Resolutions

This page lists all resolutions approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees since 2006. You might also be interested in seeing the meeting minutes or a list of public Foundation policies. See below a brief explanation to understand resolutions.

A copy of these resolutions is available on Meta for comments and easier translation.

February 2014

 * 2014-02-01: Amended Bylaws for Trustees selected by Chapters and Thematic Organizations

January 2014

 * 2014-01-19: Minutes approval November 24-25, 2013

December 2013

 * 2013-12-30: Board approval of FDC recommendation (2013-14, Round 1)

November 2013

 * 2013-11-25: FDC recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society
 * 2013-11-25: Jimmy Wales Reappointment 2014
 * 2013-11-24: Media about living people (amendment of 2009 BLP resolution)

September 2013

 * 2013-09-14: Minutes approval August 7-8, 2013

August 2013

 * 2013-08-08: Board visitor - Doron Weber (2013)
 * 2013-08-08: Amendment to the Delegations of Financial and Spending Authority
 * 2013-08-08: Board Officer and Committee Appointments 2013
 * 2013-08-08: Board appointments August 2013
 * 2013-08-08: Jan-Bart de Vreede reappointment 2013
 * 2013-08-08: Stu West reappointment 2013

July 2013

 * 2013-07-12: Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay

June 2013

 * 2013-06-28: 2013-2014 Annual Plan
 * 2013-06-19: Ana Toni Appointment 2013
 * 2013-06-05: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

May 2013

 * 2013-05-31: Board approval of FDC recommendation (2012-13, Round 2)
 * 2013-05-30: Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles
 * 2013-05-30: Minutes approval April 18-19, 2013
 * 2013-05-04: Amended Bylaws, Article IV, Section 6

April 2013

 * 2013-04-19: Approving the revised Board Governance Committee Charter
 * 2013-04-18: Guidelines on potential conflicts of interest

March 2013

 * 2013-03-26: Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
 * 2013-03-25: Appointing and authorizing a transition committee in the search of a new Executive Director
 * 2013-03-06: Minutes approval February 1-2, 2013

February 2013

 * 2013-02-02: Advisory Board appointments 2013
 * 2013-02-02: Amending the Term of Advisory Board Members
 * 2013-02-01: Amendment of Affiliations Committee Charter

January 2013

 * 2013-01-07: Minutes approval December 1, 2012

December 2012

 * 2012-12-27: Bishakha Datta Reappointment 2012
 * 2012-12-01: FDC Approval Fall 2012

October 2012

 * 2012-10-26: Appointment of Foundation Staff Officers
 * 2012-10-26: Amended Bylaws
 * 2012-10-26: Vote:Narrowing Focus
 * 2012-10-26: Legal Fees Assistance Program
 * 2012-10-26: Committee appointments
 * 2012-10-26: Audit Committee Charter
 * 2012-10-26: Human Resources Committee Charter
 * 2012-10-16: Language Committee Charter

September 2012

 * 2012-09-25: Funds Dissemination Committee initial membership

August 2012

 * 2012-08-31: Advisory Board - Barry Newstead
 * 2012-08-20: Affiliations Committee Charter

July 2012

 * 2012-07-11: Delegations of financial and spending authority
 * 2012-07-11: Delegation of banking authority
 * 2012-07-11: Board visitor - Doron Weber (2012)
 * 2012-07-11: Board appointments July 2012
 * 2012-07-11: Personal Image Hiding Feature
 * 2012-07-11: Funds Dissemination Committee framework and initial operation
 * 2012-07-11: 2012-2013 Annual Plan

June 2012

 * 2012-06-25: Board Visitors (2012)

March 2012

 * 2012-03-31: Revision of open-ended Chapter approvals
 * 2012-03-31: Recognizing Models of Affiliations
 * 2012-03-31: Affiliations Committee
 * 2012-03-31: Organizational best practices
 * 2012-03-30: Committee Standards
 * 2012-03-30: Board Governance Committee Charter
 * 2012-03-30: Amendment to Chapter Committee Rules of Procedure
 * 2012-03-30: Funds Dissemination Committee
 * 2012-03-30: Fundraising 2012
 * 2012-03-30: Board of Trustees Voting Transparency
 * 2012-03-05: Terms of use

February 2012

 * 2012-02-13: Vote:Committee standards
 * 2012-02-09: Vote:Movement accountability standards
 * 2012-02-08: Movement roles letter
 * 2012-02-08: Fundraising letter
 * 2012-02-06: Recognition of Wikimedia Kenya

January 2012

 * 2012-01-27: Reappointment of Stu West, 2012
 * 2012-01-27: Reappointment of Jan-Bart de Vreede, 2012
 * 2012-01-27: Reappointment of Jimmy Wales, 2012
 * 2012-01-06: Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

