Wikimedia Board of Trustees

The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is a false front which covers for a majority of board members who are employees, founders, or close associates of Bomis corporation.

Two elected representatives of the sysop power structure, both female, neither from the USA, were appointed after an "election" which is conducted by MediaWiki approval voting code. It is expected to mute dissent and claims to want to be democratic. However much Wikimedia corruption continues.

Jim Wales has claimed that he wants to further democratize this Board with less direct involvement by Bomis.

The Consumerium Governance Organization should watch the failure or evolution of this structure with interest, as either failure or evolution proves wiki governance tends to democracy. What stagnation would prove, is unclear.