On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Michael Peel
<michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
+1. Compare and contrast with WMUK board meetings, where we regularly have several
(different) visitors attending each meeting, and also webcast our board meetings wherever
possible. We have 'in-camera' elements as needed to protect the limited amount of
confidential discussion we need to have, but otherwise we're striving for as much
transparency and openness as possible. We've yet to encounter distractions as a
result
that haven't been rather constructive in the discussions that were being
held.
How many visitors do you normally have at a meeting, and who are they?
What sorts of interaction do they have / are they voiced? How are
they invited / made aware of the possibility?
I think that this visitor's resolution is a great
step forward for transparency at the Board level of the WMF, but please consider being
BOLD and walking down the rest of the path. :-)
I'd like that; and would like to see specific policies that other orgs
implement to this end.
SJ