As a volunteer who was never involved in that strife, but who felt and observed it onwiki, I sincerely expect that, above all, AffCom would be more careful and responsible than what they have been in the past when approving overlapping affiliates. Especially when a public outcry against the new proposed affiliate is already there, as was the case of Brazil.
Best, Paulo Joseph Seddon <[email protected]> escreveu no dia sexta, 31/05/2019 à(s) 11:43: > Asking as a volunteer with a broad interest in affiliate matters rather > than as a staff member: > > What steps is the Brazilian community taking to ensure there isn't a repeat > of past breakdowns in community cooperation? > > Kind regards > > Seddon > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:50 AM Paulo Santos Perneta < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I would like to correct myself, as since October 2018 there is one more > > Wikimedia affiliate with Portuguese as its official language, our very > good > > friends "Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia", who have been doing > > quite a notable work in LATAM: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Muj(lh)eres_latinoamericanas_en_Wikimedia > > > > Best, > > Paulo > > > > Paulo Santos Perneta <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quinta, > > 30/05/2019 à(s) 15:40: > > > > > Wonderful news! > > > Brazil has been for long one of the world leaders in Wikimedia > > educational > > > projects, with an excellent work on GLAMs, often in line with the > > > educational projects, and generally with full Wikidata integration. > > > It is very rewarding to see the group recognized again as a full-right > > > Wikimedia affiliate. > > > It also happens to be the only other Portuguese speaking affiliate, > > > besides Wikimedia Portugal. Still a long way to go for one of the most > > > spoken native languages in the globe, but that's a great improvement. > > > > > > Best, > > > Paulo > > > > > > Rajeeb Dutta <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quinta, 30/05/2019 > > > à(s) 13:24: > > > > > >> Congratulations to the entire team of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki > > >> Movimento Brasil!! > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> Rajeeb Dutta. > > >> (Marajozkee). > > >> Wikimedia India. > > >> > > >> > On 30-May-2019, at 5:40 PM, Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > What excellent news! > > >> > This group has been doing amazing and innovative work, so it's a joy > > to > > >> see > > >> > this community finally re-recognized as an affiliate. > > >> > As it should be. :) > > >> > > > >> > Best of luck to all of you with your future projects. I'll keep > > >> following > > >> > your work with excitement. > > >> > > > >> > Shani. > > >> > > > >> > ----------------------------------------------- > > >> > *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* > > >> > * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. > > >> > * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler > > >> School > > >> > of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. > > >> > * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. > > >> > * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair > > >> > <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, > > >> Internationalization > > >> > and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University > > >> > <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. > > >> > * Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation > > >> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>. > > >> > * Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group > > >> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group > >. > > >> > * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society > > >> > <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. > > >> > * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. > > >> > +972-525640648 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:33 PM Kirill Lokshin < > > >> [email protected]> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> Hi everyone! > > >> >> > > >> >> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has > > >> recognized > > >> >> [1] the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil [2] as a Wikimedia > > User > > >> >> Group. The group aims to bring together the active members of the > > >> Wikimedia > > >> >> movement in Brazil, supporting the organization of the Brazilian > > >> Wikimedia > > >> >> community as well as the promotion of and participation on the > > >> Wikimedia > > >> >> projects. > > >> >> > > >> >> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user > group! > > >> >> > > >> >> Regards, > > >> >> Kirill Lokshin > > >> >> Chair, Affiliations Committee > > >> >> > > >> >> [1] > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Grupo_de_Usuários_Wiki_Movimento_Brasil > > >> >> [2] > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Brasil > > >> >> _______________________________________________ > > >> >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > >> >> New messages to: [email protected] > > >> >> Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > >> >> <mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > >> > New messages to: [email protected] > > >> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > , > > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > >> New messages to: [email protected] > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
