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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 understanding resolutions.

• July 20, 2026: Resolution:Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, July 2026
• July 20, 2026: Resolution:Minutes Approval, June 2026
• July 20, 2026: Resolution:Renewing Kathy Collins’s Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2026
• July 20, 2026: Resolution:Renewing Mayree Clark’s Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2026
• July 20, 2026: Resolution:Board Officers and Committee Membership, July 2026

• June 17, 2026: Resolution:Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2026-2027 Annual Plan and Budget
• June 17, 2026: Resolution:Product & Technology Committee Membership, June 2026

• April 10, 2026: Minutes Approval, March 2026

• March 13, 2026: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, March 2026
• March 13, 2026: Minutes Approval, December 2025
• March 13, 2026: Minutes Approval, February 2026

• December 10, 2025: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2025
• December 10, 2025: Minutes Approval, August 2025
• December 10, 2025: Minutes Approval, October 2025
• December 10, 2025: Term Extension for Shani Evenstein Sigalov and Mike Peel, 2025
• December 10, 2025: Approving Sister Project Task Force Recommendations on Wikispore and Wikinews
• December 10, 2025: Dissolving the Community Affairs Committee
• December 10, 2025: Updating Committee Charters, December 2025
• December 10, 2025: Appointing Bobby Shabangu to the Board of Trustees
• December 10, 2025: Appointing Michał Buczyński to the Board of Trustees
• December 10, 2025: Board Officers and Committee Membership, December 2025

• October 1, 2025: Adopting a Policy for Board Candidate Review

• August 4, 2025: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, August 2025
• August 4, 2025: Minutes Approval, June 2025
• August 4, 2025: Term Extension for Raju Narisetti, 2025
• August 4, 2025: Appointing Lorenzo Losa as Chair
• August 4, 2025: Appointing Mayree Clark to the Board of Trustees
• August 4, 2025: Committee Membership, August 2025

• June 18, 2025: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, June 2025
• June 18, 2025: Minutes Approval, March 2025
• June 18, 2025: Minutes Approval, April 2025
• June 18, 2025: Term Extension for Nataliia Tymkiv, 2025
• June 18, 2025: Executive Committee Membership Update, 2025
• June 18, 2025: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2025-2026 Annual Plan and Budget

• March 23, 2025: Approving Changes to the Trustee Selection Process

• March 13, 2025: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, March 2025
• March 13, 2025: Minutes Approval, December 2024
• March 13, 2025: Recognizing Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand as a Wikimedia Chapter

• December 11, 2024: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2024
• December 11, 2024: Minutes Approval, August 2024
• December 11, 2024: Renewing Victoria Doronina’s Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2024
• December 11, 2024: Renewing Lorenzo Losa’s Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2024
• December 11, 2024: Recognizing Wikimedia Brasil User Group as a Wikimedia Chapter
• December 11, 2024: Appointing Christel Steigenberger to the Board of Trustees
• December 11, 2024: Appointing Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz to the Board of Trustees
• December 11, 2024: Approving Lorenzo Losa as Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees
• December 11, 2024: Committee Membership, December 2024

• October 18, 2024: Updating Audit Committee Charter, October 2024
• October 18, 2024: Updating Executive Committee Charter, October 2024

• August 5, 2024: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, August 2024
• August 5, 2024: Minutes Approval, June 2024
• August 5, 2024: Dissolving the Talent & Culture Committee
• August 5, 2024: Renewing Nataliia Tymkiv’s Appointment as Chair, 2024

• July 8, 2024: Draft Movement Charter and next steps
• July 11, 2024: Minutes Approval, July 2024

• June 20, 2024: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, June 2024
• June 20, 2024: Minutes Approval, March 2024
• June 20, 2024: Trustee Term Extensions, 2024
• June 20, 2024: Term Extension for Dariusz Jemielniak, 2024
• June 20, 2024: Renewing Jimmy Wales's appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2024
• June 20, 2024: Renewing Luis Bitencourt-Emilio's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2024
• June 20, 2024: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2024-2025 Annual Plan and Budget

• March 7, 2024: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, March 2024
• March 7, 2024: Board Officers and Committee Membership, March 2024
• March 7, 2024: Minutes Approval, December 2023
• March 7, 2024: Updating Executive Committee Charter, 2024

