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.
--Michael Snow