On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
Phoebe writes:
* a formal
Board resolution that states the procedure for bylaws
changes (mirroring the other procedural resolutions, such as voting
transparency and deliberation rules).
+1. We have a procedure, it's just not a good one - it's not enough to
notify the Trustees N days in advance, that should be a public
notification. We do this infrequently, and can take our time: 1 month of
public notice for discussion seems reasonable to me. (That said: if there
are revisions or rollbacks proposed by the community thanks to something
that was overlooked in the latest bylaws revision, we don't *need* to do
this infrequently and could get to it at our next voice or in-person
meeting.)
* a better
(more public) standing rules/procedures type of document
that lays out the procedure for how the board works -- i.e. what the
best practice is for notification of meetings, etc. etc.
A guideline rather than policy here makes sense. Public posting of an
agenda with supporting docs a week in advance, and a note to the
wikimedia-l list seems like a reasonable target. Along with public
solicitation of suggestions for future meetings.
I guess now
that I've made these suggestions I've also volunteered
myself to work on them, huh :P
:)
In the past, Sam has said that private solicitation of
Board members to
introduce a resolution was the best approach.
*Public* solicitation, actually. I can't think of any reason to privately
solicit individual Board members.
Proposed resolutions should be drafted in public on Meta.
What I believe I said is: the policy for moving to vote on a Board
resolution is simple (per
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Board_deliberations ) : any
resolution that two Trustees move/second for a vote will be reviewed and
voted on within ~3 weeks.
Developers use Bugzilla to track issues. I'm not sure what Board members
use. Mandatory notification prior to bylaws changes
seems like an issue
that
has suffered from poor issue tracking, as a request that ultimately needs a
(Board) resolution. Perhaps a page at Meta-Wiki could track such requests?
How about a Board board?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BN
Sam.