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== What chapters exist? == |
== What chapters exist? == |
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+ | * There are 39 chapters now, most of which are national like Wikimedia-UK. The chapters are listed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters. |
| ⚫ | * The first national/regional chapter was in Germany, 2004. Most were founded in 2008-2010. The Wiki-NYC chapter started in 2009 and the Wiki-DC chapter in 2011. Those are the only US chapters for now. A Pacific Northwest chapter, to be called Wikimedia-Cascadia, is planned.<ref>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters, section on Wikimedia Deutschland</ref> |
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| − | * These are regional; there are likely to be thematic chapters too |
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| − | + | * There are likely to be thematic/topical chapters too -- non-geographic chapters like Wikimedia Education, Wikimedia Catalan, Wikimedia LGBT, Wikimedia Medicine; like meta-WikiProjects |
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| + | * Chapters have a bit of money to give out grants. They get their money from grants from the WMF and from individual donations. The US chapters have just a few thousands of dollars. Some of the international ones have much more. |
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== Getting support for a project == |
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* Example grant support from the WMF: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Events_2012 |
* Example grant support from the WMF: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Events_2012 |
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* Our chapter's simple expense claim form: http://wikimediadc.org/w/images/a/a3/Expense_Claim_Form.pdf |
* Our chapter's simple expense claim form: http://wikimediadc.org/w/images/a/a3/Expense_Claim_Form.pdf |
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| + | * Wiki-DC and NYC fund edit-a-thons and conferences. |
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== Conferences == |
== Conferences == |
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Revision as of 13:16, 28 April 2013
What's the Wikimedia Foundation?
- WMF = the Wikimedia Foundation, the institution of which Wikimedia-DC is a chapter
- Runs the servers; staff in SF etc
What's a chapter?
- It's a nonprofit affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, usually associated with a region but maybe with a theme instead.
- It's approved by the WMF's Affiliations committee (formerly the Chapters Committee), a Wikimedia community committee entrusted with advising the WMF Board of Trustees on the approval of new affiliates: chapters, thematic organisations and user groups.
- Fill this in by copying from: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters
- what do chapters do?
- where do chapters get money from?
What chapters exist?
- There are 39 chapters now, most of which are national like Wikimedia-UK. The chapters are listed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters.
- The first national/regional chapter was in Germany, 2004. Most were founded in 2008-2010. The Wiki-NYC chapter started in 2009 and the Wiki-DC chapter in 2011. Those are the only US chapters for now. A Pacific Northwest chapter, to be called Wikimedia-Cascadia, is planned.[1]
- There are likely to be thematic/topical chapters too -- non-geographic chapters like Wikimedia Education, Wikimedia Catalan, Wikimedia LGBT, Wikimedia Medicine; like meta-WikiProjects
- Chapters have a bit of money to give out grants. They get their money from grants from the WMF and from individual donations. The US chapters have just a few thousands of dollars. Some of the international ones have much more.
Getting support for a project
- How could one get money from the foundation or a chapter?
- FDC = Funds Dissemination Committee at Wikimedia Foundation
- GAC = Grant Advisory Committee of WMF
- our rules at DC chapter -- an example
- Individual partnership grants?
- Example grant support from the WMF: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Events_2012
- Our chapter's simple expense claim form: http://wikimediadc.org/w/images/a/a3/Expense_Claim_Form.pdf
- Wiki-DC and NYC fund edit-a-thons and conferences.
Conferences
- Can present GLAM projects at these
- NYC's Wikimedia day ; Wikimania ; Wikimedia conferences ; regional/theme conferences?
- Milan conference -- a meeting of representatives of chapters, April 18-21 2013.
- WikiSym -- an academic conference each fall, held so far in North America and Europe.
- GLAM bootcamp: A conference idea for Wiki-DC to sponsor ; Dominic has suggested it
References
- ↑ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters, section on Wikimedia Deutschland