[Foundation-l] Fundraising committee?

Mon Apr 18 05:40:26 UTC 2011

Michael Snow wrote:
> On 4/17/2011 9:07 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
>> The history of the fundraising committee (and what happened to it) is what's
>> confusing me. Did a subsequent resolution/motion abolish it? Was it simply
>> disbanded (and is that possible with the force of a Board resolution behind
>> it)? There are now fundraising staff, but I'm not quite sure how that
>> happened or what happened to any type of committee/workforce.
>> 
> The board passed a resolution redefining the committee system in 2009:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Committees.
> That resolution defined all of the committees in operation at that time,
> and disbanded those that were no longer needed or inactive. The
> fundraising committee isn't mentioned specifically, but I'm sure it was
> no longer operational by that point.
> 
> While it may not have captured every committee that had been
> contemplated at some point previously, this resolution was intended as
> an "omnibus" resolution that would apply to all of the existing
> committees and establish a new base from which to develop the committee
> system. Additional committees have been formed since then, but I would
> consider all earlier committees dissolved unless their continued
> function was acknowledged in that resolution.

Ah, thanks for the link. I clarified the section at Meta-Wiki:
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=2507024&oldid=2463973>.

There are only two staff committees listed currently at Meta-Wiki. Is
fundraising not considered a committee at this point? Are there any other
staff committees missing from that page? (I'm not asking you directly,
Michael, I'm just curious, though you might know the answers.)

MZMcBride