• December 6, 2023: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2023
• December 6, 2023: Minutes Approval, August 2023
• December 6, 2023: Updating Movement Charter Drafting Committee Liaisons
• December 6, 2023: Appointing Kathy Collins to the Board of Trustees
• December 6, 2023: Committee Membership, 2023

• August 15, 2023: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, August 2023
• August 15, 2023: Minutes Approval, June 2023
• August 15, 2023: Product & Technology Committee Membership Update, 2023
• August 15, 2023: Renewing Raju Narisetti's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2023
• August 15, 2023: Renewing Esra'a Al Shafei's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2023

• June 21, 2023: Minutes Approval, March 2023
• June 21, 2023: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2023-2024 Annual Plan

• March 9, 2023: Talent & Culture Committee Membership Update, 2023
• March 9, 2023: Minutes Approval, December 2022
• March 9, 2023: Approval of Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
• March 1, 2023: Appointing Stephen LaPorte as Secretary

• December 7, 2022: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2022
• December 7, 2022: Minutes Approval, September 2022
• December 7, 2022: Updating Affiliations Committee Charter, 2022
• December 7, 2022: Updating Language Committee Oversight, 2022
• December 7, 2022: Renewing Shani Evenstein Sigalov's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2022
• December 7, 2022: Appointing Mike Peel to the Board of Trustees
• December 7, 2022: Committee Membership, 2022

• September 8, 2022: Revising Universal Code of Conduct, September 2022
• September 8, 2022: Updating Board Expansion Plans, 2022
• September 8, 2022: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, September 2022
• September 8, 2022: Minutes Approval, June 2022

• June 23, 2022: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, June 2022
• June 23, 2022: Setting Working Capital Reserve Target
• June 23, 2022: Minutes Approval, March 2022
• June 23, 2022: Term Extension of Shani Evenstein Sigalov, 2022
• June 23, 2022: Updating Environmental Sustainability Commitments, 2022
• June 23, 2022: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2022-23 Annual Plan

• March 23, 2022: Dissolving the Funds Dissemination Committee
• March 23, 2022: 2022 Trustee Selection
• March 23, 2022: Adjusting Board Roles, March 2022
• March 23, 2022: Renewing Nataliia Tymkiv's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2022
• March 23, 2022: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, March 2022
• March 23, 2022: Minutes Approval, December 2021
• March 23, 2022: Adopting an Updated Community Affairs Committee Charter, 2022
• March 23, 2022: Approving Updated Conflict of Interest Policy, 2022

• February 2, 2022: Dissolving the Chief Executive Officer Transition Committee and Transition Team, 2022
• February 2, 2022: Appointing Luis Bitencourt-Emilio to the Product & Technology Committee

• January 4, 2022: Luis Bitencourt-Emilio's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2021

• December 8, 2021: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2021
• December 8, 2021: Renaming the Human Resources Committee to the Talent & Culture Committee
• December 8, 2021: Dissolving the Special Projects Committee
• December 8, 2021: Appointing Movement Charter Drafting Committee Liaisons
• December 8, 2021: Renewing Jimmy Wales's appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2021
• December 8, 2021: Minutes Approval, September/October 2021
• December 8, 2021: Board Priorities 2022
• December 8, 2021: Adopting a Human Rights Policy
• December 8, 2021: Creating a Board Selection Task Force

• October 13, 2021: Board Officers and Committee Membership, 2021
• October 4, 2021: Appointing Lorenzo Losa to the Board of Trustees
• October 4, 2021: Appointing Victoria Doronina to the Board of Trustees
• October 4, 2021: Appointing Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight to the Board of Trustees
• October 4, 2021: Renewing Dariusz Jemielniak's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2021

• September 15, 2021: Adopting a Board of Trustees Code of Conduct
• September 15, 2021: Next Steps for Brand Work, 2021
• September 15, 2021: Creating an Executive Committee and Updating Committee Charters
• September 8, 2021: Minutes Approval, August 2021
• September 3, 2021: Appointment of Maryana Iskander as Chief Executive Officer

• August 26, 2021: Minutes Approval, June 2021
• August 26, 2021: Renewing Tanya Capuano's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2021
• August 26, 2021: Renewing Lisa Lewin's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2021
• August 26, 2021: Term Extension of Dariusz Jemielniak and James Heilman, 2021

