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Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects within a specified geographical region (country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". 40 chapters currently exist, with at least one Chapter on every continent of the world (except Antarctica).

This page lists current and planned chapters. Please see the Step-by-step chapter creation guide and the Movement affiliates FAQ for more information. An Affiliations Committee exists to aid the creation of, and to support, local chapters.

Some of the chapters have an office.

Find an overview of Chapter-related Meta pages on Chapters Portal.

Existing chapters, both founded (dark blue) and approved (dark turquoise), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of 24 April 2014.

Contents

Existing chapters

There are currently 40 recognised Wikimedia chapters. See also the list of Wikimedia chapters that joined the WCA.

country
code		 Chapter Founding (approval) date Bylaws W: Website
I: Identi.ca
T: Twitter
F: Facebook		 L: Mailing list
G: Google Groups		 I: IRC
M: Mail contact
U: User contact
O: Other Contact		 Non-
profit? [1]		 Last verified Members Yearly membership fee
Icons-flag-am.png AM Wikimedia Armenia 2013-05-14 (2013-03-26) hy, en W: www.wikimedia.am
T: @wikimedia_am
F: WikimediaArmenia		 M: info at wikimedia.am yes 2013-12-10 16 2000 AMD (~5 USD)
Icons-flag-ar.png AR Wikimedia Argentina 2007-09-01
(2007-12-11)		 es, en W: wikimedia.org.ar/
T: @wikimedia_ar
F: WikimediaArgentina		 L: Wikimedia-AR M: correo at wikimedia.org.ar yes 2013-09-19 065~ full members ARS 100 (~USD 17)
adherents ARS 50 (~USD 8.5)
minors ARS 30 (~USD 5)
Icons-flag-at.png AT Wikimedia Österreich 2008-05-02
(2008-02-26)		 de, en W: wikimedia.at L: VereinAT-l I: #wikimedia-atconnect
M: verein at wikimedia.at
vorstand at wikimedia.at		  ? 2011-03-01 065~ 20 €
reduced 15 €
legal entities 100 €
sponsoring members 500€
Icons-flag-au.png AU Wikimedia Australia 2008-08-06
(2008-03-04)		 en W: wikimedia.org.au
T: @wm_au
F: Wikimedia.AU		 L: WikimediaAU-l I: #wikimedia-auconnect
M: contact at wikimedia.org.au		 yes 2010-01-19 047 AU$20
AU$10 concession
Icons-flag-bd.png BD Wikimedia Bangladesh
 Not yet
(2011-10-03)		 en Wikimedia Bangladesh L: Wikimedia-BD I: #wikimedia-bdconnect  ? 2011-05-24
Icons-flag-ca.png CA Wikimedia Canada 2010-11-05
(2011-05-24)		 en, fr W: wikimedia.ca
T: @WikimediaCA
F: WikimediaCA		 G: wmca-public M: info at wikimedia.ca yes[2][3] 2011-06-05 040~ $10 CAD
Icons-flag-ch.png CH Wikimedia CH 2006-05-14 de, fr, it, rm, en W: wikimedia.ch
T: @WikimediaCH
F: Wikimedia CH		 L: WikimediaCH-l M: info at wikimedia.ch
I: #wikimedia-chconnect		 yes[4] 2013-02-06 400+ CHF 50
Reduced: CHF 20
Sponsors: min. CHF 75
Legal entities: min. CHF 100
Icons-flag-cl.png CL Wikimedia Chile 2011-07-16 (2011-06-13) es, en W: wikimediachile.cl
