On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Michael Snow wikipedia@frontier.com wrote:
On 9/2/2011 1:35 PM, Béria Lima wrote:
*If the point is to improve communication, then a more practical
approach
might be to designate "observers" who are not given authority but merely
sit
in with a chapter board. That's assuming that the chapter board level is
one
of the places where it makes the most sense to add a communication interface.
35 people from WMF to observ every single chapter?
It's not a full-time job, since being a board member is not supposed to be a full-time job either. I could imagine something like appointing Jan-Bart as the observer for all European chapters, or Barry for all Asian chapters (not that observers would necessarily have to be Wikimedia board or staff). Again, I don't know that this is really the best solution, but it's not completely impractical to arrange if such a direction is chosen.
--Michael Snow
Now may not be the best time to even discuss it; I doubt many chapters are feeling particularly disposed towards new administrative burdens in the interests of WMF oversight. Hopefully members of the WMF staff and Board are working behind the scenes to resolve some of the tension.
Nathan