This ended up being a bit long. In the future, I'd like to make a 2-paragraph version of these specially for translation.

At any rate, while we currently hold meetings in English, I hope we can work out a way to have summaries of Board meetings and resolutions translated on regular basis.

SJ

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Samuel J Klein sj@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:45 AM Subject: WMF Board meetings, minutes and motions To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hello,

This is a quick update on recent and pending Board work.  I intend to send these out on a regular basis, including the work of Board committees.

== Summer meetings ==

In July, the Board held its summer meeting in Gdańsk before Wikimania. We discussed internal Board committees, movement roles, and the last stage of the strategic plan.   We agreed to try out a revised meeting schedule this year, with additional IRC meetings and just three in-person meetings, as well as a possible retreat (this would be the first one in four years -- we would finally need to disambiguate [[m:Board retreat]] ).

We said goodbye and a hearty thank you to Michael Snow, and welcomed our new chapters-selected trustee, Phoebe Ayers.  New officers were elected.  And the Trustees spent more time enjoying Wikimania than has happened in recent memory - less overbooking, more time participating in sessions.... a welcome change.

On August 31, we held the first IRC meeting of the fiscal year, to review and discuss broad targets for the strategic plan.  Minutes of that meeting will be posted shortly.

At the same time, we also approved the formation of Wikimedia Eesti. Welcome to the Estonian chapter!  This chapter has the distinction of having received approval without translating any of their core documents into English.  (While I like this, I hope that ee. editors will find time to update the Estonian pages on Meta to reflect the current state of the projects, in the language of their choice...)  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Eesti  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_Estonian_Wikipedia

You can read the latest minutes and resolutions here:  http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010  http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions

== Upcoming meetings ==

The next meeting of the Board will be in San Francisco, October 8-9. The agenda will include a review of the final version of the five-year strategic plan, and the controversial content study facilitated by Robert Harris.  Comments and suggestions on this and future meetings are welcome:  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Board_meetings

Finally, there will be an informal open Wikimedia meeting Saturday, September 11 on IRC, with our two newest Trustees.  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#September_2010

On behalf of the Board, Sam

-- Samuel Klein          identi.ca:sj           w:user:sj