• June 1, 2021: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2021-22 Annual Plan
• June 1, 2021: Call for Candidates for 2021 Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees
• June 1, 2021: 2021 Committee Evolution Plan
• June 1, 2021: Approval of Endowment Funding (Fiscal Year 2020–21)
• June 1, 2021: Minutes Approval, April 2021
• June 1, 2021: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, June 2021

• April 15, 2021: Approving the 2021 Selection Process for Community Board Seats
• April 15, 2021: Minutes Approval, February 2021
• April 6, 2021: Board Priorities Mid-year Recalibration Fiscal Year 2020-2021

• February 25, 2021: Wikimedia Endowment Structure, 2021
• February 25, 2021: Remit of Planned Gifts to the Wikimedia Endowment
• February 25, 2021: Creating a CEO Transition Committee and Transition Team, 2021
• February 25, 2021: Update to Universal Code of Conduct Timeline
• February 25, 2021: Approving Transfer of Sheehan Donation to Wikimedia Endowment
• February 25, 2021: Minutes Approval, 27 January 2021
• February 25, 2021: Minutes Approval, 8 January 2021
• February 25, 2021: Minutes Approval, December 2020
• February 25, 2021: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, February 2021
• February 24, 2021: Gift Policy Amendments, 2021
• February 24, 2021: Community Affairs Committee

• January 8, 2021: Approving Trustee Evaluation Form
• January 8, 2021: Approving Trustee Selection Proposals for Community Discussion

• December 9, 2020: Committee Membership, 2020
• December 9, 2020: Minutes Approval, September 2020
• December 9, 2020: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda, December 2020
• December 9, 2020: Approval of a Universal Code of Conduct
• December 9, 2020: Amended Bylaws Articles IV & V (2020)

• September 30, 2020: Board Priorities Fiscal Year 2020-2021
• September 28, 2020: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2020-2021 Annual Plan
• September 24, 2020: Minutes Approval, 22 May 2020
• September 24, 2020: Minutes Approval, 11 May 2020
• September 24, 2020: Minutes Approval, April 2020
• September 24, 2020: Minutes Approval, March 2020
• September 24, 2020: Review, Ratification, and Approval of Consent Agenda
• September 24, 2020: Publication of draft Trustee evaluation rubric
• September 24, 2020: Publication of proposed Bylaws changes, 2020
• September 24, 2020: Pause of Brand Development Work
• September 18, 2020: Renewing Esra'a Al Shafei's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2020
• September 18, 2020: Renewing Raju Narisetti's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2020

• June 16, 2020: Approval of Endowment funding (Fiscal Year 2019–2020)

• May 22, 2020: Provisional Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
• May 22, 2020: Abstract Wikipedia
• May 22, 2020: Brand Project Support, May 2020
• May 22, 2020: Board Statement on Community Health, 2020

• March 27, 2020: Movement Strategy Endorsement

• April 28, 2020: Minutes Approval, February 2020
• April 21, 2020: Postponement of Community Selection of Trustees and Extension of Community Selected Trustee Terms until next selection process

• February 13, 2020: Minutes Approval, December 2019
• February 13, 2020: Product Committee
• February 13, 2020: Board Expansion 2020

• December 5, 2019: Minutes Approval, August 2019

• October 11, 2019: Appointing Amanda Keton as Secretary

• August 15, 2019: Renewing Nataliia Tymkiv's Appointment to the Board of Trustees, 2019
• August 15, 2019: Appointing Shani Evenstein to the Board of Trustees
• August 15, 2019: Board Officers and Committee Membership, 2019
• August 15, 2019: Minutes Approval, July 2019
• August 15, 2019: Minutes Approval, 14 June 2019
• August 15, 2019: Minutes Approval, 27 June 2019

• July 10, 2019: Amending Bylaws Article V, Section 2 and Committee Charters on the Terms of Officers and Committee Chairs
• July 10, 2019: Approving the Board Liaison Position
• July 10, 2019: Commissioning a Proposal for Board Expansion
• July 10, 2019: Commissioning an ad hoc Committee to Review Community/Foundation Relationship
• July 10, 2019: Commissioning the Board Education and Accountability Plan

• June 27, 2019: Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer compensation adjustments
• June 14, 2019: Recognition of Wikimedians in Thailand User Group as a Wikimedia Chapter
• June 14, 2019: Recognition of Wikimedistas de Colombia User Group as a Wikimedia Chapter
• June 14, 2019: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2019-2020 Annual Plan
• June 14, 2019: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2019-2023 medium-term plan
• June 14, 2019: Approval of Endowment funding (Fiscal Year 2018–2019)
• June 14, 2019: Endowment Donations and Bequests
• June 14, 2019: Endowment structure
• June 14, 2019: Minutes Approval, March 2019
• June 14, 2019: Special Projects Committee, June 2019

