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==The role of a board member== |
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The Board of Trustees is the governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the state of Florida, USA. As described in the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bylaws Bylaws] of the WMF: |
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''March 03, 2007 by Florence Devouard, Wikimedia Chair'' |
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''All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Foundation shall be managed under, the direction of the Board of Trustees.'' |
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I thought it would be nice to offer a little update with regards to the organization, in particular from a "person" perspective. |
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Responsibilities of the Board include: |
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I outlined the various areas of activities of the Foundation, to try to identify in which areas we were staffed and in which areas we were either understaffed or not staffed at all. By staff, I do not necessarily mean "employee" as it may be volunteers from the community, interns, pro-bono help, contractors etc... |
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* determining mission, goals, long-term plans and high level policies of WMF and its projects |
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* selecting the Executive Director... |
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But the fact is, when an area is under-staffed, the job either is not done at all, or poorly done by other staff members (on top of their regular activity), or poorly done by board members (who can not take |
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care of what they should take care of). These under staffed areas or not staffed areas should be a focus of attention. |
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When I accepted to become chair of the board, I indicated that one of my priorities would be to work on the organization of the Foundation. I renewed that wish early 2007, making it a top priority along with |
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"quality", "recognition as a charity" and "outreach". |
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I also wanted to give you a feedback on what has been achieved in terms of organization since then, and what is currently still not satisfactory. |
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[[Update of Foundation organization (March 07)|Read more...]] |
[[Update of Foundation organization (March 07)|Read more...]] |
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Revision as of 23:43, 15 June 2007
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The role of a board memberThe Board of Trustees is the governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the state of Florida, USA. As described in the Bylaws of the WMF: All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Foundation shall be managed under, the direction of the Board of Trustees. Responsibilities of the Board include:
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