Anthony DiPierro wrote: Wikimedia's board is obviously way too small.
Anthony
Seconded. What I think could be a good "measure" is that all committees should have at least one board member sitting on it (as a rule of thumb).
Current situation of committees
Audit committee : Michael and Jimbo are on it (perhaps Tim as well, memory hole here). The committee has successfully selected an audit firm and the audit is ongoing.
Board expansion committee : Jimbo, Angela and Anthere are on it. Currently a bit stalling...
Chapters committee : no board member on it. Delphine handles it pretty well :-) A cool committee
Communications committee : Angela on it. Seems to be pretty active committee. Regular reports provided.
Executive committee : inactive committee. Should be replaced by a CEO
Events committee : no board member on it. Was started from what I heard.
Financial committee : Michael on it. Hummm, not really (yet ?) a committee
Insurance committee : jeeee, so inactive that I do not even remember who is on it... (personal note : what is going on here ?)
Technical committee : no board member on it. But Michael (and I as a pompom girl) follow what is going on.
Special projects committee : Anthere on it. Ongoing committee with needs for more experts
Trademarks committee : no board member on it. Should be transformed in a legal committee (or a new committee be created).
From a quick glance, I'd say we have a couple of major holes.
In particular a legal hole. A board member from legal background is required.
I recently suggested to Mav to propose the creation of a fundraising committee (I presume Mav resolution is pending), which seems to neither really fit with comcom, nor with financial com, nor with technical com, though the three committees would be involved as well.
The special projects committee is also supposed to take care of business development and grants. Additional expertise on these matters to add on the board would possibly be quite neat as well.
Maybe a big shot related to the technical side of things might be cool on the board as well, if only to help us make more deal with big firms on technical issues.
ant