Resolution: Elections Committee
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| This resolution was approved by the Board of Trustees on November 7, 2015 |
Whereas, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees seeks to create a standing committee to advise on and help implement the community selection process for the Board, the Funds Dissemination Committee, the Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson, and similar community-selected positions as determined by the Board.
Resolved, the Board authorizes the creation and operation of a Standing Elections Committee.
With the recommendation of the Executive Director, and in consideration of the interests of the Wikimedia community, the Board Governance Committee shall appoint the initial membership of the Elections Committee (Note: We anticipate that the recommendation would include the former members of the past temporary elections committee). The Board Governance Committee, in consultation with sitting members of the Committee and their advisors, will make subsequent appointments.
The Board authorizes the Board Governance Committee to amend this charter as may be required from time to time with prior notice to the Board.
- Approved
- Patricio Lorente, Alice Wiegand, Frieda Brioschi, Stu West, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Guy Kawasaki, Dariusz Jemielniak, Denny Vrandečić, James Heilman, Jimmy Wales