Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Renewal Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil
Appearance
- Whereas:
- Recognizing Wikimedia User Groups is the responsibility of the Affiliations Committee;
- On December 31, 2013, Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil was recognized as Wikimedia User Group. The group was renewed by the Affiliations Committee for a second year which that finished on December 31, 2015;
- The affiliation requirements for Wikimedia User Groups include annual renewal based on the annual activities report submitted by the group.
- The group's report notes several edit-a-thons held with community partners:
- January in Rio de Janeiro with Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow),
- March, at the Faculdade Casper Libero (a University) to improve articles on women and women's rights,
- May at the University of Sao Paulo for researchers in brain science,
- July in Salvador with the Raul Hacker Club targeting the gender gap, and
- October in Sao Paulo with Think Olga (a feminist organization in Brazil)
- In addition, they participated in a two-day "Campus Party" in Sao Paulo in February to introduce people to Wikimedia Commons and to teach how to upload pictures at a major event for technology with thousands of attendees daily. They also note further university activities related to political science and multimedia production and a project on social entrepreneurship in a sociology and communication course at Faculdade Casper Libero.
- The group's report notes several edit-a-thons held with community partners:
- The current status and work performed by Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil have been reviewed by the Affiliations Committee;
- 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 Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil is hereby renewed through Feb 16, 2017.
References
[edit]Liaison's Approval
[edit]Per the Wikimedia user group approval process, this renewal has been approved on July 7, 2016 on behalf of the Affiliations Committee: - JAnstee (WMF) (talk) 23:35, 14 July 2016 (UTC)