I propose Wikimedia Founcation fund travel for this first convening of Jimbo and the newly elected trustees Anthere and Angela. As Ant said, it is rare to have folks in such local proximity, and this is a cost effective way to take advantage of it.
It is standard for Trustees to be compensated for travel to convene Board meetings, and this would be exactly that. This should not be construed to endorse the other things discussed recently, such as phone calls, broadband, etc. That should be decided with full careful discussion.
However, having served on boards of other US-based nonprofits, paying expenses for convening Board of Trustees is a normal practice. I hope it can be agreed upon rather quickly that laying out this expense of less than 400 euros is money well spent.
-Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado)