Wikimedia Affiliations Committee

The Wikimedia Affiliations Committee wiki (AffCom), formerly known as the Wikimedia Chapters Committee wiki (ChapCom), is a  workspace wiki site for the  (WMF) (formerly known as the Chapters Committee). The Affiliations Committee is a Wikimedia community committee entrusted with advising the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on the approval of new movement affiliates: national or subnational, thematic organisations and user groups.

The Committee was created on 15 January 2006, by a resolution of the Board of Trustees, along with several other Wikimedia Foundation committees. Its original mandate included coordination of the development of , which at the time were at an early stage of organisation, as well as facilitating communication among the chapters and between chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.

In 2012, following a community discussion and a resulting Board of Trustees' resolution, the scope of the Committee was expanded to include thematic organisations and user groups. In accordance with the resolution, the Committee drafted its charter which was officially approved by the Board in August, finalising the transition into the Affiliations Committee.

The Chapcom wiki is live and active, but requires log-in to view all pages apart from the main front page. Regular contributors to the wiki include: Greg Varnum. (As of: 20YY-MM-DD)


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