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Board Meetings/April 13, 2015/Minutes
WMF Board minutes

April 13, 2015

* '''Location''': San Francisco and web conference (Google Hangout)
* '''Board of Trustees present''': Jan-Bart de Vreede (Chair), Patricio Lorente (Vice-Chair), Phoebe Ayers, Frieda Brioschi, Guy Kawasaki, Sam Klein, Maria Sefidari, Jimmy Wales, Stu West, and Alice Wiegand.
* '''Non-Board members present''': Lila Tretikov (Executive Director), Geoff Brigham (Secretary and General Counsel), Damon Sicore (Vice President of Engineering), Kim Giblbey (Strategy Coordinator) Stephen LaPorte (Legal Counsel), Trish Silber (Retreat Facilitator).

Jan-Bart called to order a special meeting of the Board of Trustees at 12:05 PM PST. Stu, Guy, Lila, Kim, Damon, and Stephen were present in San Francisco, and Jan-Bart, Patricio, Phoebe, Frieda, Sam, Maria, Jimmy, Alice, and Trish joined remotely via web conference. Stephen called roll and confirmed that a quorum was present and able to simultaneously hear the meeting.

== Strategy update ==

(contracted; show full)

Alice briefly reviewed the proposal from 2012 for movement partners, as distinct from chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups. Alice will work with Lila on the process to address movement partners in a way that doesn't slow down the many existing forms of partnerships in the Wikimedia movement.

== Executive Session ==

The Board excused Geoff, Stephen, and Trish from the meeting, and the Board held a confidential executive session.

The meeting closed at approximately 1:45 PM.