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
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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Hi Lodewijk,
Thanks for the idea! I can't commit right now that anyone will be able to do this (all the trustees have a busy schedule and are pulled in lots of different directions during Wikimania) but we might be able to schedule a session or two (though since the schedule is so packed with good sessions, it will be difficult to find a slot!)
I will bring it up. Maybe we can figure out what topics people are most interested in discussing via the wiki. I'd be interested in a discussion about WMF strategy and planning for the future, personally.
Also, everyone should feel free to say hello to any of the trustees during Wikimania, if you don't already know us :)
best, Phoebe
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
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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