T: @wikimedia_cl
F: Wikimedia Chile		 L: Wikimedia-CL M: contacto at wikimediachile.cl yes 2011-07-16 026 CLP 12,600 (USD 26.25)
Icons-flag-cz.png CZ Wikimedia Česká republika 2008-03-06
(2008-02-26)		 cs, en W: wikimedia.cz
T: @Wikimedia_CR
F: Facebook		 L: WikimediaCZ-l I: #wikimedia-czconnect
M: wm-cz at wikimedia.org		 yes[5] 2012-01-26 039 CZK 200
reduced: CZK 100
Icons-flag-de.png DE Wikimedia Deutschland 2004-06-13 de (official),
en, it		 W: wikimedia.de
I: wikimediade
T: @wikimediade
F: WMDEeV		 L: VereinDE-l M: info at wikimedia.de yes 2013-03-31 6200+ €24
reduced: €12
Min. fees, members may choose to pay more.
Icons-flag-dk.png DK Wikimedia Danmark 2009-03-14 (2009-07-03). da, en T: @wikimediadk L: WikimediaDK I: #wikimedia-danmarkconnect
U: Palnatoke
O: on Meta		  ? 2010-09-26 015 DKK 100
Icons-flag-ee.png EE Wikimedia Eesti 2010-07-25/
2010-10-06
(2010-08-31)		 et, en W: et.wikimedia.org G: wikimedia-eesti M: [email protected]
U: Teele		 yes 2014-03-18 009 (founders), 033 (current) 5 €
Icons-flag-es.png ES Wikimedia España 2011-02-11
(2011-02-07)		 es, en W: wikimedia.es
I: wikimediaes
T: @wikimedia_es
F (group): Wikimedia España
F (page): Wikimedia España		 L: Wikimedia-Es (open list) I: #wikimedia-esconnect
M: info at wikimedia.org.es
O: Wikimedia España		 yes[6] 2013-10-6 060~ Registration fee: 5 €. Membership fee: Adults, 15 €; Young Adults (16-18 yrs): free.
Icons-flag-fi.png FI Wikimedia Suomi 2009-06-14
(2009-09-21).		 fi (en) W: wikimedia.fi L: Wikimedia-FI I: #wikimedia-ficonnect
M: info at wikimedia.fi		  ? 2010-09-25 021 € 10
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-fr.png FR Wikimédia France 2004-10-23 fr (statuts) W: wikimedia.fr (blog)
I: wikimediafrance
T: @Wikimedia_Fr		 L: WikimediaFR-l I: #wikimedia-frconnect
M: contact at wikimedia.fr		 yes 2012-01-25 250 normal : 24 €
honorary : 100 €
Icons-flag-hk.png HK Wikimedia Hong Kong 2007-07-14
(2008-03-04)		 MoA: zh, en, AoA: zh, en W: wikimedia.hk
T: @WMHK
F: WikimediaHK		 L: WikimediaHK U: Tango Chan
O: on Meta		 yes 2010-09-12 040 $50 HKD
$70 HKD (first year)
Icons-flag-hu.png HU Wikimédia Magyarország 2008-09-27
(2008-11-03)		 hu, en W: wikimedia.hu
I: @wikimediahu
T: @wikimediaHU
F: WikimediaHU		 G: huwiki-egyesulet M: elnokseg at wikimedia.hu
U: Vince (Executive Vice President)		 yes[7] 2012-01-25 060 2000 HUF (~7€, 9$)
Icons-flag-id.png ID Wikimedia Indonesia 2008-09-05
(2008-10-07)		 Bylaws: id, en
AoI: id, en		 W: wikimedia.or.id
T: @wikimediaid
F: wikimedia.indonesia		 G: wikimedia-indonesia M: info at wikimedia.or.id n/a 2012-01-30 019 (founders)
027 (members)		 IDR 250K (~USD 23) for public
IDR 150K (~USD 14) concession
IDR 100K (~USD 9) for students 17-20 years old.[8]
Icons-flag-il.png IL Wikimedia Israel 2007-07-15