• April 11, 2019: Approving the 2019 affiliate-selected Board seat process

• March 28, 2019: Minutes Approval, January 2019
• March 28, 2019: Minutes Approval, November 2018

• January 30, 2019: Executive Title Change
• January 30, 2019: Appointing Lisa Lewin to the Board of Trustees
• January 30, 2019: Amended Bylaws Article IV, Section 3 (2019)
• January 30, 2019: Renewing Jimmy Wales's appointment to the Board of Trustees

• December 13, 2018: Appointing Tony Sebro as Interim Secretary

• November 11, 2018: Recognition of Wikimedia Korea

• October 12, 2018: Minutes Approval, July 2018

• July 19, 2018: Board officers and committee membership, 2018
• July 19, 2018: Funds Dissemination Committee membership, 2018
• July 19, 2018: Appointing Tanya Capuano to the Board of Trustees
• July 9, 2018: Minutes Approval, June 2018

• June 12, 2018: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2018-2019 Annual Plan
• June 12, 2018: Approval of Endowment funding, Fiscal Year 2017–2018
• June 12, 2018: Future Wikimedia Foundation funding of the Wikimedia Endowment
• June 12, 2018: Consideration of future Endowment structure
• June 12, 2018: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2017–2018, Round 2)
• June 11, 2018: Minutes Approval, April 2018

• May 8, 2018: Approving updated Wikimedia Foundation Investment Policy
• May 1, 2018: Minutes Approval, March 2018

• January 23, 2018: Minutes Approval, November 2017

• December 19, 2017: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2017–2018, Round 1)

• November 18, 2017: Appointing Esra'a Al Shafei to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
• November 18, 2017: Appointing Kelly Battles to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
• November 16, 2017: Minutes Approval, August 2017

• October 11, 2017: Funds Dissemination Committee Eligibility for the Wiki Education Foundation
• October 5, 2017: Appointing Raju Narisetti to the Wikimedia Foundation Board

• September 27, 2017: Minutes Approval, July 2017

• August 10, 2017: Officers and committee membership, 2017
• August 10, 2017: Appointing James Heilman to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
• August 10, 2017: Appointing María Sefidari to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
• August 10, 2017: Appointing Dariusz Jemielniak to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
• August 10, 2017: Minutes Approval, June 2017

• June 16, 2017: Advisory Board appointments, 2017-2018
• June 16, 2017: Approval of Endowment funding (Fiscal Year 2016–2017) and matching $5 million gift from Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
• June 16, 2017: Approval for the Document Retention Policy
• June 16, 2017: Minutes Approval, March 2017
• June 16, 2017: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2017-2018 Annual Plan
• June 16, 2017: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2016–2017, Round 2)

• May 9, 2017: Appointing Eileen Hershenov as Secretary

• March 30, 2017: Minutes Approval, February 2017

• February 24, 2017: Environmental Impact
• February 24, 2017: Minutes Approval, December 2016

• December 16, 2016: Minutes Approval, November 2016

• November 13, 2016: Delegation of policy-making authority
• November 13, 2016: Approval of Strategy Process Budget
• November 13, 2016: Minutes Approval, September 2016

• July 23, 2016: Funds Dissemination Committee Membership, 2016

• July 23, 2016: Appointing Stephen LaPorte as Interim Secretary
• July 21, 2016: Minutes Approval, 29 June 2016
• July 21, 2016: Minutes Approval, 22-23 June 2016

• June 29, 2016: Approving the Endowment Advisory Board Operations
• June 26, 2016: Board officers and committee membership, 2016
• June 23, 2016: Nataliia Tymkiv appointment, 2016
• June 23, 2016: Christophe Henner appointment, 2016
• June 23, 2016: Appointment of Katherine Maher as Executive Director
• June 22, 2016: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2015–2016, Round 2)
• June 20, 2016: Approving the Wikimedia Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Plan

• May 27, 2016: Minutes Approval, May 2016
• May 16, 2016: Gift Policy Amendments Increase Threshold
• May 16, 2016: Minutes Approval, April 2016

