim | en-N, tl-N, es-2, zh-2, pl-2, ja-1, fr-1 | Philippines, Asia (UTC+8) | December 31, 2014 | |
| Kirill Lokshin | en-N, ru-N, fr-2 | United States, North America (UTC-5/UTC-4) | December 31, 2015 | |
| Salvador Alcántar Morán | es-N, en-3, de-2 | Mexico, North America (UTC-6) | December 31, 2014 | Treasurer |
| Tanvir Rahman | bn-N, en-3, as-2, bpy-1 | Bangladesh, Asia (UTC+6) | December 31, 2014 | |
| Gregory Varnum | en-N | United States, North America (UTC-5/UTC-4) | December 31, 2014 | Vice-Chair |
| Galileo Vidoni | es-N, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pt-1 | Argentina, South America (UTC-3) | December 31, 2015 |
- Certain Wikimedia Foundation staff members (Asaf Bartov and Stephen LaPorte) are also actively present on the Affiliations Committee's mailing list acting as liaisons and providing insight and advice when needed.
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| Carlos is a member of the Affiliations Committee since 2013 and started contributing in Wikimedia projects in 2005, mainly on the Ladino, Spanish, Portuguese and English-language Wikipedias, as well as in the Wikimedia Incubator with projects in indigenous languages of South America. He is a founding member of Wikimedia Venezuela and currently serves as its Vice-President, while also being a member of Wikimedia Israel since 2013. Carlos is a computer engineer and currently lives in Jerusalem. | ||
| Languages: | es-N, en-5, lad-4, pt-4, de-3, he-3, ca-2, guc-2, af-2, it-2 | |
| Location (time zone): | Israel, Asia (UTC+2/UTC+3) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | February 2013, 12 - December 2014, 31 Chair (April 2014, 01 - April 2015, 01) | |
| Skills: | Community building, community and inter-community relations, connecting people across the movement, dealing with potential COIs, empowering minorities | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia Bangladesh, Wikimedia Danmark, Wikimedia Eesti, Wikimedia Italia, Wikimedia Macedonia, Wikimedia Macau, Wikimedia Serbia, Wikimedia South Africa, Amical Wikimedia, Wikimedians of Nepal, Esperanto kaj Libera Scio, Wikimedia Community User Group Greece, Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil, Wikimedians of Iceland User Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan | |
| Founding member of Wikimedia Hungary, board member and later executive vice-president. Involved in the international community as a member of the Chapters Committee since 2010, taking on the chair position of the (renamed) Affiliations Committee between 2012 and 2014.
Bence holds an MA and BA degree in International Relations and a BA degree in English Studies. Having recently graduated he has worked as customer service rep/community manager, and as a general marketing specialist. More details on [hu.linkedin.com/in/bdamokos/ Linkedin]. | ||
| Languages: | hu-N, en-3, hr-2, et-0.5, it-2, sr-1.5, ru-0.5 | |
| Location (time zone): | Hungary, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | March 2010, 08 - December 2014, 31 Chair (January 2012, 01 - March 2014, 31) | |
| Skills: | Community building, community relations, knows "everyone" in Wikimedia, connecting people | |
| Liaison to: | Details coming soon. | |
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Lodewijk Gelauff |
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| Lodewijk is a member of the Affiliations Committee (Chapters Committee) since 2009 and active in the Wikimedia Universe since 2005. He has been involved as editor on the Dutch and English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and several other sister projects as well as a steward. He was founding member of Wikimedia Nederland and served on its board from 2006 through 2011. He has helped organize Wikimedia events such as Wikimania, national community conferences and international Chapters Meetings. From 2010 through 2013 he was especially involved with organizing the photography competition Wiki Loves Monuments - first in the Netherlands and later as a member of the international organizing team. From 2011 through 2013 he (co-)presented the 'coolest projects' presentation at Wikimania, giving an overview of possible projects chapters and other affiliates could organize. Lodewijk is a masters' student in Chemistry & Science Based Business. | ||
| Languages: | nl-N, en-3, de-2, fr-1 | |
| Location (time zone): | The Netherlands, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | August 2009, 18 - December 2015, 31 | |
