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Several members of Wikimedia Foundation Board during a meeting on November 11, 2017 in New York City.
This page provides information on meetings of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees .
Decisions officially adopted since 2006 are available on the Resolutions page; policies and charters can be found on the Policies page. Financial statements and audit reports can be found on the Financial Reports page of the Wikimedia Foundation's official website. See also Messages for more information.
Some minutes (or parts of the minutes) are confidential and recorded on the Board's private wiki .
2023
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 6, 2023
Agenda
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
August 15, 2023
Agenda
Minutes
Regular meeting
Singapore
June 21, 2023
Agenda
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
March 9, 2023
Agenda
Minutes
Regular meeting
New York, New York, United States
2022
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 7, 2022
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
September 8, 2022
Minutes
Regular meeting
Berlin, Germany
June 23, 2022
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
March 23-24, 2022
Minutes
Regular meeting
New York, New York, United States
2021
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 8, 2021
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
September 2021
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
August 26, 2021
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 1-2, 2021
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
April 15, 2021
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
February 23-25, 2021
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
January 27, 2021
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Executive session
Voice call
January 8, 2021
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
2020
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 9, 2020
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
September 24/28/30, 2020
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
May 22, 2020
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
May 11, 2020
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
April 21, 2020
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
March 27, 2020
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
February 12-13, 2020
Minutes
Regular meeting
St. Helena, California, United States
2019
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 5, 2019
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
August 14-15, 2019
Minutes
Regular meeting
Stockholm, Sweden
July 10, 2019
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 27, 2019
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 14, 2019
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
March 28, 2019
Minutes
Regular meeting
Berlin, Germany
January 30, 2019
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
2018
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 9-11, 2018
Minutes
Scheduled quarterly meeting
Monterey, California, United States
July 18-19, 2018
Minutes
Scheduled quarterly meeting
Cape Town, South Africa
Wikimania 2018
June 12, 2018
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
June 12, 2018
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
April 19, 2018
Minutes
Regular meeting
Berlin, Germany
March 27, 2018
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
2017
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 17-19, 2017
Minutes
Regular meeting
San Francisco and Sausalito, California, United States
August 9-10, 2017
Minutes
Scheduled quarterly meeting
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Wikimania 2017
July 21, 2017
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 16, 2017
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
March 30, 2017
Minutes
Regular meeting
Berlin, Germany
February 24, 2017
Minutes
Scheduled quarterly meeting
Voice call
2016
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 16, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
November 13, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
New York, New York, United States
September 19, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
June 29, 2016
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 22-23, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Esino Lario, Lecco, Italy
Wikimania 2016
May 16, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
April 22, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Berlin, Germany
March 21, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
January 30, 2016
Minutes
Regular meeting
Voice call
2015
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 28
Minutes
Special Meeting
Voice call
December 9
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
November 7-8
Minutes
Regular meeting
San Francisco
September 14
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
July 15-16
Minutes
Scheduled quarterly meeting
Mexico City (Wikimania 2015)
June 28
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
June 11
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
May 8
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
April 13
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
March 16
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
