Resolution:Dissolving the Funds Dissemination Committee

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Resolution:Dissolving the Funds Dissemination Committee

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This resolution was approved on March 23, 2022.

Whereas, the Wikimedia Foundation has adopted a new funding strategy for its grants;

Whereas, the terms for the members of the Funds Dissemination Committee have all expired as of 2019;

Whereas, the role previously filled by the Funds Dissemination Committee regarding grants is now being carried out by the Regional Funds Committees;

Whereas, the role previously filled by the Funds Dissemination Committee regarding review of the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan can be carried out through a community feedback process;

Whereas, the Community Affairs Committee has recommended that the Board of Trustees formally dissolve the Funds Dissemination Committee;

Now, therefore it is

RESOLVED, that the Funds Dissemination Committee is hereby dissolved; and

RESOLVED, that the Foundation shall organize facilitated community conversations about the draft fiscal year 2022-2023 annual plan before it is brought to the Board for final approval.

Approve

Nataliia Tymkiv (Chair), Esra'a Al Shafei (Vice Chair), Shani Evenstein Sigalov (Vice Chair), Luis Bitenourt-Emilio, Tanya Capuano, Victoria Doronina, Dariusz Jemielniak, Lorenzo Losa, Raju Narisetti, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Jimmy Wales

References

• Community Resources Announces ​​New Funding Strategy (July 15, 2021)
• Funds Dissemination Committee