Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved the recognition of Wikimedia Medicine [1] as a Wikimedia thematic organisation.
Over the past several years, Wikimedia Medicine has successfully planned and executed a significant program portfolio, attracting new contributors and forming partnerships with both movement affiliates and external institutional partners around the world. Wikimedia Medicine is an ambitious, innovative, and highly effective organization that has demonstrated a substantial record of independent programmatic impact and continues to foster innovation and collaboration with numerous other entities across the Wikimedia movement. Wikimedia Medicine's efforts to deliver critical medical information to underserved and underrepresented communities reflect the principles of infrastructure and inclusiveness espoused in the Wikimedia movement strategic direction, and represent a key potential area of growth for emerging movement communities. The recognition of Wikimedia Medicine as a Wikimedia thematic organisation reinforces the our movement’s shared commitment to this direction, and will support Wikimedia Medicine's future partnerships with high-profile government institutions and NGOs. Wikimedia Medicine is our first truly global thematic organisation, and we hope that this recognition will be the first of many as our community of globally-focused Wikimedia user groups continues to evolve. I want to thank everyone who has been involved with setting up the new thematic organisation, and recognize their commitment and patience over the past year as we've worked through the thematic organisation recognition process. Please join me in congratulating the entire Wikimedia Medicine team for their accomplishment! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med _______________________________________________ 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>