October 2011

 * 2011-10-28: Recognition of Wikimedia Venezuela
 * 2011-10-03: Recognition of Wikimedia Bangladesh
 * 2011-10-03: Donor Privacy Policy Amendment 2011

September 2011

 * 2011-09-12: Recognition of Wikimedia District of Columbia

August 2011

 * 2011-08-03: Board appointments - Community Trustees, 2011
 * 2011-08-03: Recognition of Wikimedia México

July 2011

 * 2011-07-18: Donor privacy policy update 2011
 * 2011-07-18: Advisory Board reappointments

June 2011

 * 2011-06-28: Approval of the 2011-2012 Annual Plan
 * 2011-06-20: Board Visitor - Doron Weber
 * 2011-06-20: Advisory Board - Veronique Kessler
 * 2011-06-20: Advisory Board - Jessamyn West
 * 2011-06-13: Recognition of Wikimedia Chile

May 2011

 * 2011-05-29: Controversial content
 * 2011-05-29: Images of identifiable people
 * 2011-05: Recognition of Wikimedia Canada
 * 2011-05: Board visitors

April 2011

 * 2011-04-08: Resolution on Openness
 * 2011-04-24: Recognition of Wikimedia Macau

March 2011

 * 2011-03-26: Recognition of Wikimedia South Africa

February 2011

 * 2011-02-28: Bylaws amendment - Founder term
 * 2011-02-07: Recognition of Wikimedia España

December 2010

 * 2010-12-29: Board appointments December 2010
 * 2010-12-19: Bylaws amendment - appointed terms

October 2010

 * 2010-10-15: Strategy project
 * 2010-10-09: Five-year targets
 * 2010-10-09: Wikimedia fundraising principles
 * 2010-10-09: Trustee terms and evaluation
 * 2010-10-09: Movement Roles October 2010

September 2010

 * 2010-09-08: Advisory Board - Nhlanhla Mabaso

August 2010

 * 2010-08-31: Approval of Wikimedia Estonia

July 2010

 * 2010-07: Board appointments July 2010
 * 2010-07-08: Board deliberations

June 2010

 * 2010-06: 2010-11 Annual Plan
 * 2010-06: Commissioning Recommendations from the Executive Director
 * 2010-06: Approval of Wikimedia India

March 2010

 * 2010-03-17: Board appointment March 2010
 * 2010-03-13: Approval of Wikimedia Philippines

February 2010

 * 2010-02: Bylaws amendment February 2010

December 2009

 * 2009-12: Reappointments of Jimmy Wales, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Stu West, and Matt Halprin

November 2009

 * 2009-11-13: Bylaws amendment November 2009
 * 2009-11-13: Audit charter amendment November 2009
 * 2009-11-13: Audited financial statements 2008-2009

September 2009

 * 2009-09: Approval of Wikimedia Finland
 * 2009-09: Approval of Wikimedia Macedonia

August 2009

 * 2009-08: Board appointment August 2009

July 2009

 * 2009-07-03: Approval of Wikimedia Ukraine
 * 2009-07-03: Approval of Wikimedia Portugal
 * 2009-07-03: Approval of Wikimedia Denmark

June 2009

 * 2009-06: 2009-10 Annual Plan

May 2009

 * 2009-05: Board appointments May 2009
 * 2009-05: Licensing update approval

April 2009

 * 2009-04: Long term strategic plan
 * 2009-04: Trademark statement
 * 2009-04: Biographies of living people

January 2009

 * 2009-01: Wikimedia Committees
 * 2009-01: Approval of Wikimedia New York City
 * 2009-01: Approval of Wikimedia UK
 * 2009-01: Chapters committee membership
 * 2009-01: Chapters committee rules and procedures

November 2008

 * 2008-11: Audited financial statements 2007-2008
 * 2008-11: Brokerage account authorizations
 * 2008-11: Approval of Wikimedia Norway
 * 2008-11: Approval of Wikimedia Hungary

October 2008

 * 2008-10: Approval of Wikimedia Indonesia
 * 2008-10: Approval of Wikimedia Brasil

June 2008

 * 2008-06-22: Minutes approval April 2008
 * 2008-06-22: Pluralism
 * 2008-06-22: Duty Entertainment Guidelines Policy
 * 2008-06-22: 2008-09 Budget

May 2008

 * 2008-05: Approval of Wikimedia Russia

April 2008

 * 2008-04: Bylaws amendments and board structure
 * 2008-04: Approval of December 2007 Minutes
 * 2008-04: Approval of March 2008 Minutes
 * 2008-04: New Trustee Appointment April 2008
 * 2008-04: Data Retention Policy
 * 2008-04: Privacy policy update April 2008

