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'''Wikimedia CH''' - Association for the advancement of free knowledge is a non-profit association aimed to support the free dissemination of knowledge in Switzerland, including projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, of which the free encyclopedia '''[[:w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]''', the multimedia database '''[[:commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]''', the collection of educational texts '''[[:wikibooks:Main Page|Wikibooks]]''', the news portal '''[[:wikinews:Main Page|Wikinews]]''', the collection of quotations '''[[:wikiquote:Main Page|Wikiquote]]''' or the collection of books '''[[:w:wikisource:Main Page|Wikisource]]'''.
 
'''Wikimedia CH''' - Association for the advancement of free knowledge is a non-profit association aimed to support the free dissemination of knowledge in Switzerland, including projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, of which the free encyclopedia '''[[:w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]''', the multimedia database '''[[:commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]''', the collection of educational texts '''[[:wikibooks:Main Page|Wikibooks]]''', the news portal '''[[:wikinews:Main Page|Wikinews]]''', the collection of quotations '''[[:wikiquote:Main Page|Wikiquote]]''' or the collection of books '''[[:w:wikisource:Main Page|Wikisource]]'''.
   

Revision as of 08:10, 23 June 2020

Annual project plans and budgets



Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge is a non-profit association aimed to support the free dissemination of knowledge in Switzerland, including projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, of which the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, the multimedia database Wikimedia Commons, the collection of educational texts Wikibooks, the news portal Wikinews, the collection of quotations Wikiquote or the collection of books Wikisource.

Created on May 14th 2006, it brings together participants and users of Wikimedia projects. They speak the four official languages of Switzerland (German, French, Italian and Romansch) and Alemannic dialects.

It is recognized as a local association by the Wikimedia Foundation. However, it is a financially and legally independent entity, obeying different rules and leadership. Wikimedia CH does not host any of the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation and has no publishing right on them.

The association's activities include:

  • intervention to Swiss media ;
  • contact with public (government, local authorities, libraries, etc.) or private bodies likely to provide free content to the Wikimedia projects ;
  • make educational presentations of Wikimedia projects to students, teachers or anyone interested ;
  • negotiate partnerships with outside organizations for the publication or distribution of the content of Wikimedia projects.




The minutes of our GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019

on Saturday, 13th April 2019 in Fribourg can be found here.

The GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 will take place on May 2nd online (due to Covid-19).





This wiki is restricted to Wikimedia CH members. For more generic information, go to our website www.wikimedia.ch


Working groups : swissGLAMour - Lobbying/press/FR campaign - Communication tools&materials - Education - WLM - International - Strategic plan/annual budget