[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Alice Wiegand]

Dear fellow Wikimedians,

On Saturday, May 14th, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 27th General Assembly in 
Berlin, the second in a hybrid format.  

Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected 
members:

* Alice Wiegand (chair, re-elected, former deputy chair)
* Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)
* Nora Circosta
* Christina Dinar (re-elected)
* Jens Ohlig
* Valerie Mocker (re-elected)
* Kamran Salimi

Nora Circosa, Jens Ohlig and Kamran Salimi are new to the board, so please join 
mein welcoming them! 

I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing chair Lukas Mezger and board 
members Sabria David und Kilian Kluge for the outstanding work and their 
commitment to Wikimedia over the past years.

Renate Duerr and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. My gratitude to our 
departing auditor Sabine Zepp.

The General Assembly voted to change our bylaws to introduce term limits for 
the chair and the treasurer as well as to legally secure the operation and 
decision making for two or more Executive directors. Our members also approved 
changes in our travel expense policy, which is now better aligned with the 
Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant.[1] And the general 
assembly approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board's 
actions for the 2 year term and of the Executive Director's actions for 2021.

Another highlight of the day was the presentation, discussion, and adoption of 
Wikimedia Deutschland’s new set of values[2] with diversity, equity, free and 
open access, participation, respectful collaboration and sustainability being 
our six core values. It is based on values that have been lived in the 
association for years, as well as the latest developments in the Movement 
Strategy of the global Wikimedia Movement. As an association, we are guided by 
these values in our cooperation with the Wikimedia movement, communities, 
partners and interested parties. By living these values in its daily work, 
Wikimedia Deutschland promotes human rights in a digital world. All those who 
share these values are welcome in our association.

The new board will reconvene shortly to get started and I am very much looking 
forward to working together with the new team.

Kind regards,
Alice

[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Environmental_Sustainability_Covenant
 

 
[2] https://www.wikimedia.de/en/our-values/ 





Alice Wiegand
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Heather Knox via Wikimedia-l]

 Hi Lukas,Thanks for sharing this update. I'm curious about the following 
change the group has made:Additionally, our members added a new rule concerning 
appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of theboard is of non-male 
or non-female gender.
Can you provide some background as to why this rule was introduced and how it 
was negotiated?
Thanks and regards,Heather(Aotearoa New Zealand User Group)



On Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 04:26:40 am NZST, Lukas Mezger 
 wrote:  
 
 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

On Sunday, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 25th and first-ever virtual
general assembly with over 250 members attending.

Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected
members:

* Lukas Mezger (chair, re-elected)

* Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)

* Sabria David (re-elected)

* Kilian Kluge (re-elected)

* Christina Dinar

* Valerie Mocker

* Alice Wiegand

Christina Dinar and Valerie Mocker are new to the board, so please join me
in welcoming them as well as in welcoming back Alice Wiegand. We are
particularly pleased that our measures to increase gender diversity have
been successful and that our elected board now consists of four women and
three men.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing elected board members
Harald Krichel, Peter Dewald, and Marcus Cyron, and our departing appointed
members Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr for the great work and their
commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland over the past years.

Sabine Zepp and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. I would like to
express my gratitude to our departing auditors Daniel Baur, who has been
serving the association over so many years, and Lena Stammler.

The general assembly also changed our bylaws to allow for virtual board
meetings and remote board votes. Additionally, our members added a new rule
concerning appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of the
board is of non-male or non-female gender. The general assembly also
approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board’s and
the executive director’s actions for 2019.

The new board will reconvene shortly to discuss Movement Strategy matters,
among others, and I am very much looking forward to working together with
the new team.

Kind regards,

Lukas
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Interesting change. Could you kindly give link to your updated bylaws
(either on the mailing list or please PM)?
Congratulations and good wishes

Thanks
Tito Dutta
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 21:56, Lukas Mezger 
wrote:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> On Sunday, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 25th and first-ever virtual
> general assembly with over 250 members attending.
>
> Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected
> members:
>
> * Lukas Mezger (chair, re-elected)
>
> * Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)
>
> * Sabria David (re-elected)
>
> * Kilian Kluge (re-elected)
>
> * Christina Dinar
>
> * Valerie Mocker
>
> * Alice Wiegand
>
> Christina Dinar and Valerie Mocker are new to the board, so please join me
> in welcoming them as well as in welcoming back Alice Wiegand. We are
> particularly pleased that our measures to increase gender diversity have
> been successful and that our elected board now consists of four women and
> three men.
>
> I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing elected board members
> Harald Krichel, Peter Dewald, and Marcus Cyron, and our departing appointed
> members Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr for the great work and their
> commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland over the past years.
>
> Sabine Zepp and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. I would like to
> express my gratitude to our departing auditors Daniel Baur, who has been
> serving the association over so many years, and Lena Stammler.
>
> The general assembly also changed our bylaws to allow for virtual board
> meetings and remote board votes. Additionally, our members added a new rule
> concerning appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of the
> board is of non-male or non-female gender. The general assembly also
> approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board’s and
> the executive director’s actions for 2019.
>
> The new board will reconvene shortly to discuss Movement Strategy matters,
> among others, and I am very much looking forward to working together with
> the new team.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Lukas
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Samuel Klein]

