On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)verizon.net> wrote:
phoebe ayers wrote:
Dear Foundation-istas,
It looks like sometime this summer the composition of the Advisory
Board changed, with several of the original members becoming former
members:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&diff=39…
I don't remember an announcement about this. Did I miss it? Is this an
annual sort of advisory board restructuring, or something else? Was it
discussed somewhere? It's helpful to know who the advisory board
members are, and I didn't think they had any specific 'terms of
office' -- do they?
Actually, the resolution creating the advisory board (back in 2006) had
them being appointed for one year.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Advisory_board
By the time we reviewed the situation, the initial term of service had
long passed. In the meantime, a few more members had been added, and we
recently invited many of the original advisory board to renew their
membership, so that's what the change reflects. It's possible that we
didn't get a public announcement out; our first priority was contacting
the advisory board individually, and we also still have some points to
wrap up at the board level as we try to establish a better overall
procedure for appointing them and making use of their advice.
Michael & Angela -- thanks for the information & quick replies. I'd
forgotten that terms were only supposed to be a year... it would be
great to have more public information about the
composition/role/appointments of the advisory board (e.g., what are we
looking for in advisors?), when those Board discussions do get wrapped
up. Since strategic planning is also now actively looking for expert
advisors, it seems like this may overlap with and complement the role
of the advisory board, at least in the short term.
-- phoebe
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