And to Pharos' point, for new groups i don't think becoming a penalty. If a
group goes from no Wikimedia recognition to being a user group they go from
no access to resources to access to the Wikimedia trademarks, access to
grants big and small, listing with other official groups...it's a big
change. Of course groups might want to become a chapter later on, but
that's not exactly always an easy process...
On Feb 12, 2014 1:20 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
If a group was in the process of applying to affcom, we will consider then
case by case - this decision does not apply to groups in process.
If there's a group out there that had just talked about it but not talked
to affcom - we don't have a way of knowing about them! New groups who
haven't already talked to affcom and are trying to figure it out should
apply to be a user group.
Phoebe
On Feb 11, 2014 11:58 AM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote:
Certainly, in the last 2 years and before, a handful of Wikimedia
volunteer groups have been quite as active and organized as those
currently being classified as User Groups - only the option of being
recognized as User Groups did not exist for them at the time of their
founding.
And it is a good thing that this category exists now, but is seems
wrong to penalize Wikimedia volunteer groups that *do* have a track
record of effective programmatic experience, just because they were
started before the User Group category was in existence.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:33 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I want to draw your attention to two Wikimedia Board of Trustees
decisions
that were recently published, regarding funds allocated to the
FDC/Annual
plan grant process and Board approval of chapter/thematic organization
status. In a nutshell, the Board decided to allocate approximately the
same
amount of funding to the FDC for the next two years. The Board also
decided
that new organizations should first form as a user group and have two
years
of programmatic experience before being approved as a legally
incorporated
entity (either a chapter or thematic organization).
The decisions are published in the meeting minutes here:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-11-24#Movement_roles
There is also a FAQ on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_FAQ
You will notice these decisions are published in the minutes for the
November meeting. We originally took these decisions at that meeting;
however as the FAQ explains it took us some time to talk to community
groups, clarify our wording and write the FAQ.
Hopefully the FAQ will answer many of your questions about these
decisions;
however, if there are other questions please do ask them, here or on the
meta talk page. Thank you!
for the Board,
Phoebe
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