Wikimedia user groups/Applications/Example Wikimedia user group
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Proposed name of Wikimedia user group: (There are some templates at Step-by-step user group creation guide#Naming of user groups.)
- Example Wikimedia user group
1. Who are the people behind this application?
- Example Wikimedians in example area
- 1a. How many?
- 15
- 1b. Active in which Wikimedia projects, if any?
- Example Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Meta-Wiki
- 1c. How are they geographically distributed?
- Example country one, Example country two, Example region three
- 1d. Do you have any highly active or prominent (on local or international level) Wikimedians / Wikipedians? If so, please name a few. (provide user names and wiki of origin)
- Not applicable.
- 1e. How many people do you expect will eventually want to join?
- At least 25 more
2. For the application and final agreement we will require two contact persons that can sign the Wikimedia User Group Agreement on behalf of the group. Who will those be? (please provide user names and wiki of origin) Please also include email addresses for these users either on this page or in your initial email to the Affiliations Committee (AffCom
lists.wikimedia.org).
3. Please give a short summary of your time path from the founding up to now.
- Our group formed at Wikimania 2013 and since that time we have gathered a presence on Meta-Wiki and done a few online meetups and a couple of cross-project campaigns around example issue.
4. Which geographical area and context do you cover (or plan to cover) with your entity?
- Example geographical area
5. Have there been any activities/meetings etc. of this group of people? If yes, please briefly describe some examples.
- We have done three online meetups via IRC to discuss planning for activities. We have also participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 and held an online contest to help develop content around the history of example region.
6. Do you keep any monthly/half-yearly/yearly reports of you activities? If yes, please provide links.
- Not at this time.
7. What kind of activities are planned for the future in the user group?
- We plan to organize a local editathon at a library and try to develop a GLAM partnership with example museum.
8. Is you entity already legally registered? Do you intend on becoming a legally registered entity in the next thirteen months?
- No and no.
9. Do you have a bylaws for you entity? If yes, have the bylaws been reviewed by a lawyer/specialist?
- No.
10. How can the Affiliations Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation help your group?
- Where can we find funds and materials to support a local editathon?
- Submitted: Example1 (talk) 04:21, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
- Acknowledged: AffComMember1 (talk) 18:13, 11 August 2014 (UTC)