Dear Natalia, Thanks for this comprehensive update. Great hearing about what the board is doing!
Best, Bobby Shabangu On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 16:55, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have not been writing to the list for a while, so please bear with me: > this will be a long one. > > == March Board Meeting == > > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met in New York City over March > 22-24. This was the first time the Board met in person since 2020 because > of the pandemic, and the first time many of us had ever met in person. It > is good to know that with the lifting of all Covid-19 related travel > restrictions with Foundation Grant funding we are going to have more > offline community events now. > > So, the Board’s official meeting was on March 23. During this session, the > Board approved the December 8, 2021 meeting minutes [1], the updated > Community Affairs Committee charter [2] to align with the other Board > Committee charters, and approved the updated Conflict of Interest Policy > [3]. > > The Board also approved a temporary reassignment of Esra’a Al Shafei’s > roles as Board Vice Chair and Product and Technology Committee Chair, and a > permanent reassigning of Esra’a’s positions as Elections Committee Liaison > and a member of the Board Selection Task Force [4]. > > > Occasionally, Trustees need to step away from Board work to focus on > professional or other concerns. The Board feels it is important to > accommodate these requests when possible. Esra’a Al Shafei had requested a > brief sabbatical and returned to her full responsibilities on June 1, 2022. > It also helped to shift responsibilities a bit, and give more visibility > and experience to trustees who joined recently, which is overall good for > planning roles succession on the board. > > The Board also discussed governance issues and checked its progress > against the 2019 governance review [5]. We have made progress on some of > the items in the governance review, and we also discussed areas where we > can continue to improve, such as Board operational processes and > communication about Board activities. The Board also met with Maryana and > other Foundation staff to review the Foundation’s Values and Guiding > Principles, as part of Maryana’s priorities to elucidate values for the > Wikimedia Foundation. Conversations about this are ongoing, and you might > expect to hear more on this by the end of the year. > > > This was also an opportunity for the Board Committees to meet in person, > as their meetings are usually happening online. In order to make > communication about outcomes of the board meeting clearer, we have decided > to have separate committees reporting to the movement about their spheres > of responsibility. For example, Dariusz, as the chair of the Governance > Committee, has already sent a letter on 2022 Trustee Selection and renewal > of my appointment to the Board of Trustees [6]. The Board of Trustees has > formally concluded [7] the work of the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) > with gratitude and appreciation for all of the dedication of its members > over the years. More on the Diff from Shani as the chair of the Community > Affairs Committee (CAC) [8]. > > I want to thank the Foundation’s Galleries, Libraries, Archives and > Museums (GLAM) team, especially Ben Vershbow and Fiona Romeo, for their > work on planning a Learning Day visit to New Museum with some of our > largest GLAM partners in New York City, including the Metropolitan Museum > of Art and Rhizome, on March 22. During this meeting, the Trustees learned > more about GLAM work done by volunteers and challenges they face. We also > met with several community leaders, including Eliza Myrie and Jina > Valentine (Black Lunch Table), Kira Wisniewski (Art + Feminism), Sherry > Antoine (AfroCROWD), and Andrew Lih. Thank you to all the participants - > you made our first Learning Day visit a success; it was a nice way to kick > off the Board meeting. > > I also want to use this opportunity to thank Victoria, Rosie, and Lorenzo, > for fully engaging with their new transitioning roles and responsibilities. > > == June 23 Board meeting == > > > The Board’s next meeting will be online today, on June 23, and the main > topic on the agenda will be the Annual Plan [9]. Also there would be > discussion on working capital reserve policy, and updates about the > Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). Two Movement Charter Drafting Committee > (MCDC) members will join the meeting as visitors [10]. After the meeting > itself the Board will have a Q&A session with the Foundation staff. The > outcomes of this meeting will be shared to the list in the coming weeks. > > The Board plans to meet again in September in Berlin in conjunction with > the Wikimedia Summit. I hope to see some of you there as well. > > [1] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Minutes_December_8,_2022 > > [2] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter > > [3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy > > [4] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Adjusting_Board_Roles,_March_2022 > > > [5] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Veritas_Governance_Recommendations_Final_Public_Copy.pdf > > [6] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:2022_Trustee_Selection, > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Nataliia_Tymkiv%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2022 > > > [7] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Dissolving_the_Funds_Dissemination_Committee > > > [8] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/06/23/thanking-the-members-of-the-funds-dissemination-committee/ > [9] > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/draft > > [10] > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Inviting_visitors_to_a_Board_of_Trustees_meeting_(2015) > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Inviting_visitors_to_a_Board_of_Trustees_meeting_(2015)> > > 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. 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