(2007-03-06)		 he (legally binding), en W: wikimedia.org.il L: Wikimedia-IL M: mail at wikimedia.org.il yes 2012-01-11 035~ 20 ILS(~7 USD / 4 €)
Icons-flag-in.png IN Wikimedia India 2011-01-03
(2010-06-15)		 en kn W: Wiki.wikimedia.in
T: @Wikimediaindia
F: WikimediaIndia		 L: WikimediaIndia-l (community)
L: Wikimedia-IN-Exec (Board)
G: wmin-members (members only)		 I: #wikimedia-inconnect
M: chapter at wikimedia.in (chapter)
M: press at wikimedia.in (press)
U: Naveen Francis (M: naveenpf at wikimedia.in, secretary)
U: Anirudh Bhati (M: anirudh at wikimedia.in)		 yes[9] 2011-01-14 197 100 INR or ~US$2 (individuals)/ 1000 INR or ~US$20 (organisations)
Icons-flag-it.png IT Wikimedia Italia 2005-07-17 it, en W: wikimedia.it
I: wikimediaitalia
T: @WikimediaItalia		 M: info at wikimedia.it (info whatsoever)
M: associazione at wikimedia.it
U: Frieda (chair)
U: Marcok		 yes 2011-01-08 350~ 25 € (members removed after a year if they don't renew the subscription)
Icons-flag-mk.png MK Wikimedia Macedonia 2009-09-21
(2010-02-01)		 mk, en W: mk.wikimedia.org
T: @wikipedia_mk
F: mk.wikipedia
F: wikimediamacedonia		 L: Wikimedia-MK (members)
L: vikipedija (admins)		 L: WikiMK-l (Wikipedians)
U: Brest (president)		 yes 2011-09-18 014 None
Icons-flag-mo.png MO Wikimedia Macau 2009-04-09
(2011-04-24)		 en (charter) W: Website
F: Wikimedia Macau		 M: info at wikimedia.org.mo  ? 2011-05-07
Icons-flag-mx.png MX Wikimedia México 2011-08-03
(2011-08-03)[10]		 es, en W: on Meta (es, en) L: Wikimedia-MX I: #wikimedia-mxconnect
U: User:ProtoplasmaKid
O: on Meta		 yes[11] 2013-02-8 015 Pending for define.
Icons-flag-nl.png NL Wikimedia Nederland 2006-03-27
(2006-09-21)		 AoI, Bylaws (en/nl) W: wikimedia.nl
T: @wmnl		 L: WikimediaNL-l M: info at wikimedia.nl (general inquiries)
U: Ziko (chair)		 yes[12] 2013-01 200 € 24 recommended
(Members may choose less or more, min. € 12)
Icons-flag-no.png NO Wikimedia Norge 2007-06-23
(2008-11-03)		 nb, nn, se, en W: no.wikimedia.org
T: @Wikimedianorge
F: WikimediaNorge		 – U: Jarle Vines (chair)
U: Erling Bjørtvedt (deputy chair)
O: Short presentation in English		  ? 2014-04-28 80~ Ordinary: 200 NOK
reduced: 100 NOK
Icons-flag-ph.png PH Wikimedia Philippines 2010-04-12
(2010-03-17)		 en, tl (articles)
en (bylaws)		 W: wikimedia.org.ph
I: @pinoywikipedia
T: @WikimediaPH
F: wikimediaphilippines		 L: Wikimedia-PH M: info at wikimedia.org.ph
U: Eugene (president)
U: Josh (secretary)		 yes[13] 2013-02-01 111 [4] PHP 500 (regular)
PHP 100 (concession)
Non-paying members are Associate members, without voting privileges.
Icons-flag-pl.png PL Wikimedia Polska 2005-08-14 pl, en W: pl.wikimedia.org
T: @wikimedia_pl
F: polska.wikipedia		 L: WikimediaPL-l I: #wikimedia-plconnect
M: zarzad at wikimedia.pl		 n/a[14] 2010-03-13 130 list 1 PLN (0.2 USD) min. Members may choose to pay more: average is ~ 20 PLN / 5 USD
Icons-flag-pt.png PT Wikimedia Portugal 2009-09-21 (2009-07-03) Estatutos pt, en W: wikimedia.pt