• April 22, 2016: Minutes Approval, March 2016

• April 22, 2016: Appointment of Annette Campbell-White to Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board
• April 22, 2016: Creating and authorizing the Executive Director Search Steering Committee

• March 30, 2016: Committee Membership, 2016
• March 10, 2016: Appointing Katherine Maher as Interim Executive Director

• January 30, 2016: Minutes Approval, January 2016
• January 30, 2016: Appointing Jaime as Treasurer
• January 30, 2016: María Sefidari appointment, 2016
• January 30, 2016: Audit Committee Membership, 2016
• January 30, 2016: Minutes Approval, 28 December 2015
• January 30, 2016: Minutes Approval, 9 December 2015

• December 28, 2015: James Heilman Removal
• December 9, 2015: Governance Committee membership, 2015
• December 9, 2015: Minutes Approval, November 2015
• December 9, 2015: Appointing Arnnon Geshuri as Board Member
• December 9, 2015: Establishment of Endowment
• December 9, 2015: Appointing Kelly Battles as Board Member
• December 9, 2015: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2015–2016, Round 1)

• November 7, 2015: Minutes Approval, September 2015
• November 7, 2015: Resolution to renew the Founder's seat (2015)
• November 7, 2015: Funds Dissemination Committee Liaison, 2015
• November 7, 2015: Inviting visitors to a Board of Trustees meeting (2015)
• November 7, 2015: Appointing Denny Vrandečić as Interim Treasurer
• November 7, 2015: Amending the Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
• November 7, 2015: Elections Committee

• September 14, 2015: Committee Chairs, 2015
• September 14, 2015: Appointment of Interim Treasurer
• September 14, 2015: Minutes Approval, July 2015

• July 16, 2015: Board Officer and Committee Appointments, 2015
• July 16, 2015: James Heilman appointment, 2015
• July 16, 2015: Denny Vrandečić appointment, 2015
• July 16, 2015: Dariusz Jemielniak appointment, 2015
• July 15, 2015: Term Limit Proposal for Bylaws
• July 15, 2015: Minutes Approval, 11 June 2015

• June 30, 2015: Minutes Approval, 28 June 2015
• June 28, 2015: Annual Plan 2015-2016
• June 28, 2015: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2014–2015, Round 2)
• June 11, 2015: Minutes Approval, May 2015

• May 8, 2015: Second amendment to the Delegations of Financial and Spending Authority
• May 8, 2015: Updated Brokerage Account Authorizations
• May 8, 2015: Minutes Approval, April 2015

• April 13, 2015: Minutes Approval, March 2015

• March 16, 2015: Minutes Approval, February 2015
• March 16, 2015: Appointing Guy Kawasaki

• February 7, 2015: Minutes Approval, January 2015
• February 7, 2015: Minutes Approval, December 2014

• January 14, 2015: Minutes Approval, November 2014

• December 22, 2014: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2014–2015, Round 1)

• September 8, 2014: Minutes Approval, August 2014

• August 7, 2014: Board Officer and Committee Appointments, 2014
• August 7, 2014: Completion of Jan-Bart's term
• August 7, 2014: Alice Wiegand Reappointment for 2015
• August 7, 2014: Alice Wiegand Appointment, 2014
• August 7, 2014: Frieda Brioschi appointment, 2014
• August 7, 2014: Patricio Lorente appointment, 2014
• August 6, 2014: Recognition of Wikimedia Belgium

• July 9, 2014: Funds Dissemination Committee Membership, 2014

• June 29, 2014: 2014-2015 Annual Plan
• June 28, 2014: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2013–2014, Round 2)
• June 9, 2014: Minutes Approval, April 2014

• April 25, 2014: Terms of Use Amendment - Disclosure of Paid Editing
• April 25, 2014: New privacy policy and access policy
• April 14, 2014: Minutes Approval, January 2014
• April 10, 2014: Appointment of Lila Tretikov as Executive Director

• February 1, 2014: New trademark policy
• February 1, 2014: Advisory Board appointments, 2014
• February 1, 2014: Amended Bylaws for Trustees selected by Chapters and Thematic Organizations
• February 1, 2014: Community logo trademark
• February 1, 2014: Approval of Automattic contract

• January 19, 2014: Minutes Approval, November 2013

• December 30, 2013: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2013–2014, Round 1)

