Hi Lodewijk, I like the idea of having more opportunities to talk and to try out different approaches. That was the reason for Patricio and me to offer a Chapters Lunch Meeting on Sunday, where we want to talk about the role of Chapters Selected Board members, expectations, limitations, and the relationship we have. I read your suggestion like something similar, concentrating more on particular issues and diving somehow deeper into the subject. And yes, I would be glad to participate if it matches with my schedule.
Alice.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhadatta@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org
wrote:
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?
I'd be interested in participating in this one - but cannot take the lead on making it happen.
Do let us know if this does get fixed during wikimania. Cannot make it 9 Aug 2-4 when there's another meeting, but open to other times.
Best Bishakha
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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