MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Tasks/Application

Prerequisites

 * There are 3 of you, and you wish there would be more. :)
 * You want to have an identity as a group within the MediaWiki community and the Wikimedia movement.
 * You want to reach out to people interested in MediaWiki or the software powering Wikipedia in a specific area.
 * You want to have officially recognized MediaWiki channels like a microblogging user account...
 * You want to organize technical activities under the name of MediaWiki, Wikimedia or related projects like Wikipedia.
 * You want to obtain funding from the Wikimedia Foundation or a Wikimedia chapter.

Requirements

 * Listing a group's information in a public place: Groups/Proposals/MediaWiki and MediaWiki Cooperation
 * A clear definition of focus, motivation and time period for which recognition is requested: Groups/Proposals/MediaWiki. Time period is "continuously".
 * Plans for offline work
 * Structure
 * Contributor involvement
 * The group should have a contact person

Steps
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals
 * Create a subpage under Groups/Proposals: Groups/Proposals/MediaWiki
 * List it in the appropriate table.
 * Present the proposal at wikitech-l.
 * All the better if you get endorsements from MediaWiki maintainers or WMF developers.

Submission

 * Send an email to affcom@lists.wikimedia.org (template available) including all the promoters of the group.
 * Add your proposal to meta:Wikimedia User Groups#User groups in discussion.

Resources

 * Here's the application page Groups/Proposals/MediaWiki