Wikimedia CH
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Wikimedia CH is the local Wikimedia chapter covering Switzerland. It was founded on May 14, 2006.
Past discussions on this page have been kept at /Archive.
Contents
Reach us[edit]
Contact us at info@wikimedia.ch
- Lending photography material
- Mailing list
Mailing list for Wikimedians in Switzerland at wikimediach-l
- IRC
Catch us directly on our freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-ch
Become a fan of Wikimedia CH at facebook.com/WikimediaCH
Follow our tweets at @WikimediaCH
- Office address
- Wikimedia CH
- Escaliers-du-Marché 2
- 1003 Lausanne
- Switzerland
- Phone: +41 (0) 21 340 66 20
- Postal address
- Wikimedia CH
- 8008 Zürich
- Switzerland
- Website
Responsibilities[edit]
Current Board[edit]
May 23, 2014 and later
- Patrick Kenel, President
- Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Mauro Cassina, Board member
- Gabriel Thullen, Board member
- Stéphane Coillet-Matillon, Board member
Staff[edit]
Permanent Position[edit]
Chief Science Officer
- Charles Andrès (1.0 FTE)
Liaison for Italian-speaking Community & GLAM project manager
- Ilario Valdelli (0.5 FTE)
Liaison for German-speaking Community & Education
- Muriel Staub (0.8 FTE)
Liaison for French-speaking Community & Education
- Gabrielle Marie (0.5 FTE)
Administrative Manager
- Sabine Ray (0.2 FTE)
Temporary Staff[edit]
- Wikimedia CH received a grant from the "Loterie Romande" for the digitization of the Neuchâtel Herbarium. This grant has been partially used to hire Civilian servants
Past employees[edit]
- Chantal Ebongué, CAO, July 2013 - July 2013
- Anh Chung, CAO, October 2013 - December 2014
Third-party employees with Wikimedia CH funds[edit]
- Micha L. Rieser, Wikipedian in Residence at the Swiss National Library, (40% position, half covered by WMCH) January-June 2014
- Emmanuel Engelhart, in Residence at the Swiss National Library, (40% position, half covered by WMCH) January-June 2014
- Micha L. Rieser, Wikipedian in Residence at the Swiss Federal Archives, (60% position, half covered by WMCH) July-November 2013
Past Boards[edit]
Nota bene: board nominations are effective two months after the election.
September 1, 2013 - May 23, 2014[edit]
- Patrick Kenel, President ad interim
- Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Mauro Cassina, Board member
- Matina Hämmerli, Board member
- Gabriel Thullen, Board member
April 27, 2013 - August 31, 2013[edit]
- Charles Andrès, President
- Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Mauro Cassina, Board member
- Matina Hämmerli, Board member
- Patrick Kenel, Board member
- Gabriel Thullen, Board member
August 23, 2012 - April 27, 2013[edit]
- Charles Andrès, President
- Patrick Kenel, Secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Gabriel Thullen, Board member
- Ilario Valdelli, Board member
June 10, 2010 - August 23, 2012[edit]
- Mourad Ben Abdallah, President
- Patrick Kenel, Secretary
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Charles Andrès, Board member
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Ilario Valdelli, Board member
May 28, 2009 - June 10, 2010[edit]
- Mourad Ben Abdallah, President
- Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
- Gion Hosang, Board member
- Ludovic Péron, Board member
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Ilario Valdelli, Board member
May 14, 2008 - May 28, 2009[edit]
- Michael Bimmler, President / Secretary
- Robin Schwab, Treasurer
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Nando Stöcklin, Board member
- Rupert Thurner, Board member
- Ilario Valdelli, Board member
August 23, 2007 - May 14, 2008[edit]
- Michael Bimmler, President / Secretary
- Rupert Thurner, Treasurer then Board member
- Robin Schwab, Board member then Treasurer
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Christian Seidl, Board member
- Nando Stöcklin, Board member
- Ilario Valdelli, Board member
May 14, 2006 - August 23, 2007[edit]
- Ilario Valdelli, President
- Michael Bimmler, Secretary
- Rupert Thurner, Treasurer
- Christian Seidl, Board member
- Frédéric Schütz, Board member
- Robin Schwab, Board member
- Jürg Wolf, Board member
Reports[edit]
- Annual report and Financial report for 2012 (links to the website of Wikimedia CH)
- Annual report and Financial report for 2011 (links to the website of Wikimedia CH)
Newsletters[edit]
Wikimedia CH publishes monthly Newsletters in 3 official Swiss languages and in english.
Past events[edit]
Photos of past Wikimedia events and meet-ups in Switzerland are available here.
Projects[edit]
- Wiki Loves Monuments in Switzerland
- Storia delle Alpi (LabiSAlp Mendrisio)
- Neuchâtel Herbarium
- Wickiana (Zentralbibliothek Zürich)
- Encyclopédie du monde actuel
- Valdensia (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne)
See also[edit]
- Wikimedia CH on Wikimedia Commons
- Wikimedia CH on german Wikipedia
- Wikimedia CH on french Wikipedia
- Wikimedia CH on italian Wikipedia
