Nataliia -- Thank you for posting these so promptly, I know it is harder than it looks. Sam. ๐๐๐๐
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:19 AM Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met for their final meeting of > 2022 on December 7. Two members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee > (MCDC) โ รrica Azzellini and Manavpreet Kaur โ were invited to join the > meeting as Board Visitors > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_visitors>. > > == Board Business == > > Quite a bit of regularly scheduled Board business was covered, including: > > - > > Appointing Mike Peel [1] to the Board and reappointing Shani Evenstein > Sigalov to her second term [2]. Their terms will run from December 7, 2022 > until December 31, 2025. You can read more about Mike and Shani here on > Diff [3]. > - > > Most of the work of the Board is done via its committees. Each year > each Trusteeโs committee assignments are approved to serve on individual > Board committees, either as full members or as alternates. The new > membership is listed here [4]. > - > > The Board also approved the September 8 Board meeting minutes [5]. > > > == Governance Reforms == > > During the meeting, the Board also approved changes to the Affiliations > Committee Charter [6]. Also, the Community Affairs Committee (CAC) is to > oversee the Affiliations Committee on behalf of the board from now on, and > will be responsible for any future revision of the Affiliations Committee > Charter, and for appointing Board Liaisons. CAC will likewise be providing > oversight to the Language Committee [7]. These changes will help CAC to > work more directly with the advising Board committees, to assess and > provide support, and to make changes quicker if needed. > > == 2022 Board Selection Review == > > The Board also received an update from the Governance Committee on their > recent meeting with the Elections Committee in November. The past selection > process was challenging because of the lack of clarity on the roles of all > the bodies involved. The Board acknowledges that the process became > overcomplicated, and changes mid-process added more confusion and > frustration. For the next Board selection process, there would be more > clearly defined roles for the Elections Committee, the Governance Committee > / Board Selection Task Force, and Foundation staff, to avoid slowdowns and > lack of clarity on process. These updated roles and responsibilities will > be made public to help voters and candidates understand how decisions are > being made. The Board agreed with the recommendation from the Governance > Committee to seat Trustees in 2024 at the December board meeting, so that > there is enough time to plan the next selection process, and make all > necessary changes to the SecurePoll software etc. > > == Foundation Updates == > > During the meeting the Board also received a report from staff on the > current financial outlook as well as an update on year-end fundraising > revenue: the first week > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fundraising/2022_banners#First_week_update>of > the revised banner campaign on the English Wikipedia shows a roughly 50% > decline in donations. As this was information for only one week, the Board > needs more data to understand the implications, and will therefore be > meeting again with staff in January to discuss next steps. > > After the Board meeting there was an open Q&A session with Foundation > staff, to discuss the meeting outcomes, and the fundraising data. > > == 2023 Meeting Dates == > > The regular 2023 Board meeting dates have been set and the Board will be > meeting: > > - > > March 9-12, New York, USA > - > > June 21 (Virtual) > - > > August (Wikimania, Singapore, the exact date(s) TBD) > - > > December 6 (Virtual) > > > == Open Conversation with Trustees on December 15 == > > I hope to see you at the upcoming CAC Open Conversation with Trustees > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2022-12-15_Conversation_with_Trustees>, > happening December 15, at 12:00 UTC, on Zoom (write to > ask....@wikimedia.org if you would like to register). As usual, the call > will be recorded, and there will be a live YouTube stream. This call will > have interpretation into Arabic. As communicated before, the aim is to > provide interpretation for any language where there are five or more > interested community members, but as mentioned on the page, the requests > should have been made at least 5 days before the event. > > [1] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Mike_Peel_to_the_Board_of_Trustees > > [2] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Shani_Evenstein_Sigalov%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2022 > > [3] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/12/the-wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-two-community-and-affiliate-selected-trustees/ > > > [4] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_2022 > > > [5] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Review,_Ratification,_and_Approval_of_Consent_Agenda,_December_2022 > > > [6] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Updating_Affiliations_Committee_Charter,_2022 > > [7] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Updating_Language_Committee_Oversight,_2022 > > Best regards, > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in > advance!* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KLR4VIUAYE3KIYAQSEJAHJGFW3I3T2E7/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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