Congrats Korea! :-) On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 05:17, Roman Bustria Jr. <bustr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In behalf of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Cooperation > (ESEAP) we would like to extend our congratulations to our member country > for being elevated as a fully recognized chapter! > > We are looking forward to our future regional meeting and collaboration! > > > > Kind regards, > > > Butch > Philippines > > > > > Note: ESEAP is a regional collaborative composed of affiliates Wikimedia > Indonesia, Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Korea, > Wikimedians in Thailand, Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group, > Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia, Wikimedia User Group China, > Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong, and Vietnam Wikimedians. > Membership also include Wikimedia communities and nationalities of Brunei, > Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New > Guinea, Singapore, and Timor Leste (East Timor). > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 6:11 AM 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