• November 25, 2013: Funds Dissemination Committee recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society
• November 25, 2013: Jimmy Wales Reappointment, 2014
• November 25, 2013: Executive Director Transition Committee Appointment
• November 24, 2013: Media about living people (amendment of 2009 Biographies of living people resolution)

• September 14, 2013: Minutes Approval, August 2013

• August 8, 2013: Board visitor - Doron Weber, 2013
• August 8, 2013: Amendment to the Delegations of Financial and Spending Authority
• August 8, 2013: Board Officer and Committee Appointments, 2013
• August 8, 2013: Board appointments, August 2013
• August 8, 2013: Jan-Bart de Vreede reappointment, 2013
• August 8, 2013: Stu West reappointment, 2013

• July 12, 2013: Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay

• June 28, 2013: 2013-2014 Annual Plan
• June 19, 2013: Ana Toni Appointment, 2013
• June 5, 2013: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

• May 31, 2013: Board approval of Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation (2012–2013, Round 2)
• May 30, 2013: Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles
• May 30, 2013: Minutes Approval, April 2013
• May 4, 2013: Amended Bylaws, Article IV, Section 6

• April 19, 2013: Approving the revised Board Governance Committee Charter
• April 18, 2013: Guidelines on potential conflicts of interest

• March 26, 2013: Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
• March 25, 2013: Appointing and authorizing a transition committee in the search of a new Executive Director
• March 6, 2013: Minutes Approval, February 2013

• February 2, 2013: Advisory Board appointments, 2013
• February 2, 2013: Amending the Term of Advisory Board Members
• February 1, 2013: Amendment of Affiliations Committee Charter

• January 7, 2013: Minutes Approval, December 2012

• December 27, 2012: Bishakha Datta Reappointment, 2012
• December 1, 2012: Funds Dissemination Committee Approval, Fall 2012

• October 26, 2012: Appointment of Foundation Staff Officers
• October 26, 2012: Amended Bylaws
• October 26, 2012: Narrowing Focus
• October 26, 2012: Legal Fees Assistance Program
• October 26, 2012: Committee appointments
• October 26, 2012: Audit Committee Charter
• October 26, 2012: Human Resources Committee Charter
• October 16, 2012: Language Committee Charter

• September 25, 2012: Funds Dissemination Committee initial membership

• August 31, 2012: Advisory Board - Barry Newstead
• August 20, 2012: Affiliations Committee Charter

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

• June 25, 2012: Board Visitors, 2012

• March 31, 2012: Revision of open-ended Chapter approvals
• March 31, 2012: Recognizing Models of Affiliations
• March 31, 2012: Affiliations Committee
• March 31, 2012: Organizational best practices
• March 30, 2012: Committee Standards
• March 30, 2012: Board Governance Committee Charter
• March 30, 2012: Amendment to Chapter Committee Rules of Procedure
• March 30, 2012: Funds Dissemination Committee
• March 30, 2012: Fundraising, 2012
• March 30, 2012: Board of Trustees Voting Transparency
• March 5, 2012: Terms of use

• February 13, 2012: Committee standards
• February 9, 2012: Movement accountability standards
• February 8, 2012: Movement roles letter
• February 8, 2012: Fundraising letter
• February 6, 2012: Recognition of Wikimedia Kenya

• January 27, 2012: Reappointment of Stu West, 2012
• January 27, 2012: Reappointment of Jan-Bart de Vreede, 2012
• January 27, 2012: Reappointment of Jimmy Wales, 2012
• January 6, 2012: Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

• October 28, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia Venezuela
• October 3, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia Bangladesh
• October 3, 2011: Donor Privacy Policy Amendment, 2011

• September 12, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia District of Columbia

• August 3, 2011: Board appointments - Community Trustees, 2011
• August 3, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia México

• July 18, 2011: Donor privacy policy update, 2011
• July 18, 2011: Advisory Board reappointments

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

• May 29, 2011: Controversial content
• May 29, 2011: Images of identifiable people
• May 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia Canada
• May 2011: Board visitors

• April 8, 2011: Resolution on Openness
• April 24, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia Macau

• March 26, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia South Africa

• February 28, 2011: Bylaws amendment - Founder term
• February 7, 2011: Recognition of Wikimedia España

• December 29, 2010: Board appointments, December 2010
• December 19, 2010: Bylaws amendment - appointed terms