| Skills: | Possible activities to organize for your organization (brainstorming), sharing of best practices, Wikimedia structures and who's the best person to approach with certain questions. Bylaw drafting: what works, what doesn't and what are potential pitfalls. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Česká republika, Wikimedia Suomi, Wikimédia France, Wikimédia Magyarország, Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Macedonia, Wikimedia Polska, Wikimedia Russia, Wikimedia Sverige, Amical Wikimedia, Wikimedians of Iceland User Group | |
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Josh Lim |
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| Details coming soon. | ||
| Languages: | en-N, tl-N, es-2, zh-2, pl-2, ja-1, fr-1 | |
| Location (time zone): | Philippines, Asia (UTC+8) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | February 2013, 12 - December 2014, 31 | |
| Skills: | Details coming soon. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimedia Hong Kong, Wikimedia Indonesia, Wikimedia Macau, Wikimedia Polska, Wikimedia Serbia, Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikimedians in Thailand | |
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Kirill Lokshin |
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| Details coming soon. | ||
| Languages: | en-N, ru-N, fr-2 | |
| Location (time zone): | United States, North America (UTC-5/UTC-4) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | January 2014, 11 - December 2015, 31 | |
| Skills: | Details coming soon. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Canada, Wikimedia Eesti, Wikimedia Suomi, Wikimédia France, Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia Philippines, Wikimedia Russia, Wikimedia Sverige, Wikimedia Ukraine, Wikimedia UK, GLAM-Wiki US Consortium, New England Wikimedians | |
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Salvador Alcántar Morán |
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| Salvador is a member of the Affiliations Committee since 2013. Active in Wikimedia projects since 2006 specially in spanish Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. He is a founding member of Wikimedia Mexico and member of its board since 2011 first as Secretary and currently as Treasurer. On July 2013 was elected Treasurer of the Affiliations Committee. Salvador is a lawyer and private law professor. | ||
| Languages: | es-N, en-3, it-1, de-1 | |
| Location (time zone): | Mexico, North America (UTC-6) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | February 2013, 12 - December 2014, 31 Treasurer (July 2013, 18 - July 2014, 18) | |
| Skills: | Legal advice, specially in Latin American and non Common Law systems. Sharing of knowledge and interchange of best practices. Creation of communities inter-affilliates (such as Iberocoop). Social web and communication. Administration. Bylaws drafting. Arbitration. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia Österreich, Wikimedia Bangladesh, Wikimedia Chile, Wikimedia España, Wikimedia Indonesia, Wikimedia Philippines, Wikimedia Portugal, Wikimedia Ukraine, Wikimedia District of Columbia, Wikimedia Uruguay, Wikimedia Venezuela, Esperanto kaj Libera Scio, Wikimedia Community User Group Greece, Wikisource Community User Group, The Wikinewsie Group | |
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Tanvir Rahman |
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| Details coming soon. | ||
| Languages: | bn-N, en-3, as-2, bpy-1 | |
| Location (time zone): | Bangladesh, Asia (UTC+6) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | February 2013, 12 - December 2014, 31 | |
| Skills: | Details coming soon. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia CH, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia New York City, Wikimedians of Nepal, New England Wikimedians | |
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| Gregory has been a member of the Affiliations Committee since 2013 and a member of the Wikimedia community since 2006. He has been involved in MediaWiki development since 2011 and involved with various online and offline Wikimedia outreach projects since 2011. Gregory also has served on the Wikimania Program Committee and as a Wikimania Hackathon Coordinator since 2012. He is also the founder and lead administrator of WikiQueer. Outside of his wiki-related activities, Gregory volunteers for LGBT, youth, free education, and open-source efforts - generally lending his technical skills or nonprofit capacity building services. Professionally, Gregory works as in communications and fundraising for a statewide LGBT political advocacy and victims of crime advocacy organization in the United States. | ||
