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The Working Group, which was established to spin out the Wikipedia Education Program in the US and Canada from the Wikimedia Foundation, came to consensus about creating a non-profit organization to support education initiatives in the US and Canada. The board will seek to affiliate with the Wikimedia movement as a Thematic Organization. Here are some of the tasks and updates about the process.

Tasks for becoming a Thematic Organization

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Task Assigned board member Status Signature/Timestamp
Add updated Working Group Proposal to the list of proposed Thematic Organizations Jami  Done JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 23:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Establish bylaws for organization Diana Contacting lawyer to start process -
Find out if we must have complete bylaws to get AffCom approval Richard will contact AffCom -
Create public mailing list for any interested parties to join Jami Requested creation of "wikiedusca@lists.wikimedia.org" JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 23:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Establish at least 25 members of organization All list of current members of WEF-USCA - 35 members as of Feb 11, 2012 n/a