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December 2023 Meeting Outcomes

Please find my letter with December 2023 Wikimedia Foundation Board Meeting Outcomes here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: proposed requirements for affiliates & user groups recognition changes

Please find my letter inviting feedback on proposed requirements for affiliates & user groups recognition changes here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 16:00, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation perspectives on the Global Council

Please find Wikimedia Foundation perspectives on the Global Council here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 13:25, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

An open letter to the EN.WP ArbCom and the Ombuds Commission.

See [1]Since the commission serves at the behest of the board I felt you should also get a heads up. Just Step Sideways (talk) 01:43, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection - sent to Wikimedia-L

Dear all,

(This message is also available in Arabic, French, Igbo, and more here)

This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.

The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3].  The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].

Here are the key planned dates:

• May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
• June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or fewer candidates apply) [5]
• June-August 2024: Campaign period
• End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
• October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
• Board’s Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated

Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page.

Election Volunteers

Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page.

Thank you!

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results#Elected

[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter

[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles

[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1–3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized, and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1–3 candidates from the candidate list. Pundit (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Next Conversation with the Trustees, 21 March

Hi all,

The next Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees will take place on Thursday, 21 March at 19:00 UTC. The 90-minute call will take place on Zoom, with simultaneous streaming to YouTube, and the recording will be uploaded to Commons.

The agenda for the meeting will include topics such as Board updates after its in-person meeting in NY earlier this month; the Board’s work with the MCDC; and the WMF’s Annual Plan Process, including what was learned during the Talking:2024 initiative [3].

Please note that considering feedback received from participants in previous meetings, in this year’s meetings less time will be dedicated to updates, and more time will be allocated to free-flow conversation with Trustees.

As in last year, we’ll be hosting these meetings every quarter (March, June, August - during Wikimania, and November), and will be rotating the hour of these meetings to accommodate different time zones.

If you’d like to join us directly in Zoom, please email askcacwikimedia.org for the Zoom link. You can also request interpretation, and ask any questions you would like to see answered, to the same address.

Hope to see as many of you as possible there.

Thanks, Mike, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee, Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation Mike Peel (talk) 14:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 Meeting Outcomes

Please find my letter with March 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board Meeting Outcomes here -- NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 18:20, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation feedback on Movement Charter Final Draft

Please find Wikimedia Foundation feedback on Movement Charter Final Draft here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 14:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Board of Trustees selection call for candidates

Katie Chan has just posted this:

Hello all,

The call for candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from May 8, 2024 - May 29, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [1]. This is a volunteer position.

This year, the Wikimedia community will vote to fill four (4) seats on the Foundation Board in August 2024. Could you - or someone you know - be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees?

Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.

Community questions for candidates

All community members, including affiliates, are invited to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. From the list of questions, the Elections Committee selects 5 questions for candidates to answer, which the candidates are expected to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. Questions can be submitted between May 8, 2024 - June 12, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Learn more about how to submit your questions on this Meta-wiki page.

Regards,

KTC

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

[1] - https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term. Pundit (talk) 17:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Public Consultation about the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle, 13 May

Dear community members,

Following up on the work of the Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, we invite you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle. This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening and closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the Language Committee.

You can find the details in this letter and the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on June 23, 2024 (anywhere on Earth). You can also share information about this with the interested communities you work with or support, and you can also help us translate the procedure into more languages so that people can join the discussions in their own language.

Thank you for your participation

Victoria Doronina, Task Force Lead --Victoria (talk) 12:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: updates

Please find my letter announcing approved Affiliate Health Criteria and changes to the User Groups recognition process here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 16:50, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board liaisons' reflections on final Movement charter draft

Please find our reflections as Board liaisons on final Movement charter draft here --NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter

Please find Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter here -- NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 10:36, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

June 2024 Meeting Outcomes & Agenda for August 2024 Meeting

Please find updates with June 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board Meeting Outcomes here. The agenda for August 5 meeting is published here. Regular updates will be published here and via Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin going forward -- NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Some next steps on a movement charter

Please find about some next steps on a movement charter here -- NTymkiv (WMF) (talk) 15:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)