Affiliations Committee/Candidates/2024

The Affiliations Committee is seeking new members.

The Affiliations Committee, or AffCom, is involved in recognizing new affiliates, helping them retain their affiliate status through yearly reportings, and supporting conflict mitigation challenges within affiliates. AffCom makes recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on the recognition, approval, and existence of Wikimedia movement affiliates. AffCom helps Wikimedians from around the world self-organize into chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups, and to gain official recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Volunteers in this role should be experienced Wikimedians from any project, have experience working with affiliates to practice good governance. International perspectives, collaboration, teamwork and experience handling sensitive situations are among traits needed. Given the scope of work, proficiency in English is required. AffCom seeks members committing 7-10 hours monthly for a 3-year term. The members will have the option to run again after completion of their terms.

Requirements and responsibilities for serving on AffCom may be found here. Members are required to sign the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information and must be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board policies (such as the access to non-public information policy and the privacy policy). These positions require a high degree of discretion and trust. Members must also be over 18 years of age.

As committee members may handle private information, candidates will need to submit proof of identity and age to the Wikimedia Foundation at secure-info@wikimedia.org. Members can hold this position on the Committee under a pseudonym, but the Foundation needs to confirm the age and identity of members.

Applications for AffCom will open to be posted on Meta-wiki for comments on October 16, 2024, and the application period will be open until November 18, 2024. Applications will remain open for comments until December 2, 2024.

Submit your application

Please follow these steps:

• Enter your name in the field below and click on the button
• Fill all the requested information and publish the page.

• Please send an email to cstwikimediaorg to confirm your submission and to coordinate next steps. Your candidate page will be linked below for community comments.

After the application period ends, candidates will be invited to attend an interview with the Board liaisons to the Affiliations Committee as part of the process. AffCom members who are not candidates and Wikimedia Foundation staff may join the interview to provide support.