Ziko van Dijk, 04/09/2011 14:26:
I would like to know: Is the introduction of WMF people on national boards a serious idea, or is it just a whim, a piece of loud thinking, and does not need to be discussed further?
If you're quoting me on purpose, I'd say it belongs to the realms of scholastic hypothesis (worth rejecting) and surrealism; if you agree you can safely ignore the first two paragraphs of my message. ;-)
Nemo
2011/9/4 Federico Leva (Nemo)
I've been following the WMF Brasil office activities on Meta for several months now (almost a year) and I don't understand completely how local activities have been organized and what impact they had so far, so I don't know what's the best approach, but the letter by Wikimedia Brasil is very good in its approach if not in the details. To actually involve the local community and chapter in the activities, besides generic transparency which often doesn't actually give room to useful feedback, we could imagine something like an advisory board or scientific committee (not executive), appointed by the local chapter (and which could just be the chapter board of trustees, to start with), which would assist and somehow oversee the local office, with frequent reciprocal reports and feedback at least.