February 6-7
Minutes
Regular meeting
San Francisco
January 12
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
2014
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 22
Minutes
Scheduled monthly meeting
Voice call
November 21
Minutes
Scheduled Q2 meeting
San Francisco
October 24
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
August 6-7
Minutes
Scheduled Q1 meeting
London (Wikimania 2014 )
April 25
Minutes
Scheduled Q4 meeting
San Francisco
January 31 - February 1
Minutes
Scheduled Q3 meeting
San Francisco
2013
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 24-25
Minutes
Scheduled Q2 meeting
San Francisco
August 7-8
Minutes
Scheduled Q1 meeting
Hong Kong (Wikimania 2013 )
May 4
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
April 18-19
Minutes
Scheduled Q4 meeting
Milan, Italy
February 1-2
Minutes
Scheduled Q3 meeting
San Francisco
2012
Date
Type
Location
Notes
December 27
Minutes
Special meeting
Voice call
December 1
Minutes
Fall 2012 FDC recommendations
IRC
October 26-27
Minutes
Scheduled Q2 meeting
San Francisco, CA
July 11
Minutes
Scheduled Q1 meeting
Washington, DC (Wikimania 2012 )
June 6
Minutes
Annual plan review (2)
IRC
May 7
Minutes
Annual plan review (1)
IRC
March 30-31
Minutes
Q4 meeting
Berlin, Germany
March 21
Minutes
Fundraising and Funds Dissemination discussion
IRC
February 3-4
Minutes
Q3 meeting
San Francisco, CA
2011
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 6
Minutes
Movement roles discussion
IRC
October 7–8
Minutes
Q2 meeting
San Francisco, CA
August 28
Minutes
Fundraising discussion
IRC
August 3
Minutes
Q1 meeting
Haifa, Israel
June 20
Minutes
Annual Plan review
IRC
May 11
Minutes
Annual Plan preview
IRC
April 8
Minutes
Openness & participation
IRC
March 25–26
Minutes
Q4 meeting
Berlin, Germany
February 22
Minutes
Q3 meeting
IRC
2010
Date
Type
Location
Notes
October 8–9
Minutes
Q2 meeting
San Francisco, CA
August 31
Minutes
Strategy and Targets
IRC
July 7-8
Minutes
Wikimania
Gdansk, Poland
June 18
Minutes
Annual plan
IRC
May 18
Minutes
Makeup for short Q4 meeting
IRC
April 17
Minutes
Q4 meeting, cut short
Q4 meeting, cut short
February 5–6
Minutes
Q3 meeting
San Francisco, CA
2009
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 13–15
Minutes
Q2 meeting
San Francisco, CA
October 28
Minutes
IRC
August 24–25
Minutes
Wikimania
Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 16
Minutes
IRC
April 3–5
Minutes
Wikimedia meeting
Berlin, Germany
January 9–11
Minutes
San Francisco, CA
2008
Date
Type
Location
Notes
November 3, 2008
Minutes
Internet relay chat (IRC)
October 3-5, 2008
Minutes
San Francisco, California, United States
July 16-17, 2008
Minutes
Alexandria, Egypt
Wikimania 2008
April 5-7, 2008
Minutes
San Francisco, California, United States
March 1, 2008
Minutes
Internet relay chat (IRC)
2007
2004–2007
A mix of meeting notes, agendas, and summary minutes
2007
Very short board meeting during Wikimania, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2007 (no notes)
Advisory board meeting , Taipei, Taiwan, August 2007
Board meeting , Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2007 (summary only)
Board meeting , Tampa, Florida, United States, March 2007 (summary only)
Board Meeting , Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 2007 (summary only)
2006
Board Meeting , November 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Board Meeting, October 2006, Frankfurt, Germany (general summary only, by mail Election of board officers , Statement of new chair )
Board Retreat , October 2006, Frankfurt, Germany (Outcome )
Board Meeting in August at Wikimania 2006 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (no notes)
Board Panel Discussion at Wikimania
Board meeting, January 14-15, 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States (resulting notes were sent by private email about Committees and other structural ideas)
Two unofficial open meetings were also held in early January.
Note: Following the 2006 Board Retreat, the Executive Director and Chair started a weekly IRC meeting attended by most/all Board members, that ran from November through March of 2007.
2005
Please note that meetings listed here were not necessarily official "Board meetings", but simply meetings attending by several members of the Board.
Board meeting , November 13, 2005
Budget meeting , October 1, 2005
Board meeting with officers and chapters. September 18, 2005 (no notes)
Fundraising meeting: What lessons did we learn? September 17, 2005
Open meeting , IRC, August 27, 2005 (full transcript )
Chapters , August 18, 2005
Q3 finances , August 14, 2005
Second meeting in June , June 9, 2005
Bylaws meeting , June 7, 2005
Second meeting in May , May 24, 2005
First meeting in May , May 16, 2005
Short meeting , March 30, 2005
Open Board meeting , IRC, February 15, 2005 (full transcript )
Finance , February 7, 2005
2004
Please note that meetings listed here were not necessarily official "Board meetings", but simply meetings attending by several members of the Board.
Open Board meeting , IRC, November 6, 2004 (full transcript )
Membership , October 22, 2004
General Board meeting , October 16, 2004
General Board meeting , October 9, 2004
Fundraising and grants , IRC, September 17, 2004 (full transcript )
Wikispecies , IRC, September 5, 2004
Foundation website , July 24, 2004 (summary and other links )
Initial meeting in Paris , July 4, 2004