TheBoard of Trustees, coming off areorganization and retreat earlier this month, passedfour resolutions onWednesday, 8 November. Thefirst resolution authorizes the creation of a new events committee, to be developed by Board member Tim Shell.Another resolution, meanwhile, authorizes the creation of a group "to assess and later manage Wikimedia Foundation domain names." This resolution comes after increased reports ofcybersquatting on potential Wikimedia domain names, and the use of such legitimate-sounding domain names to spread viruses(seearchived story). Thethird resolution authorizes the creation of a committee, led byBrad Patrick,Oscar van Dillen, and Jan-Bart De Vreede, to formulate a process in the search for a permanent executive director; Patrick currently serves as the Foundation's legal counsel and interim executive director. Thefinal resolution summarizes the Board's retreat inFrankfurt,Germany. Among the topics discussed were the resignation of Board member Tim Shell, effective at the end of the year, Wikimedia's expansion, and another face-to-face meeting for the entire Board.
Wikizine, a newsletter in blog format aboutWikimedia Foundation projects, published its 50th issue this week, having now been active for a full year. In contrast withThe Wikipedia Signpost, which focuses on the English Wikipedia, the Wikizine aims to cover news relevant to the larger Wikimedia community, not any specific project.
Meanwhile, another source of Wikipedia news is the recently launched podcastWikipedia Weekly, aproject launched byTawker andFuzheado. It has completed four weekly episodes so far, with more in production, and also released a special midweek podcast about the German article-writing contest (seearchived story), along with an interview withLarry Sanger ofCitizendium.