| Languages: | en-N | |
| Location (time zone): | United States, North America (UTC-5/UTC-4) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | February 2013, 12 - December 2014, 31 | |
| Skills: | Nonprofit capacity building - such as organization structure, strategic planning, fundraising, board/staff management, and other fundamentals of starting or operating a nonprofit style organization. Grant writing, administration, and evaluation. Technical assistance with Meta-Wiki and MediaWiki - including implementation of translation services on Meta-Wiki pages about affiliates. Requests for basic modifications to approved Wikimedia trademarks - such as creation of user group logo based on community logo. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Canada, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimédia Magyarország, Wikimedia México, Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia District of Columbia, Wikimedia New York City, Wikimedia South Africa, GLAM-Wiki US Consortium, Wikisource Community User Group, The Wikinewsie Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan | |
| Details coming soon. | ||
| Languages: | es-N, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pt-1 | |
| Location (time zone): | Argentina, South America (UTC-3) | |
| Affiliations Committee term(s): | March 2012, 08 - December 2015, 31 | |
| Skills: | Details coming soon. | |
| Liaison to: | Wikimedia Chile, Wikimedia España, Wikimedia Italia, Wikimedia México, Wikimedia Portugal, Wikimedia Uruguay, Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil | |
Former members
| Member | Period | Extra |
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| Nathan Carter | 2006–2012 | founding member |
| Łukasz Garczewski | 2006–2008 | founding member |
| Austin Hair | 2006–2012 | founding member, former Chair |
| Hari Prasad Nadig | 2006–2008 | founding member |
| Delphine Ménard | 2006–2012 | founding member, former Chair, currently a non-voting adviser (see above) |
| Carlos Barcenilla | 2007–2010 | |
| Anders Wennersten | 2007–2010 | |
| Andrew Withworth | 2007–2010 | former Vice-Chair |
| Damian Finol | 2007–2013 | |
| Michael Bimmler | 2008–2009 | also a non-voting adviser between 2007–2008 |
| Marco Chiesa | 2008–2010 | |
| Jeromy-Yu Chan | 2008–2013 | |
| Miloš Rančić | 2009–2010 | also a non-voting adviser between 2008–2009 and 2010–2012 |
| Vladimir Medeyko | 2010–2012 | currently a non-voting adviser (see above) |
| Sebastian Moleski | 2010–2013 | |
| Ray Saintonge | 2010–2013 | |
| Bengt Oberger | 2012–2013 | |
| Tomasz Kozłowski | 2012–2013 | also a non-voting adviser for a few months in 2013 |
| Maria Sefidari | 2012–2013 | former Treasurer (2012–2013), currently a board liaison (see above) |
| Cynthia Ashley-Nelson | 2014 | former Vice-Chair |
| Adviser | Period | Extra |
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| Andrew Lih | 2006–2008 | founding member |
| Michael Bimmler | 2007–2008 | also a voting member between 2008–2009 |
| Frieda Brioschi | 2007–2009 | Board liaison |
| Oscar Van Dillen | 2007–2008 | |
| Miloš Rančić | 2008–2009 and 2010–2012 | also a voting member between 2009–2010 |
| Privatemusings | 2008–2010 | |
| Ting Chen | 2009–2010 | Board liaison |
| Kat Walsh | 2009–2010 | Board liaison |
| Achal Prabhala | 2010–2012 | |
| Samuel Klein | 2010–2012 | Board liaison |
| Bishakha Datta | 2010–2013 | Board liaison |
| Tomasz Kozłowski | 2013 | also a voting member between 2012–2013 |
| Adviser | Languages | Location (time zone) | Term end | Extra |
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| Maria Sefidari | es-N, en-4, fr-3, pt-1, it-1 | Spain, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | — | Board liaison |
| Patricio Lorente | es-N, en-3, it-1 | Argentina, South America (UTC-3) | — | Board liaison |
| Vladimir Medeyko | ru-N, ? | Russia, Europe (UTC+4) | December 31, 2013 | |
| Delphine Ménard | fr-N, en-4, de-3, it-2, es-2 | Germany, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | December 31, 2013 | |
| Arne Klempert | de-N, en-3, fr-1 | Germany, Europe (UTC+1/UTC+2) | December 31, 2013 |
Timeline
- Legend
- Current voting members marked in green; former in light green.
- Current non-voting advisers marked in gold (yellow-orange); former non-voting advisers in light orange (peach).
- Current Board of Trustees liaisons marked in powder blue; former liaisons in sky (lighter) blue.