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