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The board of trustees has ultimate authority of all the businesses and affairs of the Foundation. It is composed of ten members: three who are selected by the community encompassed by all the different Wikimedia projects, two who are selected by the regional and local chapters, one emeritus for the foundation's founder, Jimmy Wales, and four who are appointed by the Board itself.[84] The current members of the board are as follows:[85] Jan-Bart de Vreede Name: Jan-Bart de Vreede Position: chairman of the board Residence: Gouda, Netherlands Nationality: Dutch Occupation: community manager, product manager Selection: appointed by the board Date term expires: December 2013 Before WMF: product manager at the Kennisnet Foundation, a publicly funded Dutch organization tasked with the promotion of information technology use in education to help solve some of the major challenges in the field. Phoebe Ayers Name: Phoebe Ayers Position: Vice Chairwoman of the Board Residence: Davis, California Nationality: American Occupation: librarian Selection: selected by the community Date term expires: July 2015 Before WMF: reference, instruction and collections librarian at the University of California, Davis, specializing in computer science, physics and engineering information resources. Alice Weigand Name: Alice Wiegand Position: Member of the Board at-large; Chair of the Governance Committee Residence: Düsseldorf, Germany Nationality: German Occupation: personal aide, IT manager Selection: selected by the chapters Date term expires: July 2014 Before WMF: personal aide to the mayor of Meerbusch; head of Meerbusch's information technology department. María Sefidari Name: María Sefidari Position: Member of the Board at-large Residence: Madrid, Spain Nationality: Spanish Occupation: academic Selection: selected by the community Date term expires: July 2015 Before WMF: founding member and first Vice-President of the Wikimedia España chapter.[86] Ana Toni Name: Ana Toni Position: Member of the Board at-large Residence: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nationality: Brazilian Occupation: chief executive officer Selection: appointed by the board Date term expires: December 2014 Before WMF: Chairwoman of Greenpeace International. Patricio Lorente Name: Patricio Lorente Position: Member of the Board at-large Residence: La Plata, Argentina Nationality: Argentine Occupation: social entrepreneur Selection: selected by the chapters Date term expires: July 2014 Before WMF: former President of the Wikimedia Argentina chapter Bishakha Dutta Name: Bishakha Datta Position: Member of the Board at-large Residence: Mumbai, India Nationality: Indian Occupation: writer, filmmaker, social entrepreneur Selection: appointed by the board Date term expires: December 2014 Before WMF: more than 20 years of experience with international non-profit organizations; co-founder and executive director of the NGO, Point of View. Samuel Klein Name: Samuel Klein Position: Member of the Board at-large; Chair of the Human Resources Committee Residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts Nationality: American Occupation: physicist, software developer, instructor, social entrepreneur Selection: selected by the community Date term expires: July 2015 Before WMF: Director of outreach at the One Laptop per Child Foundation. Jimmy Wales Name: Jimmy Wales Position: Member of the Board at-large Residence: London[87] Nationality: American Occupation: Internet entrepreneur Selection: emeritus Date term expires: December 2013 Before WMF: co-founder of Wikipedia. Stu West Name: Stu West Position: Member of the Board at-large; chair of the Audit Committee Residence: San Francisco Nationality: American Occupation: executive Selection: appointed by the board Date term expires: December 2013 Before WMF: senior executive roles at TiVo, Yahoo!, InfoSpace, and JPMorgan Chase. The Wikimedia Foundation 2010-11 annual report Board members at Wikimania 2012 in Washington, D.C. In January 2004, Jimmy Wales appointed his business partners Tim Shell and Michael E. Davis to the foundation's board. In June 2004, an election was held for two user representative board members. Following one month of campaigning and two weeks of online voting, Angela Beesley and Florence Nibart-Devouard were elected to join the board. In July 2005, Beesley and Nibart-Devouard were re-elected to the board. On July 1, 2006, Beesley resigned from the board effective upon election of her successor, expressing concern about "certain events and tendencies that have arisen within the organization since the start of this year," but stating her intent to continue to participate in the Wikimedia projects, and in the formation of an Australian chapter.