March 2008

 * 2008-03: Election Committee Officers - March 2008
 * 2008-03: Approval of Wikimedia Hong Kong
 * 2008-03: Secretary, March 2008‎
 * 2008-03: Approval of Wikimedia Australia

February 2008

 * 2008-02: Approval of Wikimedia Austria
 * 2008-02: Approval of Wikimedia Czech Republic
 * 2008-02: Financial statements June 2006-2007
 * 2008-02: Board Membership - January 2008 ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vote:_board_membership_-_january_08 not public]; public announcement)
 * 2008-02: Credit Card Usage Policy
 * 2008-02-04: Executive Director Job Description

January 2008

 * 2008-01: Update of Gift Policy - January 2008
 * 2008-01-04: Chapters committee membership - December 2007

December 2007

 * 2007-12-22: Board expansion - December 2007
 * 2007-12-11: Cape Town Open Education Declaration
 * 2007-12-11: Approval of Wikimedia Sverige
 * 2007-12-11: Approval of Wikimedia Argentina
 * 2007-12-11: Minutes approval October 2007
 * 2007-12-01: License update

November 2007

 * 2007-11-26: Appointment of Sue Gardner as ED

October 2007

 * 2007-10-07: Annual appointment of the Board Executive Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair
 * 2007-10-07: Reappointment of Jan-Bart de Vreede and Jimmy Wales
 * 2007-10-06: Budget approval 2007
 * 2007-10-06: Donor privacy policy
 * 2007-10-06: Code of conduct
 * 2007-10-06: Travel approvals policy

September 2007

 * 2007-09-12: Greenspun illustration project
 * 2007-09-04: Whistleblower policy, update August 2007
 * 2007-09-03: Minutes approval June 2007

July 2007

 * 2007-07-12: Replacement Board member 1 2007
 * 2007-07-12: Replacement Board member 2 2007
 * 2007-07-12: Replacement Board member 3 2007
 * 2007-07-12: Board Elections 2007
 * 2007-07-05: Management Consultant
 * 2007-07-05: Travel Policy
 * 2007-07-04: Carolyn Doran ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Carolyn_Doran not public])
 * 2007-07-04: Wikimedia Taiwan
 * 2007-07-01: Legal Coordinator 2

June 2007

 * 2007-06-12: Minutes approval March 2007
 * 2007-06-12: Audit Charter 2
 * 2007-06-12: Whistleblower policy
 * 2007-06-02: Access to nonpublic data policy update

April 2007

 * 2007-04-16: ED search committee 2
 * 2007-04-16: Access to nonpublic data
 * 2007-04-11: Mission and Vision statement

March 2007

 * 2007-03-23: Licensing policy
 * 2007-03-18: Hardware purchase March 2007
 * 2007-03-18: Volunteer coordinator
 * 2007-03-18: Computer technician
 * 2007-03-18: Legal Coordinator
 * 2007-03-09: Brad Patrick's resignation

February 2007

 * 2007-02-28: Requirements and guidelines for future chapters
 * 2007-02-11: Chief Research Coordinator

January 2007

 * 2007-01-31: Legal tasks February March 2007 ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Legal_tasks_feb_march_2007 not public])
 * 2007-01-27: Chapters coordinator - Delphine Ménard
 * 2007-01-24: COO - Carolyn Doran
 * 2007-01-24: ED Search Firm
 * 2007-01-14: Officer elections - January 2007
 * 2007-01-12/14: Gift Policy
 * 2007-01-12/14: Audit Committee Jan07

December 2006

 * 2006-12: RBC
 * 2006-12-07: Bylaws revision
 * 2006-12-07: Board expansion
 * 2006-12-07: Agreement between chapters and Wikimedia Foundation

November 2006

 * 2006-12-08: Redo events committee
 * 2006-12-08: ED Search committee
 * 2006-12-08: Retreat 2006 Board actions and outcomes
 * 2006-12-08: Domain names workgroup

October 2006

 * 2006-10-21: Officers election 2006
 * 2006-10-07: Freenode Donation

September 2006

 * 2006-09-28: Hardware Sept-06
 * 2006-09-25: Replacement Board member 2006
 * 2006-09-25: Conflict of interest
 * 2006-09-21: Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland
 * 2006-09-02: Election officials2

August 2006
''A meeting of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was held in person at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on August 5, 2006. In attendance were Angela Beesley, Michael Davis, Florence Devouard, Tim Shell, Jimmy Wales, and Brad Patrick. Minutes of decisions will apparently not be reported. It was decided to organise a board retreat in October 2006.''