T: @wikimediapt
I: @wikimediapt
F: Wikimedia Portugal		 L: WikimediaPT I: #wikimedia-ptconnect
M: geral at wikimedia.pt
O: Contacto		 yes[15] 2011-03-01 030~ 10€
reduced: € 5
Icons-flag-rs.png RS Wikimedia Србије 2005-12-03 sr (copy), en W: rs.wikimedia.org L: WikimediaSR-l
L: Serbia-Internal-l (internal)		 M: info-rs at wikimedia.org
U: Dungodung		 n/a[16] 2011-09-24 080~ None
Icons-flag-ru.png RU Викимедиа РУ, Wikimedia RU 2008-11-11
(2008-05-24)		 ru, en W: wikimedia.ru
W: ru.wikimedia.org (wiki)
T: @Wikimedia_RU
F: Wikimedia RU		 L: Wikimedia-RU
L: WikimediaRU-l (internal)		 M: info at wikimedia.ru
M: press at wikimedia.ru
U: Ctac
U: Dr Bug		 yes 2014-04-24 017 Registration fee: 5000 RUB (~140 USD)
Membership fee: 1200 RUB (~33 USD)
Icons-flag-se.png SE Wikimedia Sverige 2007-10-20
(2007-12-11)		 sv, en W: wikimedia.se
T: @WikimediaSE
F: Wikimedia Sverige		 L: WikimediaSE-l M: Jan Ainali (jan.ainali at wikimedia.org)
M: info at wikimedia.se (info)
M: press at wikimedia.se (press)		 yes 2010-11-19 226 SEK 100 / EUR 10 / USD 15
Organisations: 1000 SEK
Icons-flag-tw.png TW Wikimedia Taiwan 2007-02-11
(2007-07-04)		 zh, en W: wikimedia.tw L: Wikimedia-TW U: Theodoranian (chair)
U: Htchien (secretariat)		  ? 2007-07-04 030
Icons-flag-ua.png UA Wikimedia Ukraine 2009-05-31
(2009-07-03)		 uk, en W: ua.wikimedia.org
F: Вікімедіа Україна		 L: WikimediaUA M: WikimediaUA
M: wm-ua at wikimedia.org		 yes 2013-09-03 056 list 10 UAH (1 €) min
Icons-flag-gb.png GB Wikimedia UK 2008-11-05
(2009-01-12)		 en W: wikimedia.org.uk
T: @wikimediauk
F: WikimediaUK		 L: WikimediaUK-l M: secretary at wikimedia.org.uk
U: MichaelMaggs		 Yes (UK charity) 2012-02-17 360~ GBP 5
Icons-flag-us.png US-DC Wikimedia District of Columbia 2011-05-07
(2011-09-12)		 en W: wikimediadc.org
T: @wikimediadc		 L: Wikimedia-DC I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect
M: info at wikidc.org
U: Harej		 yes 2014-01-11 071 USD 10
Icons-flag-us.png US-NYC Wikimedia New York City 2009-07-07
(2009-01-12)		 en W: nyc.wikimedia.org
T: @wikimedianyc		 L: Wikimedia_NYC I: #wikimedia-northeastconnect
M: wm-nyc at wikimedia.org
U: Pharos		 yes 2012-05-14 035 USD 5
Icons-flag-uy.png UY Wikimedia Uruguay Not yet
(2013-07-12)		 es (draft) W: wikimediauruguay.org
T: @wikimedia_uy
F: Wikimedia.Uruguay		 G: wikimedia-uy O: on Meta
Icons-flag-ve.png VE Wikimedia Venezuela 2012-02-14
(2011-10-28)		 es, en W: wikimedia.org.ve
T: @wikimedia_ve
F: Wikimedia.Venezuela		 L: Wikimedia-VE I: #wikimedia-veconnect
U: Oscar (M: oscar at wikimedia.org.ve
U: Carlos (M: jewbask at wikimedia.org.ve)
U: Fhaidel (M: fhaidel at wikimedia.org.ve)		 yes 2013-04-27 019 214 Bs (~USD 34)
Icons-flag-za.png ZA Wikimedia South Africa 2012-02-27
(2011-03-26)		 W: wikimedia.org.za
F: Wikimedia ZA		 L: WikimediaZA O: on Meta yes 2010-08-08

