Thanks all! The next step will be the actual founding. In two days we already have a meeting to talk about it.
Anyone interested in the founding, you are welcome to sign up at https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Founding/Interested_people Romaine 2014-09-02 20:00 GMT+02:00 Nasir Khan <nasir8...@gmail.com>: > Congrats to all who were involved in this success :D > > > -- > *Nasir Khan Saikat* > www.nasirkhn.com > > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Carlos M. Colina <ma...@wikimedia.org.ve> > wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > It is an honour for me to announce that during Wikimania, the WMF > resolved > > [1] to recognise Wikimedia Belgium as a Wikimedia chapter. The resolution > > was made public a few days ago. > > > > The first discussions towards the establishment of a Belgian chapter > > started many years ago, with the local community doing projects related > to > > freedom of knowledge since then, like organisation of WLM Belgium & > > Luxembourg in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Along with these and other activities, > > the idea of a chapter grew and evolved to the moment when, the decision > was > > taken to start officially the chapter creation process. > > > > This process took longer than usual, due to many reasons, among those the > > change in the chapter approval process by the WMF Board last year. > > Nevertheless, after months of intensive discussion and interaction > between > > all parties involved, a recommendation from the AffCom was sent to the > WMF > > regarding Wikimedia Belgium. And here we are :-) > > > > Please welcome the newest member of the family of Wikimedia affiliates! > > > > Regards, > > Carlos > > > > > > 1: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution: > > Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Belgium > > > > -- > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > > Carlos M. Colina > > Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | > > www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > > Twitter: @maor_x > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
