On 09/02/11 1:59 PM, Michael Snow wrote:
On 9/2/2011 1:35 PM, BĂ©ria Lima wrote:
*If the point is to improve communication, then a more practical approach might be to designate "observers" who are not given authority but merely sit in with a chapter board. That's assuming that the chapter board level is one of the places where it makes the most sense to add a communication interface.
35 people from WMF to observ every single chapter?
It's not a full-time job, since being a board member is not supposed to be a full-time job either. I could imagine something like appointing Jan-Bart as the observer for all European chapters, or Barry for all Asian chapters (not that observers would necessarily have to be Wikimedia board or staff). Again, I don't know that this is really the best solution, but it's not completely impractical to arrange if such a direction is chosen.
With 21 European chapters, running around to all their meetings could easily be a full-time job.
Ray