Chapters in discussion phase[edit]

Chapters in active preparation to become a Local Chapter. You should add here any chapter that is under discussion to be started up. Please provide link to a page (in meta) with more detailed information (at best with a short summary in English) and provide a contact for questions about the present state.

Key
A yellowish background means organizations are currently in active contact (as of the "last update" date) with the Affiliations Committee;
A light grey background means awaiting an update (from the proposed Organization? from AffCom?)
A light blue background means the AffCom has asked the Board to approve the Organization's formation.
country code Chapter Status Articles of Incorporation/
Statute		 Website Mailing list Contact Last update
Icons-flag-az.png AZ Wikimedia Azerbaijan Writing bylaws / translating to english - Wikimedia Azerbaijan
wikimedia.az		 Mailing list Proger (az, ru, en), talk 2014-02-20
Icons-flag-bw.png BW Wikimedia Botswana Early development - Wikimedia Botswana

wikimedia.bw (doesn't exist yet)

 wikimediabw (doesn't exist yet) tn:User:Oarabile Mudongo (kck, tn, en-3, zu-1, sn-1), Facebook, talk, talk 2012-12-19
Icons-flag-by.png BY Wikimedia Belarus In discussion - Wikimedia Belarus

wikimedia.by

 wikimediaby ru:User Talk:Track13 (en, ru, be) ru:User Talk:Pessimist2006 (ru, be) 2010-05-29
Icons-flag-bg.png BG Wikimedia Bulgaria In discussion - wikimedia.bg info-l See Wikimedians of Bulgaria 2014-04-18
Icons-flag-ci.png CI Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire Writing bylaws – Meta Wikimedia-CI Zenman (talk) 2014-04-24
Icons-flag-co.png CO Wikimedia Colombia Writing bylaws Spanish/English (untranslated) http://co.wikimedia.org/ – Baiji, Racso or #wikimedia-co 2012-04-04
Icons-flag-dz.png DZ Wikimedia Algeria In discussion to come Meta 2007-07
Icons-flag-eg.png EG Wikimedia Egypt Writing bylaws Proposed by-laws Wikimedia Egypt mail:wikimediaeg-l Mido or/and #wikimedia-eg 2009-03
Icons-flag-ge.png GE Wikimedia Georgia Development. ka http://wikimedia.ge/ – info at wikimedia.ge 2010-12-17
Icons-flag-gr.png GR Wikimedia Greece In discussion research stage wikimedia.gr/wiki Geraki or/and #wikimedia-el 2011-06
Icons-flag-hr.png HR Wikimedia Croatia Formally established under Croatian law on January 17, 2009. hr and en SpeedyGonsales, #wikimedija-hr 2011-01-12
Wikimedia Ireland mail:wikimediaie 2010-08-04
Icons-flag-in.png IN-DL Wikimedia Delhi City Memorandum of Association has been posted on Meta. – Wikimedia Delhi City Wikimedia-in-del Vibhijain 2011-06-05
Icons-flag-ir.png IR Wikimedia Iran In discussion – Meta – 2008-07-07
Icons-flag-kg.png KG Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan In discussion – Wikimedia Kyrgyzstan – Aidabishkek (en, ru, tr, ky)
Maksat (en, ru, ky)		 2012-05-02
Icons-flag-kr.png KR Wikimedia South Korea (tentative name) Waiting to approve for submit translations of Bylaws(as chapter) from AffCom ko (draft) * Documents (written in Korean): Meta, legacy pages on ko-WP (1, 2) mail:wikimedia-kr The Executive Committee of the South Korean chapter: 2014-04-01