• October 15, 2010: Strategy project
• October 9, 2010: Five-year targets
• October 9, 2010: Wikimedia fundraising principles
• October 9, 2010: Trustee terms and evaluation
• October 9, 2010: Movement Roles, October 2010

• September 8, 2010: Advisory Board - Nhlanhla Mabaso

• August 31, 2010: Approval of Wikimedia Estonia

• July 2010: Board appointments, July 2010
• July 8, 2010: Board deliberations

• June 2010: 2010-2011 Annual Plan
• June 2010: Commissioning Recommendations from the Executive Director
• June 2010: Approval of Wikimedia India

• March 17, 2010: Board appointment, March 2010
• March 13, 2010: Approval of Wikimedia Philippines

• February 2010: Bylaws amendment, February 2010

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

• November 13, 2009: Bylaws amendment, November 2009
• November 13, 2009: Audit charter amendment, November 2009
• November 13, 2009: Audited financial statements 2008-2009

• September 2009: Approval of Wikimedia Finland
• September 2009: Approval of Wikimedia Macedonia

• August 2009: Board appointment, August 2009

• July 3, 2009: Approval of Wikimedia Ukraine
• July 3, 2009: Approval of Wikimedia Portugal
• July 3, 2009: Approval of Wikimedia Denmark

• June 2009: 2009-2010 Annual Plan

• May 2009: Board appointments May 2009
• May 2009: Licensing update approval

• April 2009: Long-term strategic plan
• April 2009: Trademark statement
• April 2009: Biographies of living people

• January 2009: Wikimedia Committees
• January 2009: Approval of Wikimedia New York City
• January 2009: Approval of Wikimedia UK
• January 2009: Chapters committee membership
• January 2009: Chapters committee rules and procedures

• November 2008: Audited financial statements 2007-2008
• November 2008: Brokerage account authorizations
• November 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Norway
• November 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Hungary

• October 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Indonesia
• October 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Brasil

• June 22, 2008: Minutes Approval, April 2008
• June 22, 2008: Pluralism, Internationalism, and Diversity Policy
• June 22, 2008: Duty Entertainment Guidelines Policy
• June 22, 2008: 2008-2009 Budget

• May 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Russia

• April 2008: Bylaws amendments and board structure
• April 2008: Minutes Approval, December 2007
• April 2008: Minutes Approval, March 2008
• April 2008: New Trustee Appointment, April 2008
• April 2008: Data Retention Policy
• April 2008: Privacy policy update, April 2008

• March 2008: Election Committee Officers, March 2008
• March 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Hong Kong
• March 2008: Secretary, March 2008‎
• March 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Australia

• February 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Austria
• February 2008: Approval of Wikimedia Czech Republic
• February 2008: Financial statements June 2006-2007
• February 2008: Board Membership, January 2008 (not public; public announcement)
• February 2008: Credit Card Usage Policy
• February 4, 2008: Executive Director Job Description

• January 2008: Update of Gift Policy, January 2008
• January 4, 2008: Chapters committee membership, December 2007

• December 22, 2007: Board expansion, December 2007
• December 11, 2007: Cape Town Open Education Declaration
• December 11, 2007: Approval of Wikimedia Sverige
• December 11, 2007: Approval of Wikimedia Argentina
• December 11, 2007: Minutes Approval, October 2007
• December 1, 2007: License update

• November 26, 2007: Appointment of Sue Gardner as Executive Director

• October 7, 2007: Annual appointment of the Board Executive Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair
• October 7, 2007: Reappointment of Jan-Bart de Vreede and Jimmy Wales
• October 6, 2007: Budget approval, 2007
• October 6, 2007: Donor privacy policy
• October 6, 2007: Code of conduct
• October 6, 2007: Travel approvals policy

• September 12, 2007: Greenspun illustration project
• September 4, 2007: Whistleblower policy update, August 2007
• September 3, 2007: Minutes Approval, June 2007

• July 12, 2007: Replacement Board member 1, 2007
• July 12, 2007: Replacement Board member 2, 2007
• July 12, 2007: Replacement Board member 3, 2007
• July 12, 2007: Board Elections 2007
• July 5, 2007: Management Consultant
• July 5, 2007: Travel Policy
• July 4, 2007: Carolyn Doran (not public)
• July 4, 2007: Wikimedia Taiwan
• July 1, 2007: Legal Coordinator 2

