Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

[Philip Kopetzky]

Well, I just hope things turn out better this time. Fingers crossed!

On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 09:31, Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> Hey,
>
> The affiliate was originally formed in 2008 as the wannabe chapter
> Wikimedia Brasil, and made its life as a chapter until 2010 when it was
> noticed that it was not incorporated nor had any intention of becoming
> incorporated, and the whole thing was canceled.
>
> Some of its members and new volunteers in Brazil then immediately joined
> together to form the chapter again, and there even is a resolution in
> Wikimania Haifa 2011 about that. The negotiations with affcom took an awful
> lot of time and bureaucracy, and by 2013 they had already incorporated but
> were still waiting to have the chapter approved. They eventually managed to
> be approved as an user group by tlsummer 2013, which is the one that was
> reapproved now.
>
> Paulo
>
> A sexta, 7 de jun de 2019, 23:50, Nathan  escreveu:
>
> > Philip - as can be seen from the group's meta page, this is the former
> > Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil. Originally founded in 2013, this
> > organization was de-recognized by AffCom about one year ago.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

Hey,

The affiliate was originally formed in 2008 as the wannabe chapter
Wikimedia Brasil, and made its life as a chapter until 2010 when it was
noticed that it was not incorporated nor had any intention of becoming
incorporated, and the whole thing was canceled.

Some of its members and new volunteers in Brazil then immediately joined
together to form the chapter again, and there even is a resolution in
Wikimania Haifa 2011 about that. The negotiations with affcom took an awful
lot of time and bureaucracy, and by 2013 they had already incorporated but
were still waiting to have the chapter approved. They eventually managed to
be approved as an user group by tlsummer 2013, which is the one that was
reapproved now.

Paulo

A sexta, 7 de jun de 2019, 23:50, Nathan  escreveu:

> Philip - as can be seen from the group's meta page, this is the former
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> organization was de-recognized by AffCom about one year ago.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

[Nathan]

Philip - as can be seen from the group's meta page, this is the former
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organization was de-recognized by AffCom about one year ago.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

[Philip Kopetzky]

Hi Chico,

I'm still confused who "we" is and what the history of this group is
compared to the previous user groups. Is there now one big community that
is represented in this user group? Because that would be a great step
forward :-)

Best,
Philip

On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 05:32, Chico Venancio 
wrote:

> Dear Seddon,
>
> Thank you for your interest in the Brazilian community.
>
> The Affiliations Committee has created a page to discuss the situation in
> the Brazilian community. You may want to direct questions to them or in
> general to community members on this page [1].
>
> The User Group Wiki Movimento Brasil is strongly committed to improving
> community health, striving to engage the Wikimedian communities and keep a
> safe environment for participation. With that commitment in mind --and even
> before the official re-recognition-- we have looked for support and have
> created a code of conduct [2] and a friendly space policy [3], to which all
> members must abide. We are currently working on a diversity plan with
> Community Development staff members, that should be ready in less than six
> months.
>
> We take this space as an opportunity to invite the global community to get
> to know and engage with the set of activities we run. Since 2013, we have
> led numerous GLAM partnerships [4], one of the largest education programs
> in the world [5], many community events focused on advanced Wikidata topics
> [6] and several other outreach activities and programs.
>
> Thank you all and good contributions.
>
> Chico Venancio,
> On behalf of User Group Wiki Movimento Brasil
>
> References
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Brazil_Next_Steps
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movement_Brazil_User_Group/Code_of_Conduct
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movement_Brazil_User_Group/Friendly_Space_Policy
> [4]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:This_Month_in_GLAM_Brazil_reports
> [5]
> https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/grupo_de_usu%C3%A1rios_wikimedia_no_brasil/programs
> [6] https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:!Wikidata_Labs
>
>
> Em sáb, 1 de jun de 2019 às 08:59, Joseph Seddon 
> escreveu:
> >
> > I didn't mean for any intended accusation in my initial question, and to
> > clarify I do not sit on AffCom along I have a long standing interest in
> > affiliates.
> >
> > After the issues with the two previous affiliates in Brazil, it was the
> > Brazilian community themselves who could take the situation into their
> own
> > hands and move forward and I was genuinely interested how the community
> > plans to do that and avoid repeats of the past.
> >
> > Regards
> > Seddon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:24 PM Mister Thrapostibongles <
> > thrapostibong...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Joseph
> > >
> > > Perhaps we could assume that your colleagues on the Affiliations
> Committee
> > > are well aware of the past history and have taken it into consideration
> > > privately, which is exactly how such issues sould be considered, rather
> > > than on a public mailing list.  Unless you have evidence to the
> cotrary?
> > >
> > > Thrapostibongles
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:43 AM Joseph Seddon  >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Asking as a volunteer with a broad interest in affiliate matters
> rather
> > > > than as a staff member:
> > > >
> > > > What steps is the Brazilian community taking to ensure there isn't a
> > > repeat
> > > > of past breakdowns in community cooperation?
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > >
> > > > Seddon
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:50 AM Paulo Santos Perneta <
> > > > paulospern...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to correct myself, as since October 2018 there is one
> more
> > > > > Wikimedia affiliate with Portuguese as its official language, our
> very
> > > > good
> > > > > friends "Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia", who have been
> > > doing
> > > > > quite a notable work in LATAM:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Muj(lh)eres_latinoamericanas_en_Wikimedia
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Paulo
> > > > >
> > > > > Paulo Santos Perneta  escreveu no dia
> quinta,
> > > > > 30/05/2019 à(s) 15:40:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Wonderful news!
> > > > > > Brazil has been for long one of the world leaders in Wikimedia
> > > > > educational
> > > > > > projects, with an excellent work on GLAMs, often in line with the
> > > > > > educational projects, and generally with full Wikidata
> integration.
> > > > > > It is very rewarding to see the group recognized again as a
> > > full-right
> > > > > > Wikimedia affiliate.
> > > > > > It also happens to be the only other Portuguese speaking
> affiliate,
> > > > > > besides Wikimedia Portugal. Still a long way to go for one of the
> > > most
> > > > > > spoken native languages in the globe, but that's a great
> improvement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > Paulo