Icons-flag-kz.png KZ Wikimedia Kazakhstan Reviewing bylaws with AffCom. No currently ongoing communication. en Ashina, Alash, Rauank 2012-08-05
Icons-flag-lt.png LT Wikimedia Lietuva Stopped at discussion phase – – none none 2009-12-10
Icons-flag-my.png MY Wikimedia Malaysia Early development Research stage Wikimedia Malaysia (on meta) – Talk:Wikimedia Malaysia 2009-01-12
Icons-flag-np.png NP Wikimedia Nepal Community Approved Draft By-Laws in Nepali Now in Lawyer's revision/ By-laws translation into English Affcom studying on proposal Wikimedia Nepal (on meta)
T:@WikimediaNepal
F:Wikimedia Nepal		 [email protected]; [email protected] Rajesh Pandey
Ganesh Paudel
Saroj K. Dhakal (en, hi, ne)
Nirmal Dulal (en, hi, ne)		 2013-04-24
Icons-flag-ro.png RO Wikimedia România Early stages (planning) ro, en (drafts) wikimedia.ro (currently a portal) WikimediaRO-l IulianU or Razool 2005-09-26
Icons-flag-sa.png SA Wikimedia Saudi Arabia Early development – Wikimedia Saudi Arabia – Alrwaikm 2008-12-26
Icons-flag-sg.png SG Wikimedia Singapore Early development - Wikimedia Singapore Wikimedia-SG Mailing list or #wikimedia-sgconnect 2011-04-27
Icons-flag-si.png SI Wikimedia Slovenia In discussion Writing first draft Wikimedia Slovenia on meta / w:sl:Wikipedija:Društvo on sl.wikipedia.org none yet Wikimedia Slovenia or
Miha/xJaM/Yerpo		 2013-03-14
Icons-flag-tr.png TR Wikimedia Türkiye In discussion Early development Wikimedia Türkiye on Meta / tr.wikimedia.org wikimedia-tr #wikimedia-tr 2011-11-01
Flag of Cascadia.svg US-CAS Wikimedia Cascadia In discussion, drafting bylaws pending Meta wikimedia-cascadia Another Believer
Icons-flag-us.png US-MW Wikimedia Midwest US In discussion – Meta

#wikimedia-midwest

 – Varnent (talk) 2012-06-22
Flag of Texas.svg US-TX Texas Wikimedians In discussion pending Meta WhisperToMe

Former chapters in discussion[edit]

Chapters formerly in preparation to become a Local Chapter, which have either stalled or been absorbed into other chapters.

country code Chapter Status Articles of Incorporation/
Statute		 Website Mailing list Contact Last update
Flag of California.svg US-CA Wikimedia California Inactive pending Meta wikimedia-california Geoff Plourde 2010-05-05
Icons-flag-us.png US-PA Wikimedia Pennsylvania Stalled, merged with Wikimedia New York City en pa.us.wikimedia.org Wikimediapa-l Cbrown1023 talk, SB_Johnny, Whiteknight, or #wikimedia-pa 2009-04-29

Ideas for chapters[edit]

± Affiliations Committee portal

Affiliations Committee portal

Affiliate resources

Chapters

Thematic organisations

User groups

Internal documents

Other links

Contact us

See the Movement affiliates FAQ to understand what a local chapter is, and what it entails to create a new one. If you wish to create a local chapter, follow the step-by-step chapter creation guide. In case you have any questions, contact the Affiliations Committee.

