Wikimedia Endowment/Meetings/January 6, 2017

Agenda

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

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)