On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
For the WMF board, we throw in the additional complexity of having a large part of the board working in a non-primary language. This should not be discounted as an issue; it is actually one of the bigger factors that board communications needs to deal with.
I would love for the board to be able to complete and approve their meeting minutes within a few weeks. I understand why they have a hard time.
Thanks. I think one idea would be to e.g. invite a community representative to each meeting as an observer, responsible for reviewing the minutes. This would always be a different person, and by design it could be e.g. always a former board/FDC member, or chapter representative, or former arbiter from wikis that have arbiters, or a steward - anyhow, someone who is legitimized without the need to organize yet another elections.
To reduce costs, this person could be connecting via Hangout, but physical presence would also be an option. We could ask this person their views, but they would mostly be an observer.
dj