Thanks for this update, Lukas and all.
Congrats on the well-attended virtual assembly, I'm curious how it was
handled.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:26 PM Lukas Mezger 
wrote:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> On Sunday, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 25th and first-ever virtual
> general assembly with over 250 members attending.
>
> Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected
> members:
>
> * Lukas Mezger (chair, re-elected)
>
> * Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)
>
> * Sabria David (re-elected)
>
> * Kilian Kluge (re-elected)
>
> * Christina Dinar
>
> * Valerie Mocker
>
> * Alice Wiegand
>
> Christina Dinar and Valerie Mocker are new to the board, so please join me
> in welcoming them as well as in welcoming back Alice Wiegand. We are
> particularly pleased that our measures to increase gender diversity have
> been successful and that our elected board now consists of four women and
> three men.
>
> I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing elected board members
> Harald Krichel, Peter Dewald, and Marcus Cyron, and our departing appointed
> members Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr for the great work and their
> commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland over the past years.
>
> Sabine Zepp and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. I would like to
> express my gratitude to our departing auditors Daniel Baur, who has been
> serving the association over so many years, and Lena Stammler.
>
> The general assembly also changed our bylaws to allow for virtual board
> meetings and remote board votes. Additionally, our members added a new rule
> concerning appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of the
> board is of non-male or non-female gender. The general assembly also
> approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board’s and
> the executive director’s actions for 2019.
>
> The new board will reconvene shortly to discuss Movement Strategy matters,
> among others, and I am very much looking forward to working together with
> the new team.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Lukas
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Rajeeb Dutta]

Congratulations to all the newly elected members.

Best Regards,
Rajeeb Dutta.
(U: Marajozkee)
(Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity) 

> On 22-Jun-2020, at 9:56 PM, Lukas Mezger  wrote:
> 
> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
> 
> On Sunday, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 25th and first-ever virtual
> general assembly with over 250 members attending.
> 
> Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected
> members:
> 
> * Lukas Mezger (chair, re-elected)
> 
> * Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)
> 
> * Sabria David (re-elected)
> 
> * Kilian Kluge (re-elected)
> 
> * Christina Dinar
> 
> * Valerie Mocker
> 
> * Alice Wiegand
> 
> Christina Dinar and Valerie Mocker are new to the board, so please join me
> in welcoming them as well as in welcoming back Alice Wiegand. We are
> particularly pleased that our measures to increase gender diversity have
> been successful and that our elected board now consists of four women and
> three men.
> 
> I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing elected board members
> Harald Krichel, Peter Dewald, and Marcus Cyron, and our departing appointed
> members Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr for the great work and their
> commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland over the past years.
> 
> Sabine Zepp and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. I would like to
> express my gratitude to our departing auditors Daniel Baur, who has been
> serving the association over so many years, and Lena Stammler.
> 
> The general assembly also changed our bylaws to allow for virtual board
> meetings and remote board votes. Additionally, our members added a new rule
> concerning appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of the
> board is of non-male or non-female gender. The general assembly also
> approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board’s and
> the executive director’s actions for 2019.
> 
> The new board will reconvene shortly to discuss Movement Strategy matters,
> among others, and I am very much looking forward to working together with
> the new team.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Lukas
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

[Lukas Mezger]

Dear fellow Wikimedians,

On Sunday, Wikimedia Deutschland held its 25th and first-ever virtual
general assembly with over 250 members attending.

Our members elected a new Supervisory Board, which consists of 7 elected
members:

* Lukas Mezger (chair, re-elected)

* Daniel Reisener (treasurer, re-elected)

* Sabria David (re-elected)

* Kilian Kluge (re-elected)

* Christina Dinar

* Valerie Mocker

* Alice Wiegand

Christina Dinar and Valerie Mocker are new to the board, so please join me
in welcoming them as well as in welcoming back Alice Wiegand. We are
particularly pleased that our measures to increase gender diversity have
been successful and that our elected board now consists of four women and
three men.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank our departing elected board members
Harald Krichel, Peter Dewald, and Marcus Cyron, and our departing appointed
members Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr for the great work and their
commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland over the past years.

Sabine Zepp and Lenia Zinßer were elected as auditors. I would like to
express my gratitude to our departing auditors Daniel Baur, who has been
serving the association over so many years, and Lena Stammler.

The general assembly also changed our bylaws to allow for virtual board
meetings and remote board votes. Additionally, our members added a new rule
concerning appointed officers to ensure that at least one third of the
board is of non-male or non-female gender. The general assembly also
approved changes to our strategy and formally approved of the board’s and
the executive director’s actions for 2019.

The new board will reconvene shortly to discuss Movement Strategy matters,
among others, and I am very much looking forward to working together with
the new team.

Kind regards,

Lukas
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