 * 2006-08-20: Fundraising committee/Membership

July 2006

 * 2006-07-31: Advisory board
 * 2006-07-30: Wikiversity
 * 2006-07-24: Hardware Purchase Jul-06
 * 2006-07-23: Ombudsperson checkuser
 * 2006-07-23: WiktionaryZ
 * 2006-07-20: Election officials

June 2006

 * 2006-06-26: Board election
 * 2006-06-21: Danish Wikipedia and DR
 * 2006-06-20: Privacy policy update, June 2006
 * 2006-06-07: Fundraising committee
 * 2006-06-04: Special Project committee/Scope
 * 2006-06-02: CEO
 * 2006-06-02: Hardware Jun-06

May 2006

 * 2006-05-26: OTRS
 * 2006-05-24: Chapters committee/Access to internal
 * 2006-05-21: Special Project committee/Members
 * 2006-05-20: Communications committee/Scope
 * 2006-05-20: Communications committee/Members
 * 2006-05-17: Foundation wiki accounts
 * 2006-05-16: MarkMonitor

April 2006

 * 2006-04-21: IDPF Conference
 * 2006-04-19: Auditor selection ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution_Auditor_Selection full resolution not public])
 * 2006-04-14: CH Chapter
 * 2006-04-04: Chapters committee/Rules of procedure
 * 2006-04-04: Chapters committee/Scope
 * 2006-04-04: Chapters committee/Delegations

March 2006

 * 2006-03-22: Spending Authorization Colo Space ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution_Spending_Authorization_Colo_Space full resolution not public])
 * 2006-03-21: Travel costs for chapter meetups Q2 2006
 * 2006-03-15: Domain names responsibility
 * 2006-03-14: MobilED partnership

February 2006

 * 2006-02&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;: Hardware purchase February 2006
 * 2006-02-27: Consent resolutions
 * 2006-02-27: Additional developer
 * 2006-02-21: Communications committee creation
 * 2006-02-15: Spending authorization PowerMedium ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution_Spending_Authorization_PowerMedium not public])
 * 2006-02-15: Special projects committee creation
 * 2006-02-15: Securities account ([//board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution_Securities_Account not public])
 * 2006-02-04: MySQL Conference 2006
 * 2006-02-04: Chapters committee creation

January 2006

 * 2006-01-23: Spending authorization
 * 2006-01-23: Office space
 * 2006-01-15: Financial committee
 * 2006-01-15: Technical committee
 * 2006-01-15: Events committee
 * 2006-01-15: Executive committee
 * 2006-01-15: Communications committee
 * 2006-01-15: Special projects committee
 * 2006-01-15: Board expansion committee
 * 2006-01-15: Search committee (not public)
 * 2006-01-15: Chapters committee
 * 2006-01-14: Insurance committee
 * 2006-01-14: Audit committee
 * 2006-01-14: Nondiscrimination
 * 2006-01-14: Trademarks (amended 14 January 2006)

Before 2006
Decisions were made by the Board in 2003, 2004, and 2005. However a formal list of resolutions was not kept. For meetings and decisions made after the first two community trustees were elected in mid-2004, see the meeting minutes from 2004-5.

Understanding resolutions

 * Approve means the board member voted and this vote was YES.
 * Oppose means the board member voted and this vote was NO.
 * Abstain means the board member voted and this vote was "no opinion". An abstention counts as a vote.
 * Missing means the board member was not present at the board meeting, or did not come to vote on the wiki page. Like abstentions, this counts as a vote.
 * Recuse means the board member was present, but did not vote because of a declared conflict-of-interest. A recusal does not count as a vote.

As of July 2008, there were 8 voting members. A resolution normally passes with 5 YES votes. When there is a recusal, a resolution can pass with 4 YES votes, as the number of voting members was reduced to 7.

As of August 2009, there were 9 voting members. A resolution passes with 5 YES votes.

As of March 2010, there are 10 voting members. A resolution passes with 6 YES votes. When there is a recusal, a resolution can pass with 5 YES votes.

The Board passes Resolutions and Votes; the former are formal decisions that must be made public; the latter are routine decisions such as advisory board appointments, approval of minutes for publication, or changes to internal Board processes. Passed Resolutions are published unless otherwise requested by the Chair; failed Resolutions are generally not published. Votes are often not published as such, but the result of the Votes is usually made public — for instance, minutes are published once a Vote to approve them has concluded; and minutes always list any Votes taken during a meeting.

See also
 * Vote:Board deliberations (July 2010), Resolution:Consent resolutions (February 2006)
 * Corporate Actions
 * How Resolutions Work

Summary of resolutions
For a brief history of WMF governance, including these resolutions, see History of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links

 * Resolutions/Archives failed (only some older failed resolutions are posted, see above; as of 2013 there is no policy about posting unpassed resolutions)

See also
 * Meetings (with approved minutes of past meetings)
 * Messages