Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee
This page is kept for historical interest. Any policies mentioned may be obsolete. On September 15, 2021, the Wikimedia Foundation Board dissolved the Board Governance Committee, and created the Governance Committee. The membership of the Board Committees is decided through the Board's resolutions, and the current membership is kept on the Foundation Governance wiki |
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The Board Governance Committee (BGC) is responsible for ensuring the Board effectively fulfills its responsibilities. The BGC administers officer elections, Board committee appointments, Board needs (skills, experience) and trustee evaluations (via a 3rd party), trustee appointment process (for appointed trustees) and other activities relating to general Board effectiveness. For a full explanation of the WMF Board Governance Committee's responsibilities, please refer to its Board Governance Committee Charter. Please refer to the Board Handbook for more information on WMF's Board.
The committee can be contacted privately at bgc-l
wikimedia.org[1] or publicly on this talk page.
Background and founding
editThe committee was established on 17 April 2010 with an interim committee consisting of the WMF board members Matt Halprin (chair), Jan-Bart de Vreede and Ting Chen. The committee was briefly assisted by Sal Giambanco from the Omidyar Network. It submitted a report with initial recommendations to the WMF board, which were implemented. The Board established the BGC as an official sub-committee with a charter and defined tasks.
2021-2022
edit- Dariusz Jemielniak (Chair)
- Shani Evenstein Sigalov
- Nataliia Tymkiv
- Lorenzo Losa (Alternate)
- Lisa Lewin (Alternate)
- Amanda Keton (General Counsel; Staff Liaison)
2019-2021
edit- Lisa Lewin (Chair)
- Dariusz Jemielniak
- Maria Sefidari
- Esra'a Al Shafei (an alternate)
Non-voting advisory members:
Staff liaisons:
- Chuck Roslof
2018-2019
edit- Nataliia Tymkiv (Chair)
- James Heilman
- Dariusz Jemielniak
- Raju Narisetti
- Maria Sefidari
Non-voting advisory members:
Staff liaisons:
- Chuck Roslof
2017-2018
editSince August 2017[3]:
Non-voting advisory members:
2016-2017
editComposition 2016-2017
editSince June 2016,[4] the BGC has been composed of:
- Nataliia Tymkiv (Chair)
- Kelly Battles
- Christophe Henner
- Dariusz Jemielniak (Liaison with the Election Committee[5])
Since August 2016,[6] the BGC also includes non-voting members:
Minutes 2016-2017
edit- Minutes 07-08-2016
- Minutes 25-08-2016
- Minutes 20-10-2016
- Minutes 09-12-2016
- Minutes 13-04-2017
- Minutes 16-06-2017
Ongoing tasks
edit2015-2016
editComposition 2015-2016
editFrom March 2016[8] to June 2016 the BGC was composed of:
From July 2015[9] to March 2016 the BGC was composed of:
Discussions
edit- Board member search (on board wiki)
- Affiliates selected seats (user groups role) (on board wiki)
- Ad-hoc-group backlog (on board wiki)
2014-2015
editComposition 2014-2015
editFrom August 2014 to July 2015 the BGC has been composed of:
Meetings 2014-2015
editThis year, we are meeting at each in-person board meeting, and we have a standing weekly online meeting (First on Thursdays, then moved to Fridays at 10:00a PST, 19:00 CET, 14:00 ART).
- August 20, 2014 (hangout) notes (minutes on board wiki: [1])
- August 28, 2014 (hangout) notes -- includes agenda for this year for the BGC (minutes on board wiki: [2])
- September 5, 2014 (hangout) notes (minutes on board wiki: [3])
- September 12, 2014 (hangout)
- September 19, 2014 (hangout)
- September 26, 2014 (hangout)
- October 3, 2014 (hangout)
- October 10, 2014 (hangout)
- October 17, 2014 (hangout)
- October 24, 2014 (hangout)
- October 31, 2014 (hangout)
- November 14, 2014 (hangout)
2013-2014
editComposition 2013-2014
editSince October 2012 through the BGC has been composed of:
Agenda 2013-2014
editThere are several tasks the BGC wants to address in this term. You find topics, timeframes and more on Agenda 2013-2014.
Minutes 2013-2014
edit- Minutes 08-09-2013 (no minutes on Board wiki)
- Minutes 11-24-2013 (minutes on Board wiki: [4])
- April 25, 2014 (minutes on Board wiki: [5])
2012-2013
editComposition 2012-2013
editFrom October 2012 (Board Meeting in San Francisco) until August 2014, the BGC has been composed of:
- Alice Wiegand (chair)
- Kat Walsh
- Ting Chen
Agenda 2012-2013
editThere are several tasks the BGC wants to address in this term. You find topics, timeframes and more on Agenda 2012-2013.
Minutes 2012-2013
edit- Minutes 10-28-2012 (minutes on Board wiki: [6])
- Minutes 01-31-2013 (minutes on Board wiki: [7])
- Minutes 04-17-2013 (minutes on Board wiki: [8])
- Minutes 04-19-2013 (minutes on Board wiki: [9])
2011-2012
editFrom August 2011 (Haifa) until October 2012 the BGC was composed of:
- Matt Halprin (chair)
- Arne Klempert
- Ting Chen
2010-2011
editFrom inception in April 2010 until August 2011 (Haifa Board meeting) the BGC was composed of:
- Matt Halprin (chair)
- Jan-Bart de Vreede
- Ting Chen
See also
edit- Comments from BGC Chair Matt Halprin in February of 2012 on the Traits of a great WMF Trustee.
- Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee Charter
References
edit- ↑ Current members of the committee are subscribed. The list has an archive its members can read
- ↑ Has resigned in 2019
- ↑ Resolution: Officers and committee membership 2017
- ↑ Resolution: Board officers and committee membership 2016, 26 June 2016
- ↑ Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee/2017 Election Disclosure
- ↑ 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]
- ↑ James Heilman joins the Board Governance Committee as a volunteer and advisory member
- ↑ Committee Membership 2016, 30 March 2016
- ↑ Resolution: Board Officer and Committee Appointments 2015, 16 July 2015