Re: [WikiJournal-en] Bylaws updates, sister project

Hello Kirill and AffCom, WikiJournal User Group has now updated the Bylaws, following a vote which can be seen at: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Bylaws_review_b… Concurrently, there is a substantial support for making WikiJournal a sister project. The proposal page, with discussion, is seen at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal Do you think the appropriate application form in this matter would be to first attain Thematic Organization status and subsequently apply to become a sister project, or could you directly consider an application for becoming a sister project? For the latter purpose, are there any additional issues that WikiJournal needs to address at this point? Best regards, Mikael Häggström editor.in.chief(a)wikijmed.org

Hello WikiJournal participants, I made some further updates to the proposed bylaws changes (which were initiated by concerns by the Affiliations Committee as part of our application to become a thematic organization <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_thematic_organizations> under Wikimedia Foundation). I think we should give the updated version at least another 5 days to make sure everyone has a chance to have a look and vote: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Bylaws_review_b… At the same time, there is already a considerable support for bringing the project even to the next level, that is, to become a sister project <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects>. This can also mean a considerably higher budget in the future. See: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Support_for_thi… and https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Sister_project_… I'm thinking of asking the Affiliations Committee about whether we want to go directly for the sister project application, which may save administrative work if we can actually achieve this in a near future. What do you think? Best regards, Mikael