Committees For Wikimedia
|
Board of Trustees committees
Staff committees Community-wide committees Movement governance committees Movement-wide preparation committees Resources allocation committees |
This page dey explain the different committees wey the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia community form. All the different committees get rules wey them write to direct how them go dey and wetin them go dey do.
Committees wey dey active
Committees of Board of Trustees
| Committee | Wetin them use form-am | For wetin? |
|---|---|---|
| Committee for Governance | Charter | "make sure say the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Wikimedia Foundation ("Foundation") do all een work wey concern legal matter and property, money or other organizations, and to improve een control, speed, and and how well een dey work with time." |
| Committee wey dey Audit | Charter | "help the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Wikimedia Foundation ("Foundation") as e dey supervise everything for the Foundation yearly plan and plan wey concern to dey make budget, accounting and money matter reporting process, to dey audit financial statements, and internal control, and audit work." |
| Committee for Talent and Culture | Charter | "to dey make sure say workers get compensation wey make better sense, do their work for way wey make sense and follow better rules wey dey guide their work and how to dey give compensation take help the Board do een work of to dey supervise everything." |
| Committee for Product and Technology | Charter | "assess and explore current and future product development efforts to continuously improve the value that Wikipedia as a platform, as well as the other Wikimedia projects, delivers to its communities and users around the world." |
| Committee for Community Matter | Charter | "assess, explore and address current and future community-related efforts [...] work with both WMF staff and the wider Wikimedia community in order to bridge conflicts and offer guidance, with a main goal of continuously improving the relationships between the WMF and its wider community, as well as working jointly to achieve the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Movement, while considering the different needs of the WMF, our communities and users around the world." |
Community people committees
This na committee wey dey "typically led by a Community member and fit include representatives from the community, advisory board, staff, board, or outside advisors" by January 2009 Board of Trustees resolution on Wikimedia committees.
| Committee | Wetin them use form-am | For wetin? |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliations Committee | Charter | "support the overall health of the ecosystem of Wikimedia movement affiliates (Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups) and to advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (“Board”) on matters related to affiliate recognition and the affiliate ecosystem." |
| Committee for Language matter | Charter | "The development and maintenance of:
The processing of requests for new language subdomains of existing Wikimedia projects, providing it gives the Wikimedia Board of Trustees four days advance notice before approving a request." |
| Wikimania Committee | Charter | "oversee and guide Wikimania from year to year, supporting each conference's individual organising team and providing them with resources, experience and advice" |
Staff committee
This na committee wey dey "typically led by a member of the staff and fit include representatives from the community, advisory board, staff, board, or outside advisors" by January 2009 Board of Trustees resolution on Wikimedia committees.
| Committee | Wetin them use form-am | For wetin? |
|---|---|---|
| Committee for Communications | Board of Trustees agreement (2006) | Facilitate communication between the Wikimedia Foundation, the general public, the media, and the communities of the various Wikimedia projects |
Committees for Movement governance
| Committee | Wetin them use form-am | For wetin? |
|---|---|---|
| Committee for Elections | Charter | "assist with the design and implementation of the process to select Community- and Affiliate-Selected Trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (“Board”) [...] may also assist with similar community-selected positions as determined by the Board." |
| Ombuds Commission | Board of Trustees agreement (2015) | Investigate complaints about infringements of the Privacy Policy, the Access to nonpublic information policy, the CheckUser policy and the oversight policy on any Wikimedia project for the Board of Trustees |
| Committee for Temporary Case Review | Charter | Reviews eligible Trust & Safety investigations that are appealed either by those who originally requested the investigation or those who have been sanctioned by them. |
Movement-wide preparation committees
| Committee | Wetin them use form-am | For wetin? |
|---|---|---|
| Movement Charter Drafting Committee | Principles | Drafting the Movement Charter |
| U4C Building Committee | Art. 4.5. of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines | Drafting a charter that outlines procedures and details for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) |
Resources allocation committees
| Committee | For wetin? |
|---|---|
| Conference Support Committee | |
| Regional Grants Committees |
|
Inactive or closed committees
Organized policies, practices and priorities for Wikimedia-related research, and maintaining the Wikimedia Research Index.
Board expansion committee
Na board resolution them take form-am on January 15, 2006.
The Board was successfully expanded from 5 to 7 members in November 2006, and the committee consequently disbanded.
Executive committee
Created January 15, 2006 by board resolution, intended to hold executive authority delegated from the Board when the Board was not in session (see a common definition).
It was meant to be organized by Angela, but was never really in operation. To be considered disbanded. A sub-meeting (discussion log) of the 11 February 2006 open meeting was used to discuss the setting up of the executive committee and the possibility of an administrative director (or a similarly worded executive position).
- Selection of and transition to a new Executive Director (2013-2014)
Committee for Events
Na board resolution them take form-am on January 15, 2006.
First meeting took place on April 5, 2006. The initial members were Delphine Ménard, Arne Klempert, Simon Pulsifer, Frank Schulenburg. The last update indicated the committee was working on a paper about the scope of the committee. Considered disbanded.
Financial committee
Na board decide form-am on January 15, 2006.
Was to be organized by Daniel Mayer and Michael Davis. Status: disagreement between the organisers, original proposals were rejected. Now deprecated after accountant and financial director were hired (see Current staff).
Committee for Fundraising
Created June 7, 2006. It was active throughout its first year of operation, but was disbanded in its original description in August 2007. Previous membership list available here: wmf:Resolution:Fundraising committee/Membership. Committee's abandonment is mentioned at wmf:Resolution:Wikimedia Committees.
committee for Insurance
Na board decide form-am on January 15, 2006.
The original members were Michael Davis, Angela Beesley, Jimmy Wales, and Danny Wool. Status: work in progress to complete applications for board and officers liability insurance and cyber-insurance. Committee de facto disbanded in January after meeting about the forms. D&O active.
Nominating committee
board decide form-am for April 2008. Them cancel-am since early 2010.
Committee for special projects (2006)
Na board decide form-am on January 15, 2006.
Na Florence Devouard, Jakob Voss, and Danny Wool first organize-am but e no dey work again since August 2007. Board meet and decide to stop the committee for January 2009.
Committee for special projects (2019)
Established in 2019, to "assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities through helping on special, one-off projects that temporarily require some Board member involvement and input for periods of time". It was dissolved in December 2021.
Technical committee
Na board decide form-am on January 15, 2006.
Was to be organized by Jens Frank, Brion Vibber and Domas Mituzas. Status: was never organized, although the core team of developers constitute a sort of de facto committee.
Committee for Trademarks
Created January 2, 2006 by board resolution, intended to oversee the legal process to secure trademarks, make timely reports on the trademark status to the board, make recommendations to the Board about the top priority concerning trademarks (categories, locations and their estimated costs), and was responsible for registering and monitoring domain names for the Foundation.
Status: was partly active for a while, but disbanded as of August 2007.
Responsible to make recommendations to the WMF Board of Trustees for funding activities and initiatives in support of the mission goals of the Wikimedia movement. Created in 2012 and dissolved by the Board of Trustees in 2022.
Look more for
- Wikimedia:Resolutions – for explanation and notes of meetings about how them arrange these committees
- Departments for Wikimedia Foundation