Sort of to follow up on the last email in more general terms:
* I don't disagree that, ideally, we would provide a small amount of funding to the foundation members for specific purposes. * However, I also think we should provide a small amount of funding to our software developers, who have done a lot more over the past few years (and currently) to make Wikipedia what it is, and need more resources to continue doing so at the same rate (or, ideally, an improved rate).
So, I'd say funding for such niceties as face-to-face board meetings should take place only after the developers have the money they need, which may include hiring additional developers for specific areas in which we have no sufficiently knowledgeable volunteers, or at least putting in place a bounty system to attract some semi-paid developers. I could easily see EUR1000-2000 in the immediate future being very desirable for this purpose.
-Mark