In Europe[edit]

In North America[edit]

In Asia[edit]

  • Wikimedia Japan – 設立の是非について投票中です。 The page reads "There are currently no active arguments to establish a local Japanese chapter, mainly because very few Japanese language community members are interested in it. Lack of legal knowledge and accounting skills amongst the community is also a large contributing factor."
  • Wikimedia Mainland China – 准备讨论 zh:Wikipedia:中国维基媒体协会/筹备 The former page is a list of legal requirements, the latter is a discussion of creating the chapter, though discussion seems to have mostly died in 2009.
  • Wikimedia Nepal विकिमिडिया नेपाल is recognized as a user group Wikimedians of Nepal on 29th May, 2013. Now it is in the way of becoming national chapter. Wikipedia was begun in Nepal on June 3, 2002 with Nepali Wikipedia. Now Wikipedias are avaible in 5 languages spoken in Nepal. Wikimedia Nepal begun regular meetups and discussions from 17th July, 2010. It has been organizing outreach and various programs to promote Wikipedia in Nepal.

In Africa[edit]

In Oceania[edit]

In South America[edit]

In Central America[edit]

Composition of chapters[edit]

See also Wikimedia chapters/Summaries. This list may be partially outdated; provided in alphabetical order by country codes:

Wikimedia Armenia[edit]

Wikimedia Argentina[edit]

Staff

Wikimedia Österreich (Austria)[edit]

elected 2012-12-01.

Wikimedia Australia (Australia)[edit]

Committee (elected 23 November 2013):

Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bangladesh)[edit]

Wikimedia Canada (Canada)[edit]

Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)[edit]

Wikimedia Chile[edit]

Wikimedia Česká republika (Czechia)[edit]

Board and Audit committee elected on April 2013 for two years.

Board Members

Audit committee

Wikimedia Deutschland (Germany)[edit]

Elected on November 2013; new president and vice president elected by the board in May 2014.

Wikimedia Danmark (Denmark)[edit]

Board Members

Auditor

Wikimedia Eesti (Estonia)[edit]

Board Members:

Audit committee:

Wikimedia España (Spain)[edit]

Wikimedia Suomi (Finland)[edit]

Effective 2014-01-01.

Wikimédia France (France)[edit]

Board elected on October 26, 2013



See also: Short biographies of the board members.


Wikimedia UK (United Kingdom)[edit]

See wmuk:board for a current list and biographies of board members.

Wikimedia Hong Kong (Hong Kong)[edit]

Directory
  • Rover WONG, president
  • Ivy WONG, deputy president
  • Vincent TSUI, secretary
  • Tango CHAN, treasurer
  • Alexander CHEUNG, director & commissioner for outreach
  • Carol TANG, director & commissioner for communication

Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)[edit]

Elected on December 1, 2012.

Wikimedia Indonesia (Indonesia)[edit]

The administrative board (2011-2012)


Board of Trustees

Board of Executives

Wikimedia Israel (Israel)[edit]

  • Audit committee
    • Oved Cohen
    • Ido Ivri

Wikimedia India (India)[edit]

For biographical summaries, please visit Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members


Wikimedia Italia (Italy)[edit]

Wikimedia Macedonia (Macedonia)[edit]

According to Macedonian laws, the name of organization is written in cyrilic: Викимедија Македонија, for international use the name of organization is Wikimedia Macedonia.


President:

Vice-Presidents:

Executive Board:

Supervisory Board:

Wikimedia Macau[edit]

See this list in the official website (Traditional Chinese).


Wikimedia México (Mexico)[edit]

Updated 2014-03-01

Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands)[edit]

A new board was elected on March 29 2014. The current members of the board:

  • Frans Grijzenhout, Chair, human resources
  • Jan Anton Brouwer, Treasurer
  • André Engels, Secretary
  • Ad Huikeshoven, International Affairs, Education Program
  • Justus de Bruijn, Communication
  • Ronn Boef, Community
  • Marlon Thé, GLAM

Wikimedia Norge (Norway)[edit]

