In addition to the committee reorganizations I mentioned, which are sort of "internal" to the board (that is, the purpose is to improve the board's own functioning), something we are starting to work on is to think systematically about different roles within Wikimedia as a movement. These roles may be those of individuals as volunteers, or in groups such as chapters; it may include roles that exist, or those we determine are needed. Defining these better, so that they can be filled more effectively, and so that people can be more effective in their work, could help us build a stronger working community. Part of this is an outgrowth of the strategic planning project, where we have a task force on movement roles, and I encourage people to do further work on the strategy wiki in this area. I would suggest the board believes this is also a larger ongoing question, one we will be wrestling with even after the strategy plan is in some sense completed later this year. We intend to keep this moving beyond that. Arne in particular has taken a strong interest in this issue, and he and Jan-Bart have been preparing some thoughts to share with the chapters leading up to next week's chapters and board meeting. Coming out of that, I hope we will start to develop a better sense of fundamentally who we are and what kinds of relationships we should create to better develop the Wikimedia projects. --Michael Snow _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Personally I think it's preferable to alter/simplify existing roles than further complicate an already complex organizational model by adding new roles into the mix.