Thank you -- good to see these updates shared to the list. I also appreciate that the mid-year recalibration <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_Priorities_Mid-year_Recalibration_FY20-21> was shared as a public resolution.
Warmly, SJ On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 1:55 PM María Sefidari <msefid...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > On June 1st and 2nd, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees had our > regular meeting for Quarter 4 (April – June) of the Foundation’s fiscal > year. We will have more details about what transpired at the meeting once > the minutes have been prepared and approved, but we wanted to quickly > release this brief update on some key topics and decisions: > > - We have unanimously approved the Call for Candidates for the 2021 > selection process for Community-and Affiliate selected Trustees. There is a > revised timeline that accommodates the implementation of single > transferable vote in the SecurePoll extension, as follows: > > > - June 9 - 29: Call for candidates > - June 30 - July 2: Announcement of confirmed candidates > - July 7 - August 3: Candidates campaign and answer questions > - August 4 - 17: Voting > - August 18 - 24: Vote counting and processing > - August 25: Announcement of vote results > - August 25 - 31: Foundation vetting of selected candidates > - September: Board appoints selected candidates > > More information on the process will follow over the next few > weeks. > > - We have unanimously approved a committee evolution plan to maintain > and improve the Board’s effectiveness, to be implemented in stages. > - We have unanimously approved the donation of $5 million in FY > 2020-21 to the Wikimedia Endowment. > - We have reviewed the proposed Annual Plan for the Foundation for > 2021/22, and unanimously authorised the Audit Committee to approve minor > adjustments to the 2021-22 fiscal year budget in response to Board input > during the June meeting. More information on the Annual Plan will follow > once the Audit Committee has met. > - We also unanimously approved the minutes from the previous Board > meeting, to be published on Foundation-Wiki. > > On behalf of the Board, > > María > > -- > > María Sefidari Huici > > Chair of the Board > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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