http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_meeting/june_2007
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Hello everyone,
The board of Wikimedia Foundation held a face to face meeting on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of june 2007.
Just as in january 2007, this meeting took place in the Netherlands, home country of two of our board members, Jan-Bart and Oscar. Board members present for the three days were Kat Walsh, Florence Devouard, Erik Moëller, Jan-Bart De Vreede and Jimmy Wales. Oscar Van Dillen joined us saturday morning. Other guests were also present, including Carolyn Doran, our COO. Most of us actually gathered in Amsterdam during thursday, so that long-distance travellers could have the time to recover from their trip. Contrariwise to the previous time, the meeting did not take place in Rotterdam, but downtown Amsterdam. We were hosted in two different hotels, a rather cool idea to force us to walk a little bit at least twice a day :-) (and get the opportunity to collect stroopwafels, gouda and tulips). The hotel hosting the meeting itself actually overbooked its meeting rooms so we were moved to another very nice hotel and confortable meeting room. You should have the opportunity to see this place one day or another, since on top of the board meeting guests, we welcomed the presence of the wikidocumentary crew . A good part of the board meeting on saturday afternoon was recorded for posterity... On saturday evening, a wikimeet took place as well. Do not ask me to report on this, I was sick and could not assist to it, much much to my regret :-( Maybe one guest will have taken pictures and could add them here ?
I will only very generally mention the topics discussed, a fuller report, with published resolutions and more specific announcements will follow in the coming days. I will link all those on this page so that you get a fuller picture.
We spent a large part of our time discussing what we perceive are the two most critical issues to solve very urgently, hiring a new ED and a new legal person. A large place was given to a list of legal tasks, the future fundraiser and the audit (the fiscal year just ended last week). On the way, we updated the resolution about the "Access to nonpublic data policy", we also agreed on a "whistle blower policy" as well as on an "audit charter". All those will be published shortly on this page and links added below. Amongst other items discussed, board elections (in particular voting system), wikipedia.com, Wikimania, trademarks registration.
Overall, it was a fruitful week end. Next face to face meeting is planned just prior to Wikimania (1st and 2nd), two days during which the board, plus previous board members (if not reelected), plus advisory board members will work together to define a 3-year plan for WMF. Then, the next board meeting will probably occur around end of september or early october, in Florida.
Anthere