For some background reference,
* original resolution creating the Advisory Board:
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Advisory_board>
* current Advisory Board with biographies:
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board>
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Thomas Dalton<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think part of the problem is that there were some
odd ideas about
how the Advisory Board would work. For example, it has a chair. I
can't work out why. Why would the advisory board ever meet as a group?
Well, it actually has had two meetings:
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Board>
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Thomas Dalton<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To summarise, my suggestion is to abolish all the
expert seats on the
WMF board of trustees
Going along with this, based on another thread about the Nomination
Committee, if this was done NOMCOM could instead be tasked with
looking to expand the Advisory Board with necessary characteristics.
(Basically the same goals/tasks, but directed in a different place.)
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Casey Brown
Cbrown1023