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{{Wikimedia committees/Sidemenu}}
This page dey explain the different committees wey the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] and the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia community|Wikimedia community]] form. All the different committees get rules wey them write to direct how them go dey and wetin them go dey do.

<span id="Active_committees"></span>
== Committees wey dey active ==

<span id="Board_of_Trustees_committees"></span>
=== Committees of Board of Trustees ===
{{main|Foundation:Committee:Main}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Committee
! Wetin them use form-am
! For wetin?
|-
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Executive Committee</span>
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Executive Committee Charter|Charter]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"provide coordination and oversight for the work of the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Wikimedia Foundation ("Foundation"), to facilitate decision making between board meetings or in urgent and crisis circumstances, to assist the Board in evaluating the performance and compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other executive staff, and to hold the Foundation accountable for compliance with the Human Rights policy"</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Governance Committee|Committee for Governance]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Governance Committee Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| "make sure say the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Wikimedia Foundation ("Foundation") do all een work wey concern legal matter and property, money or other organizations, and to improve een control, speed, and and how well een dey work with time."
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee|Committee wey dey Audit]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Audit Committee/Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| "help the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Wikimedia Foundation ("Foundation") as e dey supervise everything for the Foundation yearly plan and plan wey concern to dey make budget, accounting and money matter reporting process, to dey audit financial statements, and internal control, and audit work."
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Product and Technology Committee|Committee for Product and Technology]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Product & Technology Committee Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"assess and explore current and future product development efforts to continuously improve the value that Wikipedia as a platform, as well as the other Wikimedia projects, delivers to its communities and users around the world."</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee|Committee for Community Matter]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Community Affairs Committee/Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"assess, explore and address current and future community-related efforts [...] work with both WMF staff and the wider Wikimedia community in order to bridge conflicts and offer guidance, with a main goal of continuously improving the relationships between the WMF and its wider community, as well as working jointly to achieve the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Movement, while considering the different needs of the WMF, our communities and users around the world."</span>
|}
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<span id="Community-wide_committees"></span>
=== Community people committees ===

This na committee wey dey "typically led by a Community member and fit include representatives from the community, advisory board, staff, board, or outside advisors" by [[foundation:Resolution:Wikimedia Committees|January 2009 Board of Trustees resolution on Wikimedia committees]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{Tunit|6|Committee}}
! {{Tunit|67|Constituting instrument}}
! {{Tunit|7|Purpose}}
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Affiliations Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Affiliations Committee</span>]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Committee:Affiliations Committee Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"support the overall health of the ecosystem of Wikimedia movement affiliates (Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups) and to advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (“Board”) on matters related to affiliate recognition and the affiliate ecosystem."</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Language committee|Committee for Language matter]]
| [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Language Committee Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"The development and maintenance of:</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">a clear step-by-step policy (based on quantitative indicators) for evaluating the feasibility of new language wikis, with an automated procedure for project development;</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">support and policy development for script and localization related problems;</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">documentation to support new language communities towards a stable growth rate;</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">support and coordination for cross-language projects, helping smaller communities share resources and maximize their results;</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">support and coordination to maintain compatibility among the different MediaWiki installations, in order to reduce the amount of development needed to upgrade the program base as far as localization is concerned; and</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The processing of requests for new language subdomains of existing Wikimedia projects, providing it gives the Wikimedia Board of Trustees four days advance notice before approving a request."</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimania Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikimania Committee</span>]]
| [[Wikimania Committee/Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"oversee and guide Wikimania from year to year, supporting each conference's individual organising team and providing them with resources, experience and advice"</span>
|}

<span id="Staff_committees"></span>
=== Staff committee ===

This na committee wey dey "typically led by a member of the staff and fit include representatives from the community, advisory board, staff, board, or outside advisors" by [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Wikimedia Committees|January 2009 Board of Trustees resolution on Wikimedia committees]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{Tunit|6|Committee}}
! {{Tunit|67|Constituting instrument}}
! {{Tunit|7|Purpose}}
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Communications committee|Committee for Communications]]
| [[foundation:Resolution:Communications committee creation|Board of Trustees agreement  (2006)]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Facilitate communication between the Wikimedia Foundation, the general public, the media, and the communities of the various Wikimedia projects</span>
|}

