I'll ask the obvious question - why is it not Wikimedia South Korea? And congrats to the participating Wikimedians on their achievement and recognition!
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 6:11 PM María Sefidari <msefid...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am happy to share that earlier this year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board > of Trustees approved our newest Wikimedia chapter - Wikimedia Korea! > > For more information about our newest Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia Korea, > please see the announcement on the Wikimedia Foundation website: > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/23/wikimedia-korea-new-chapter-affiliate-launches-in-south-korea/ > > I want to congratulate the new chapter and recognize their commitment, > efforts, and time involved in moving through the chapter recognition > process over the past year. From their work building partnerships with > universities, to supporting and training new editors in South Korea, we > look forward to seeing the impactful work from our community members in > South Korea as they advance in their new affiliate role. > > As many of you know, this is our first chapter approval in several years - > since the newest Wikimedia affiliate approval processes were put in place. > This marks a new moment in the history of our Wikimedia movement > affiliates. The Board appreciates the amazing work coming from these user > groups around the world, and is inspired to see how far some of these > groups have come in terms of their impact both on our movement and their > local communities. Indeed, we should all be proud of the impact our > affiliates continue to have on our projects, our vision, and the world > around us. > > Any affiliate interested in becoming a chapter or thematic organization > must have at least two years of activities and experience as a user group > before applying. Please check out the user group creation guide to get a > user group started - it is meant to be very easy: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Creation_guide > > > You can find a lot more information about our movement affiliates model on > Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models > > You may also reach out to the Affiliations Committee with questions or to > begin the approval process for your group: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee > Please join me in congratulating Wikimedia Korea for this important > achievement and thanking the members of the Affiliations Committee and > Wikimedia Foundation staff who supported and worked with them during this > long process. > > Kind regards, > > María > > -- > > María Sefidari Huici > > Chair of the Board > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