Updated 2013-04-22


  • Jon Harald Søby – chairman
  • Erlend Bjørtvedt – deputy chairman
  • Jarle Vines – board member
  • Knut Hjelleset – board member
  • Anne C Martens – board member
  • Trond Trosterud – board member
  • Claes Tande – board member
  • Harald Groven – assistant member of the board
  • Hogne Neteland – assistant member of the board
  • Dan Michael Heggø Olsen – assistant member of the board


Presentation in English


Wikimedia Philippines (Philippines)[edit]


Officer who is not a member of the Board of Trustees:

Wikimedia Polska (Poland)[edit]

Wikimedia Portugal (Portugal)[edit]

(elected on December 18, 2011 - until December 2013)


Directory

General Assembly

Supervisory Board

Викимедија Србије (Serbia)[edit]

Викимедиа РУ (Russia)[edit]

See the contact list in the official website (Russian).


Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden)[edit]

Wikimedia Taiwan (Taiwan)[edit]

Wikimedia Ukraine (Вікімедіа Україна) (Ukraine)[edit]

Wikimedia District of Columbia, United States[edit]

See Wikimedia DC's official list.

Wikimedia New York City, United States[edit]

Wikimedia Uruguay[edit]

...

Wikimedia Venezuela[edit]

Wikimedia South Africa[edit]

See the chapter's page.

Inter-chapter initiatives[edit]

See also: Interchapter groups

Active:

Ideas:

Mailing lists and wikis[edit]

Apart from public mailing lists (most notably Chapters-reports) and websites listed elsewhere, there are two main private channels for communication and coordination among chapters, which existing chapters must follow and participate in:

  • Internal wiki[17] and Internal-l – Local Chapters, board and officers coordination: each chapter can subscribe an unlimited number of board members (as of 13th August 2010), with an e-mail to the list admin by the president; additional members can be subscribed following the usual procedure (endorsement by a subscribed person + consensus on wiki);
  • Chapters wiki[18] and chapters mailinglist[19] for discussions and decisions among chapters: each chapter can subscribe unlimited board members (and some staffer) and an email by the president of the chapter to the list admins with the list of email addresses to add/remove is the usual process; there are also other lists for working groups, generally subsets of the previous one, apart some more open lists (e.g. GLAM).

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Is the chapter formally recognized as a Nonprofit organization under its nation's laws? "n/a" should be used if the country's laws do not recognize a nonprofit status.
  2. ↑ Letters Patent
  3. ↑ Applying for charitable status as well.
  4. ↑ A small no profit association doesn't require the formal approval. It's sufficient to follow the law and to have a bylaws compliant with to the law[1][2]. The tax exemption has been formally approved [3].
  5. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in the Czech republic.
  6. ↑ All associations in Spain have Non profit status.
  7. ↑ Wikimédia Magyarország is a registered association at the Court and all registered associations are non-profit by definition in Hungary. Wikimédia Magyarország is recognized as "organization for the public benefit" status which means: transparency requirements, tax exemptions, tax deductibility etc.
  8. ↑ Based on Wikimedia Indonesia Board of Executive Meeting.
  9. ↑ Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) is registered as a Non-profit Society vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District. However applications to tax-exemption for the society and its donors are still pending.
  10. ↑ At the founding team's request, the provisional approval was extended by the WMF executive director until April 2013.
  11. ↑ Officialy recognized as Wikimedia México A.C. (civic association) under Mexican laws since February 2013.
  12. ↑ There is no separate official non-profit status. However, we have been granted charity status (ANBI) by the tax office since January 2010, which, among other demands, requires that the organization is a non-profit by its bylaws and operates as a non-profit in practice. During 2012 we were busy to prepare the chapter for the CBF certificate for 'small charities'.
  13. ↑ Wikimedia Philippines is applying for NGO accreditation and donee institution status (charitable status).
  14. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Poland
  15. ↑ All organizations in Portugal have Non profit status.
  16. ↑ All associations are non-profit by definition in Serbia.
  17. ↑ internal.wikimedia.org
  18. ↑ chapters.wikimedia.ch
  19. ↑ https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/chapters
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