[citation needed] A special election was held in September to finish Beesley's term, ending with the mid-2007 election. The election was won by Erik Möller. In October 2006, Nibart-Devouard replaced Wales as chair of the Foundation. On December 8, 2006, the board expanded to seven people with the appointments of Kat Walsh and Oscar van Dillen. Effective December 15, 2006, Jan-Bart de Vreede was appointed to replace Shell. In the June 2007 election, Möller and Walsh were reelected; van Dillen, who ran for re-election, was narrowly defeated by Frieda Brioschi. Davis left the board in November 2007. Nibart-Devouard's elected term expired in June 2008. The appointed terms for Wales and de Vreede expired in December 2008. Brioschi's and Walsh's elected terms expired in June 2009. In December 2007, Möller resigned from the Board of Trustees, and was hired as the foundation's deputy director by the executive director. In February 2008, Florence Devouard announced the addition of two new board members: Michael Snow, an American lawyer and chair of the Communication Committee; and Domas Mituzas, a Lithuanian computer software engineer, MySQL employee, and longtime member of the core tech team.[88] In April 2008, the board announced a restructuring of its membership, increasing the number of board positions to 10 overall, as follows: Three community-elected seats Two seats to be selected by the chapters One board-appointed 'community founder' seat, to be occupied by Jimmy Wales Four board-appointed 'specific expertise' seats[84] In the June 2008 board election, Ting Chen was elected for a one-year term, then in September Frieda Brioschi resigned to be elected at the board of Wikimedia Italia. In the August 2009 board election, Ting Chen was re-elected, while Kat Walsh and Samuel Klein were elected, effective until July 2011. In the July 2010 board election, Michael Snow was replaced as chair of the board, although he retains his place on the Advisory Board. In the June 2011 board election, Ting Chen, Kat Walsh, and Samuel Klein were re-elected. In the June 2012 board election, Patricio Lorente and Alice Wiegand were elected.[89] In the December 2012 special meeting, Bishakha Datta was re-elected.[90] Advisory board The Advisory Board, according to the Wikimedia Foundation, is an international network of experts who have agreed to give the foundation meaningful help on a regular basis in many different areas, including law, organizational development, technology, policy, and outreach.[91] As of August 2013, the members are: Ward Cunningham Florence Devouard Melissa Hagemann Matt Halprin Benjamin Mako Hill Mimi Ito Mitch Kapor Veronique Kessler Neeru Khosla Teemu Leinonen Nhlanhla Mabaso Rebecca MacKinnon Wayne Mackintosh Roger McNamee Domas Mituzas Trevor Neilson Craig Newmark Barry Newstead Achal Prabhala Clay Shirky Michael Snow Jing Wang Jessamyn West Ethan Zuckerman Committees The foundation is supported by five standing committees of which three are led by members of the board. These are: The Affiliations Committee which advises and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding the recognition and existence of national and sub-national chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups.[92] The committee is chaired by Bence Damokos. The Audit Committee which assists the Board of Trustees in its general oversight of the foundation's accounting and financial reporting processes, audits of the financial statements, and internal control, and audit functions. The committee also oversees the relationship with the independent auditor selected by the foundation, and provides advice, counsel, and general direction, as it deems appropriate, to the foundation's management and auditors on the basis of the information it receives, discussions with the auditor, and the experience of the committee's members in business, financial and accounting matters. The committee is chaired by Stu West. The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) which makes recommendations to the foundation for funding activities and initiatives in support of its mission.[93] All funds raised via the Wikimedia project sites are distributed via the recommendations of the FDC, with the exception of the foundation's core operating costs and the operating reserve.[93] The committee is chaired by Dariusz Jemielniak.[94] The Governance Committee which ensures that the Board of Trustees of the foundation fulfills its legal and fiduciary obligations, as well as helping in improving its governance, efficiency and effectiveness over time. The committee is chaired by Alice Weigand. The Human Resources Committee which assists the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities through the implementation of sound compensation and personnel policies and practices. The committee is chaired by Samuel Klein[disambiguation needed]. Disputes and lawsuits Wikimedia Foundation post-SOPA party, 2012 Main article: List of litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation [icon] This section requires expansion. (January 2010) Many disputes have resulted in litigation[95][96][97][98] while others have not.[99] Attorney Matt Zimmerman stated, "Without strong liability protection, it would be difficult for Wikipedia to continue to provide a platform for user-created encyclopedia content."[100] In December 2011, the Foundation hired Washington, DC lobbyist Dow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC to lobby the United States Congress with regard to "Civil Rights/Civil Liberties" and "Copyright/Patent/Trademark."[101] At the time of the hire the Foundation was concerned specifically about a bill known as the Stop Online Piracy Act.[102] In October 2013, a German Court ruled that the Wikimedia Foundation can be held liable for content added to Wikipedia.[103] |
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