Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Renewal Wikimedians of Korea 2016

Whereas:

1. Recognizing Wikimedia User Groups is the responsibility of the Affiliations Committee;

1. On July 17, 2015, Wikimedians of Korea was recognized as Wikimedia User Group by the Affiliations Committee for a term of 1 year that finished on July 17, 2016;

1. The affiliation requirements for Wikimedia User Groups include annual renewal based on the annual activities report submitted by the group.

1. The group held multiple meet-up and editathon events over the course of their first year including FANTasia Edit-a-thon for women users, with Seoul Museum of Art (September 2015), a community meetup with Lila Tretikov (October 2015), Participation in Wikipedia Asian Month and hosting of WikiConference Seoul 2015 (November 2015), A celebration for Wikipedia 15 (January 2016), and a meeting with staff of National Library of Korea which resulted in Category:Books from National Library of Korea (March 2016), wiki roundtables for experienced users (April and June 2016), and offline education meet-ups for new users (March, May, and July 2016). They also acquired 2 PEG grants to support their offline meetups.

1. The current status and work performed by Wikimedians of Korea have been reviewed by the Affiliations Committee;

1. They have fulfilled the minimum requirements to retain their status as a Wikimedia User Group;

The Affiliations Committee has determined that the Wikimedia User Group satisfies the requirements for renewal of its status as an affiliate.

Therefore be it

resolved that the Wikimedia User Group status of Wikimedians of Korea is hereby renewed for an additional one-year term through July 17, 2017.

References

• Activities reporting
• User Group Requirements
• User Groups Reports

Liaison's Approval

Per the Wikimedia user group approval process, this renewal has been approved on July 26, 2016, on behalf of the Affiliations Committee:- JAnstee (WMF) (talk) 20:09, 29 July 2016 (UTC)