Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/2024/Adopting Affiliate Health Criteria

Whereas, the Affiliations Committee (AffCom) is charged in its charter with “promoting community health and growth”, including by “monitoring affiliates' continued compliance with affiliate rules and criteria” and by “provid[ing] support to affiliates as they attempt to grow in membership, build programs to further the Wikimedia mission, and improve their governance practices”; and

Whereas, the 2023 Affiliate Strategy (Recognition) uncovered a number of insights from affiliates, other community members, AffCom members, and Foundation staff; and

Whereas, AffCom wishes to provide additional guidance to affiliates regarding what it means to be an active and healthy Wikimedia organization;

Now, therefore, it is:

RESOLVED, that AffCom adopts the following affiliate health criteria:

Affiliate health & resilience
Diversity balance (especially gender)
Good governance and communication
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
Community connection
Internal (membership) engagement
Goal delivery
Financially and legally compliant (where applicable)
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
Partnerships and collaboration

AffCom will elaborate on these criteria further in published documentation, which it may update from time to time.

FINAL COMMITTEE DECISION: Approved and effective from 08 June, 2024.


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Liaison's signature

Per the AffCom process, this resolution has been approved on 08 June 2024 on behalf of the Affiliations Committee: MKaur (WMF) (talk) 14:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]