<span id="Movement_governance_committees"></span>
=== Committees for Movement governance ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{Tunit|6|Committee}}
! {{Tunit|67|Constituting instrument}}
! {{Tunit|7|Purpose}}
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections committee|Committee for Elections]]
| [[foundation:Committee:Elections Committee Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">"assist with the design and implementation of the process to select Community- and Affiliate-Selected Trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (“Board”) [...] may also assist with similar community-selected positions as determined by the Board."</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Ombuds Commission</span>]]
| [[foundation:Resolution:Amending the Scope of the Ombudsman Commission|Board of Trustees agreement (2015)]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Investigate complaints about infringements of the Privacy Policy, the [[Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy|Access to nonpublic information policy]], the [[Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]] and the [[Special:MyLanguage/oversight policy|oversight policy]] on any Wikimedia project for the [[Special:MyLanguage/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]]</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Trust and Safety/Case Review Committee|<span class="mw-translate-fuzzy">Committee for Temporary Case Review</span>]]
| [[Trust and Safety/Case Review Committee/Charter|{{Tunit|68|Charter}}]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Reviews eligible Trust & Safety investigations that are appealed either by those who originally requested the investigation or those who have been sanctioned by them.</span>
|}
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=== Movement-wide preparation committees ===
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{| class="wikitable"
! {{Tunit|6|Committee}}
! {{Tunit|67|Constituting instrument}}
! {{Tunit|7|Purpose}}
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Movement Charter/Drafting Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Movement Charter Drafting Committee</span>]]
| [[Movement Charter/Drafting Committee/Principles|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Principles</span>]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting the [[Movement Charter]]</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)</span>]]
| [[foundation:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines#4._UCoC_Coordinating_Committee_(U4C)|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Section 4 of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines</span>]]
| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">a co-equal body with other high-level decision-making bodies, Its purpose is to serve as final recourse in the case of systemic failures by local groups to enforce the UCoC.</span>
|}

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=== Resources allocation committees ===
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{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="30%" | {{Tunit|6|Committee}}
! {{Tunit|7|Purpose}}
|-
|[[Special:MyLanguage/Global Resource Distribution Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Global Resource Distribution Committee</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">High-level decision-making community-wide committee tasked with shaping the current structures and future policies for how resources are distributed across the Wikimedia Movement - in particular those from the Wikimedia Community Fund (General Support Fund and Rapid Fund).</span>
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Conference Grants/Committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Conference Support Committee</span>]]
|
|-
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Committees|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Regional Grants Committees</span>]]
|
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Enable communities in each region and thematic experts to have a central role in setting priorities and allocating funds for specific types of initiatives.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Eight regional committees:</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/South Asia|South Asia]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/ESEAP|East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP)]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/LATAM and The Caribbean|Latin America (LATAM) and The Caribbean]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/US and Canada|United States and Canada]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/Northern and Western Europe|Northern and Western Europe]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/CEE and Central Asia|Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/Sub-Saharan Africa|{{Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Region/SSA}}]] (previously [[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/Middle East and Africa|Middle East and Africa]])</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/Middle East & North Africa|{{Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Region/MENA}}]] (previously [[Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Regions/Middle East and Africa|Middle East and Africa]])</span>
|}
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==Inactive or closed committees==
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=== [[Research:Committee|Research Committee]] ===
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Organized policies, practices and priorities for Wikimedia-related research, and maintaining the Wikimedia Research Index.
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===Board expansion committee===
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Na [[foundation:Resolution:Board expansion committee|board resolution]] them take form-am on January 15, 2006.

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The Board was successfully expanded from 5 to 7 members in November 2006, and the committee consequently disbanded.
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===Executive committee===
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Created January 15, 2006 by [[foundation:Resolution:Executive committee|board resolution]], intended to hold executive authority delegated from the Board when the Board was not in session (see [http://www.nonprofits.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?category-id=3&item=55&section=19&sid=44027385-5-vCSDF a common definition]).
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It was meant to be organized by [[User:Angela|Angela]], but was never really in operation. To be considered disbanded. A sub-meeting ([[Executive committee/February 11, 2006 open meeting log|discussion log]]) of the 11 February 2006 open meeting was used to discuss the setting up of the executive committee and the possibility of an administrative director (or a similarly worded executive position).
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===[[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer Transition Team|Executive Director Transition Team]]===
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* Selection of and transition to a new Executive Director (2013-2014)
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<span id="Events_committee"></span>
===[[Events committee|Committee for Events]]===

Na [[foundation:Resolution:Events committee|board resolution]] them take form-am on January 15, 2006.

