Board of Trustees
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The Board of Trustees is the governing body that oversees the strategic direction, policies, and overall management of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Aliases (2)
- Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation ×48
- Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ×2
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
board of trustees
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governing body → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
California law
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United States law → |
| country |
United States
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| governs |
Wikimedia Foundation
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| hasChair |
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation
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| hasCommittee |
Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Community Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → Product and Technology Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → Talent and Culture Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → |
| hasDecisionMakingProcess |
collective decision-making by trustees
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| hasLegalForm |
board of a nonprofit organization
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| hasMemberType |
affiliate-selected trustees
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board-appointed trustees → community-selected trustees → founder’s seat (historically associated with Jimmy Wales) → |
| hasMission |
support the Wikimedia Foundation in advancing free knowledge
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| hasOfficerRole |
Board Secretary of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Board Treasurer of the Wikimedia Foundation → Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → |
| hasResponsibility |
adopting and amending bylaws of the Wikimedia Foundation
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appointing the Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation → approval of the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual plan → approval of the Wikimedia Foundation’s budget → ensuring mission alignment of the Wikimedia Foundation → evaluating the Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation → fiduciary oversight of the Wikimedia Foundation → long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation → oversight of major strategic initiatives of the Wikimedia Foundation → oversight of the Wikimedia Foundation’s executive leadership → risk oversight for the Wikimedia Foundation → setting high-level policies for the Wikimedia Foundation → |
| hasRole |
ultimate corporate authority of the Wikimedia Foundation
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| hasScope |
global Wikimedia projects
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| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California, United States
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| isPartOf |
Wikimedia Foundation governance structure
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| meetsFrequency |
several times per year
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| oversees |
overall management of the Wikimedia Foundation
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policies of the Wikimedia Foundation → strategic direction of the Wikimedia Foundation → |
| supervises |
Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation
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| usesInstrument |
Board policies of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikimedia Foundation bylaws → resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation → |
| website |
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
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