Hi Phoebe,

thanks for pointing to this!

I see that this year we only have one hour of board Q&A. I have always seen a lot of value in these board discussions, especially when it can come to actually that: discussions. As there are several discussion sessions scheduled, without a specific topic, would you and perhaps a few other board members be willing to commit to use some of these sessions to dig a bit deeper into a few specific topics? For example, would there be three board members willing to have a round table discussion about transparency and openness at a board level? Or perhaps the technical strategy (at a board level)? If we could do that in somewhat smaller groups (max 50 people), maybe even parallel, I think we could finally engage in truly helpful and constructive discussions. It would of course require a neutral discussion facilitator each time, but I'm sure we'd be able to arrange that somehow?

We could then flag those discussion topics during the Q&A even.

Best,

Lodewijk

2013/7/29 phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki@gmail.com>

Hi all,

Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a
panel where they take questions from the audience on the work of the WMF
and the Board.

In past years the board has also taken questions via IRC. This year we'd
also like to provide the opportunity to leave questions on a wiki page
ahead of time:
http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Board_Q%26A

While there is only time to answer a few questions during the session
itself, hopefully this will be a good way of getting questions from
attendees as well as from those who can't make it. The board will also take
questions from the audience at Wikimania, as time permits.

Remember the Board doesn't deal directly with work on or problems on the
projects, and does not have a direct hand in how the WMF operates
day-to-day. Rather, the board thinks about the big picture, and gives
direction on strategy for the WMF. You can find out more about what the
board does (and does not do) here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_handbook

best,
phoebe

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