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First meeting took place on April 5, 2006. The initial members were Delphine Ménard, Arne Klempert, Simon Pulsifer, Frank Schulenburg. The last update indicated the committee was working on a paper about the scope of the committee. Considered disbanded.
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===Financial committee===
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Na [[foundation:Resolution:Financial committee|board decide]] form-am on January 15, 2006.

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Was to be organized by Daniel Mayer and Michael Davis. Status: disagreement between the organisers, original proposals were rejected. Now deprecated after accountant and financial director were hired (see [[foundation:Current staff|Current staff]]).
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<span id="Fundraising_committee"></span>
===[[Fundraising committee|Committee for Fundraising]]===

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Created June 7, 2006. It was active throughout its first year of operation, but was disbanded in its original description in August 2007. Previous membership list available here: [[wmf:Resolution:Fundraising committee/Membership|wmf:Resolution:Fundraising committee/Membership]]. Committee's abandonment is mentioned at [[wmf:Resolution:Wikimedia Committees|wmf:Resolution:Wikimedia Committees]].
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<span id="Insurance_committee"></span>
=== committee for Insurance ===

Na [[foundation:Resolution:Insurance committee|board decide]] form-am on January 15, 2006.

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The original members were Michael Davis, Angela Beesley, Jimmy Wales, and Danny Wool. Status: work in progress to complete applications for board and officers liability insurance and cyber-insurance. Committee ''de facto'' disbanded in January after meeting about the forms. D&O active.
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===[[Nominating Committee|Nominating committee]]===

[[foundation:Resolution:Bylaws amendments and board structure|board decide]] form-am  for April 2008. Them cancel-am since early 2010.

<span id="Special_projects_committee_(2006)"></span>
===[[Special projects committee (2006-2009)|Committee for special projects]] (2006)===

Na [[foundation:Resolution:Special projects committee|board decide]] form-am on January 15, 2006.

Na Florence Devouard, Jakob Voss, and Danny Wool first organize-am but e no dey work again since August 2007. Board meet and decide to stop the committee for January 2009.

<span id="Special_projects_committee_(2019)"></span>
===[[Special projects committee|Committee for special projects]] (2019)===

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Established in 2019, to "assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities through helping on special, one-off projects that temporarily require some Board member involvement and input for periods of time". It was dissolved in December 2021.
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=== [[Technical committee|Technical committee]] ===

Na [[foundation:Resolution:Technical committee|board decide]] form-am on January 15, 2006.

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Was to be organized by Jens Frank, Brion Vibber and Domas Mituzas. Status: was never organized, although the core team of developers constitute a sort of ''de facto'' committee.
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<span id="Trademarks_committee"></span>
===Committee for Trademarks===

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Created January 2, 2006 by [[foundation:Resolution:Trademarks|board resolution]], intended to oversee the legal process to secure trademarks, make timely reports on the trademark status to the board, make recommendations to the Board about the top priority concerning trademarks (categories, locations and their estimated costs), and was responsible for registering and monitoring domain names for the Foundation.
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Status: was partly active for a while, but disbanded as of August 2007.
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=== [[Grants:APG/Funds Dissemination Committee|Funds Dissemination Committee]] ===
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Responsible to make recommendations to the WMF Board of Trustees for funding activities and initiatives in support of the mission goals of the Wikimedia movement. Created in 2012 and dissolved by the Board of Trustees in 2022.
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=== [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/U4C Building Committee|U4C Building Committee]] ===
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Drafting a charter that outlines procedures and details for the [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee|UCoC Coordinating Committee]] (U4C), the Committee's job ended in 2024 after elected members of U4C.
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=== [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee|UCoC drafting committees]] ===
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Drafting the [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal Code of Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]] (UCoC) and its [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines|Enforcement Guidelines]] (UCoC-EG), the Committee's job ended in 2024 after Wikimedia Community voted on UCoC and the Board of Trustees ratified it.
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<span id="See_also"></span>
==Look more for==
* [[Wikimedia:Resolutions|Wikimedia:Resolutions]] – for explanation and notes of meetings about how them arrange these committees
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation departments|Departments for Wikimedia Foundation]]

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