Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the foundation and its work, as its ultimate corporate authority.
Structure
The Board was formed in 2003 with three Trustees, and since 2008 consists of up to ten Trustees. It appoints four officers: a Chair and Vice Chair (who have to be Trustees), and a Treasurer and Secretary (who do not). The work of the board partly involves resolutions and votes. Other work is delegated to a number of committees covering matters such as Board Governance, Audit, Human Resources, the Product Committee and the Community Affairs Committee.
The Board is composed of the following seats:
- one founder's seat (reserved for Jimmy Wales);
- two affiliate seats selected by the Wikimedia chapters and Wikimedia thematic organizations at affiliate-selected Board seats
- three seats nominated by the Wikimedia community at Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections
- four seats appointed by the rest of the Board for specific expertise selected in a process guided by the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee
Contacting the Board
There is a Board noticeboard for sharing requests and recommendations. The Board can be contacted directly by posting to the noticeboard. The Foundation itself can be contacted in a number of ways as outlined on their contact page.
Current members

- Notes:
- ↑ Board of Trustees/Restructure Announcement Q&A, April 2008
Former members
- From the Board Chart template:


Committees
- Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee (Charter)
- Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee (Charter)
- Wikimedia Foundation Human Resources Committee (Charter)
- Wikimedia Foundation Special Projects Committee (Scope)
- Wikimedia Foundation Product Committee (Charter)
- Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee (Charter)
- Funds Dissemination Committee
- Current liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak and Esra'a Al Shafei
- Affiliations Committee (Charter)
- Current liaisons: Shani Evenstein Sigalov, James Heilman, and Nataliia Tymkiv (alternate)
- Elections Committee
- Current liaison: Esra'a Al Shafei
- Language committee (Charter)
- Current liaison: James Heilman
Further reading
- List of Board meetings (with minutes)
- List of Board resolutions
- Board deliberations process
- Composition of the Board of Trustees
- Presentations by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members
- Essays and discussions on ideal membership:
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