Talk:WMF Audit Committee

Currently this lists the 2009/10 committee, do we know who the 2011/12 committee are yet, or for that matter 2010/2011? WereSpielChequers 20:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC) Reply

See the note at the top: "for the official version of this page, see wmf:Audit committee". Cbrown1023 talk 21:27, 9 August 2011 (UTC) Reply

I have to note that as usual the charter contains an impossible statement: «Establishes policies and procedures that ensure full transparency into the use of all donor funds raised under the Wikimedia name or on its sites, including those raised by the Foundation, the Chapters and other affiliated organization». The WMF audit committee, being a WMF committee, cannot oversee the spending of other organizations. So this impossible statement actually means that the committee will oversee the FDC criteria so that the financing of other organizations by the WMF follows strict requirements on transparency including the requests for reports etc. etc. --Nemo 09:56, 12 November 2012 (UTC) Reply

In one way, you are of course correct. Movement entities are independent and the Foundation (or its Audit Committee) does not have oversight over them. They can act as they please. The issue arises when those entities wish to use our movement's name, or wish to have have access to funds raised in the name of our movement. The Foundation has been entrusted with the protection of the name Wikipedia and some of the related trademarks. As a result, the Foundation has a duty to protect those trademarks. The Foundation and the Audit Committee have established a set of criteria (including transparency) around the use of movement trademarks and funds in an effort to ensure donor funds are used in a manner consistent with our movement's mission and commitments to donors. Any entity that wishes access to movement donor funds (either as a payment processor, an FDC recipient, or a grant recipient) has to meet those criteria as well as the review conducted by the FDC.Stu (talk) 15:27, 12 November 2012 (UTC) Reply