It should have been noted that the Philippines affiliate https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PhilWiki_Community is going strong and actively working in the region, they continue to do so with support. I think care should be taken with such negative notices to ensure we dont damage the existing and ongoing positive activities with a notice thats focusing on an unrelated issue.
On 24 April 2017 at 06:05, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a request and/or question. I've got the idea from "Incident report". > When things don't go as planned in servers, we write an incident report and > try to learn from lapses happened. Now my question is. Has something > similar done for chapters that get de-recognized? Do you want to talk to > volunteers in those chapters and investigate why this happened so other > chapters can learn and fix mistakes early on? Sometimes it's outside our > control (for example socioeconomic situation in a country can contribute to > amount of activities in the chapter) but maybe there are issues in the > governance of the chapter that can lead to such cases. > > I know AffCom members are volunteers and this might be too much for a group > of volunteers which have already a lot on their plate. Just for > consideration. > > Thanks and keep the great work up. > Best > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 7:20 PM Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Itzik has put it nicely. The volunteers in Affcom are committed folks, > > and it is reassuring that multiple steps are taken to encourage > > struggling affiliates to meet the basic requirements. > > > > Running a chapter is a hard burden for a small group of volunteers, > > particularly if relying on volunteers to produce monthly reports and > > run accounts. There no shame it letting it go if not enough volunteers > > want to take this on. > > > > For those involved who may feel discouraged, I recommend keeping an > > social group running, even on a very informal and ad hoc way. Later, > > it may be worth considering the benefits of recognizing a small > > society as an affiliate User Group, where the administrative > > requirements are very small indeed. In fact it can be rather nice not > > to have to worry about holding money, running accounts or even > > managing memberships, none of this being a firm requirement. The > > reporting is just 'logging' of related events and projects, the sorts > > of things small societies want to do for ourselves, yet gives you the > > modest benefit of being able to use "Wikimedia" as a brand and logo > > for events. > > > > Thanks, > > Fae > > Wikimedia LGBT+ > > > > > > On 23 April 2017 at 09:14, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you Maor for the update. > > > > > > We usually love to see our movement expend and welcome recognition of > new > > > organizations, but I strongly believe that we continuously need to > check > > > and evaluate our current organizations. > > > > > > Our brand, name and reputation are part of our core assets - and while > > it's > > > not an easy step, I appreciate Affcom efforts not only to recognize new > > > ones but also to de-recognize organizations that are not longer active > or > > > non-compliance with our movement requirements. > > > > > > Few weeks ago in Berlin we had a first meeting to start discuses what > is > > a > > > "movement accountability" and how we evaluate organizations who operate > > > outside of the FDC process and I believe Affcom have a significant part > > in > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > > > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > > > +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Maor Malul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> * > > >> > > >> Dear all, > > >> > > >> * > > >> > > >> ** > > >> > > >> *Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter, thematic > > organization, > > >> or user group - allows an independent group to officially use the > > Wikimedia > > >> name to further the Wikimedia mission, with certain duties and > > >> responsibilities. While most Wikimedia affiliates adhere to the basic > > >> compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia > > >> Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the exceptional > > cases > > >> when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet minimum compliance standards > > and > > >> their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a risk > to > > the > > >> Wikimedia movement.* > > >> > > >> * > > >> > > >> On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was notified of their > > >> suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing and serious > > >> governance issues, as well as non-compliance with reporting > requirements > > >> which go as back as 2014, has been sent multiple warnings regarding > > them, > > >> and on the date mentioned above, was provided with an explicit list > of > > >> tasks and deadlines in order to return to compliance with their > chapter > > >> agreement. The chapter failed to complete these tasks by the deadline > of > > >> November 28, 2016, and was consequently notified that they would no > > longer > > >> be recognized as a Wikimedia chapter after the termination of their > > Chapter > > >> Agreement on March 1, 2017. It is important to make clear that the > > >> Affiliations Committee will continue to support other organized > > Wikimedia > > >> communities and their activities in the Philippines. > > >> > > >> If you have questions about what this means for the community members > in > > >> their region or language areas, we have put together a very basic FAQ, > > >> which may be found at<https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > >> wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ>https:/ > > >> /meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/ > > >> Affiliate_derecognition_FAQ.* > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee > wayuukanairua > > >> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya > junain." > > >> Maor Malul > > >> Socio, A.C. 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