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
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Environmental_Sustainability_Covenant>
[2] https://www.wikimedia.de/en/our-values/
<https://www.wikimedia.de/en/our-values/>
Alice Wiegand
Vorsitzende des Präsidiums | Chair of the Supervisory Board
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49
(0)30 219 158 26-0
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