[Foundation-l] Pledge of personal commitment

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Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
> As required per the conflict of interest policy of the Wikimedia
> Foundation, I am hereby posting the pledge of personal commitment to
> foundation-l
> 
> WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC.
> 
> PLEDGE OF PERSONAL COMMITMENT
> 
> As a member of the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, I,
> Jan-Bart de Vreede, am committed to Wikimedia Foundation's goal to establish
> and maintain the highest level of public confidence in its
> accountability. I have personally committed to follow the standards
> set out below, which represent the Wikimedia Foundation's conflict of
> interest policies:
> 
> I will conduct my activities with the board of trustees of Wikimedia
> Foundation so that I do not advance or protect my own interests, or
> the private interests of others with whom I have a relationship, in a
> way that is detrimental to the interests of, or to the fundamental
> mission of, Wikimedia Foundation.
> 
> In every instance in which I represent the Wikimedia Foundation, I
> will conduct my activities in a manner to best promote the interests
> of Wikimedia Foundation.
> 
> In all matters that come before the board of trustees for a vote that
> may favorably impact my own financial interests, or the private
> interests of others with whom I have a financial relationship, or any
> organization of which I am a part, I will reveal that relationship and
> abstain from a vote in the matter.
> 
> When a conflict of interest arises, or when a potential conflict of
> interest emerges, I will promptly disclose that conflict, or potential
> conflict, to the Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation and to the
> Chairman of its board of trustees and seek a resolution of that issue.


Chairwoman, grumble, grumble, grumble.

> Entered into on this the 17th day of December, 2006.
> 
> Jan-Bart de Vreede
> Member, Board of Trustees
> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>