• June 12, 2007: Minutes Approval, March 2007
• June 12, 2007: Audit Charter 2
• June 12, 2007: Whistleblower policy
• June 2, 2007: Access to nonpublic data policy update

• April 16, 2007: Executive Director search committee 2
• April 16, 2007: Access to nonpublic data
• April 11, 2007: Mission and Vision statement

• March 23, 2007: Licensing policy
• March 18, 2007: Hardware purchase March 2007
• March 18, 2007: Volunteer coordinator
• March 18, 2007: Computer technician
• March 18, 2007: Legal Coordinator
• March 9, 2007: Brad Patrick's resignation

• February 28, 2007: Requirements and guidelines for future chapters
• February 11, 2007: Chief Research Coordinator

• January 31, 2007: Legal tasks, February-March 2007 (not public)
• January 27, 2007: Chapters coordinator - Delphine Ménard
• January 24, 2007: Chief Operating Officer - Carolyn Doran
• January 24, 2007: Executive Director Search Firm
• January 14, 2007: Officer elections, January 2007
• January 14, 2007: Gift Policy
• January 14, 2007: Audit Committee, January 2007

• December 2006: Royal Bank of Canada bank account opening
• December 7, 2006: Bylaws revision
• December 7, 2006: Board expansion
• December 7, 2006: Agreement between chapters and Wikimedia Foundation

• December 8, 2006: Redo events committee
• December 8, 2006: Executive Director Search committee
• December 8, 2006: Retreat 2006 Board actions and outcomes
• December 8, 2006: Domain names workgroup

• October 21, 2006: Officers election, 2006
• October 7, 2006: Freenode Donation

• September 28, 2006: Hardware purchase, September 2006
• September 25, 2006: Replacement Board member, 2006
• September 25, 2006: Conflict of interest
• September 21, 2006: Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland
• September 2, 2006: Election officials 2

• August 20, 2006: Fundraising committee membership

• July 31, 2006: Advisory board
• July 30, 2006: Wikiversity
• July 24, 2006: Hardware purchase, July 2006
• July 23, 2006: Ombudsperson checkuser
• July 23, 2006: WiktionaryZ
• July 20, 2006: Election officials

• June 26, 2006: Board election
• June 21, 2006: Danish Wikipedia and Danish Broadcasting Corporation Radio station
• June 20, 2006: Privacy policy update, June 2006
• June 7, 2006: Fundraising committee
• June 4, 2006: Special Project committee scope
• June 2, 2006: Chief Executive Officer
• June 2, 2006: Hardware purchase, June 2006

• May 26, 2006: Open-source Ticket Request System (OTRS) employee
• May 24, 2006: Chapters committee access to internal
• May 21, 2006: Special Project committee members
• May 20, 2006: Communications committee scope
• May 20, 2006: Communications committee members
• May 17, 2006: Foundation wiki accounts
• May 16, 2006: MarkMonitor

• April 21, 2006: International Digital Publishing Forum Conference 2006
• April 19, 2006: Auditor selection (full resolution not public)
• April 14, 2006: Recognition of Wikimedia Switzerland
• April 4, 2006: Chapters committee rules of procedure
• April 4, 2006: Chapters committee scope
• April 4, 2006: Chapters committee delegations

• March 22, 2006: Spending Authorization Colo Space (full resolution not public)
• March 21, 2006: Travel costs for chapter meetups Q2 2006
• March 15, 2006: Domain names responsibility
• March 14, 2006: MobilED partnership

• February 2006: Hardware purchase, February 2006
• February 27, 2006: Consent resolutions
• February 27, 2006: Additional developer
• February 21, 2006: Communications committee creation
• February 15, 2006: Spending authorization PowerMedium (not public)
• February 15, 2006: Special projects committee creation
• February 15, 2006: Securities account (not public)
• February 4, 2006: MySQL Conference 2006
• February 4, 2006: Chapters committee creation

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

• 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.

A resolution passes with a majority present voting yes.

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.

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.

Passed Resolutions are published unless otherwise requested by the Chair; failed Resolutions are generally not published.

For several years, the Board adopted the use of a consent agenda. A consent agenda is a set of resolutions that the Board votes on at once.

• Board meetings (with approved minutes of past meetings)
• Failed resolutions (only some older failed resolutions are posted, see "understanding resolutions" above; as of 2026 there is no policy about posting failed resolutions)
• Resolution:Board deliberations (July 2010)
• Resolution:Consent resolutions (February 2006)

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