Wikimedia CH

Wikimedia CH is the local Wikimedia chapter covering Switzerland. It was founded on May 14, 2006.

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Reach us

Email

Contact us at info@wikimedia.ch

Lending photography material

Page on Commons

Mailing list

Mailing list for Wikimedians in Switzerland at wikimediach-l

IRC

Catch us directly on our freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-ch

Facebook

Become a fan of Wikimedia CH at facebook.com/WikimediaCH

Twitter

Follow our tweets at @WikimediaCH

Office address: Wikimedia CH; Rue Voltaire 1; 1006 Lausanne; Switzerland; Phone: +41 (0) 21 340 66 20

Postal address: Wikimedia CH; 8008 Zürich; Switzerland

Website

http://www.wikimedia.ch

Responsibilities

Current Board

May 23, 2014 and later

Patrick Kenel, President
Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
Mauro Cassina, Board member
Gabriel Thullen, Board member
Stéphane Coillet-Matillon, Board member
Micha L. Rieser, Board member

Staff

Permanent Position

Chief Science Officer

Charles Andrès (0.8 FTE)

Liaison for Italian-speaking Community & GLAM project manager

Ilario Valdelli (0.5 FTE)

Liaison for German-speaking Community & Education

Muriel Staub (0.8 FTE)

Liaison for French-speaking Community & Education

Gabrielle Marie (0.7 FTE)

Administrative Manager

Sabine Ray (0.5 FTE)

Temporary Staff

Wikimedia CH received a grant from the "Loterie Romande" for the digitization of the Neuchâtel Herbarium. This grant has been partially used to hire Civilian servants.

Past employees

Chantal Ebongué, CAO, July 2012 - July 2013
Anh Chung, CAO, October 2013 - December 2014

Third-party employees with Wikimedia CH funds

Micha L. Rieser, Wikipedian in Residence at the Swiss Federal Archives (60% position, half covered by WMCH), July - November 2013
Emmanuel Engelhart, Wikipedian in Residence at the Swiss National Library (40% position, half covered by WMCH), January - June 2014
Micha L. Rieser, Wikipedian in Residence at the Swiss National Library (40% position, half covered by WMCH), January - June 2014

Past Boards

Nota bene: board nominations are effective two months after the election.

September 1, 2013 - May 23, 2014

Patrick Kenel, President ad interim
Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
Mauro Cassina, Board member
Matina Hämmerli, Board member
Gabriel Thullen, Board member

April 27, 2013 - August 31, 2013

Charles Andrès, President
Frédéric Schütz, Secretary
Bagawathram Maheswaran, Treasurer
Mauro Cassina, Board member
Matina Hämmerli, Board member
Patrick Kenel, Board member
Gabriel Thullen, Board member

May 14, 2008 - May 28, 2009

Michael Bimmler, President / Secretary
Robin Schwab, Treasurer
Frédéric Schütz, Board member
Nando Stöcklin, Board member
Rupert Thurner, Board member
Ilario Valdelli, Board member

August 23, 2007 - May 14, 2008

Michael Bimmler, President / Secretary
Rupert Thurner, Treasurer then Board member
Robin Schwab, Board member then Treasurer
Frédéric Schütz, Board member
Christian Seidl, Board member
Nando Stöcklin, Board member
Ilario Valdelli, Board member

May 14, 2006 - August 23, 2007

Ilario Valdelli, President
Michael Bimmler, Secretary
Rupert Thurner, Treasurer
Christian Seidl, Board member
Frédéric Schütz, Board member
Robin Schwab, Board member
Jürg Wolf, Board member

Reports

Annual report and Financial report for 2014
Annual report and Financial report for 2013
Annual report and Financial report for 2012 (links to the website of Wikimedia CH)
Annual report and Financial report for 2011 (links to the website of Wikimedia CH)

Newsletters

Wikimedia CH publishes monthly Newsletters in 3 official Swiss languages and in english.

Past events

Photos of past Wikimedia events and meet-ups in Switzerland are available here.