Wikimedia Endowment/Meetings/January 6, 2017
Agenda
[edit]10:00 -10:15 am - Introductions and Business Items (Lisa Gruwell, Chief Revenue Officer, Wikimedia Foundation)
- Motion to Appoint Niels Nielsen to the Wikimedia Endowment Board
- Discussion and Motion to Adopt the Investment Policy
10:15 - 11:45 am -Discussion of Board and Staff Roles (Annette Campbell White, Endowment Board)
Noon - 1:30 pm - Lunch - Discussion of the Challenge and Opportunities of the WIkimedia Movement (Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation)
1:30 - 1:45 pm - Update on Upcoming Fundraising Events (Marc Brent, Wikimedia Foundation)
1:45 - 2:00 pm - Endowment Board Recruitment (Lisa Gruwell)
2:00 - 3:00 pm - Wikimedia Cultural Orientation (Anna Stillwell, Wikimedia Foundation)
Minutes
[edit]Location: Wikimedia Foundation Office, San Francisco
Attendees: Endowment Advisory Board Members:Annette Campbell White, Peter Baldwin, and Niels Christian Nielsen
Wikimedia Foundation Staff:Lisa Gruwell, Anna Stillwell, Marc Brent, Jerry Kim and Katherine Maher
Summary of Action Items:
1) Niels Christian Nielsen was appointed to the Wikimedia Endowment Board. Voting in Favor: Campbell-White and Baldwin. Voting Against: None
2) The Investment Policy was approved. Voting in Favor: Campbell-White, Nielsen and Baldwin. Voting Against: None
3) Board Direction to Staff:
- Develop mission statement and marketing materials
- Recruit next two members in California and then decide where the 7th comes from, which could lead to a larger board w/ an executive committee in the future
- Schedule two Endowment Board meetings per year: London in June 2017 and San Francisco in January 2018
- Peter Baldwin will host an Endowment Dinner in March.
(minutes approved June 5, 2017)