FYI: the minutes from the August 3rd, 2011 Board meeting in Haifa (the Wikimania meeting) are now posted: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2011-08-03 Regards, Phoebe Ayers p.s. Digression on minutes: Since I recently had to learn the process by which board minutes are written and approved, I thought I would share it with you all -- possibly of interest to long-time foundation watchers :) 1. both the executive assistant to the board & the board secretary take notes during the meeting; the executive assistant makes sure that no important items are lost and their presence as recorder allows the board secretary to fully participate in the meeting. [in this case additionally since it was a transition meeting both SJ and I took notes and shared with each other]. 2. notes are typed up in minute form by the the executive assistant, who then gives the document to the board secretary, who then reviews and edits, and then shares the minutes with the board. This process may take some time (e.g. after Wikimania when everyone is traveling or participating in the conference afterwards). 3. the minutes are voted on as a regular resolution; this means a week for the full board to discuss/edit onwiki if there are any typos or if the minutes don't reflect the meeting accurately. After finalization there is then a two-week period to vote to approve (in practice the voting period for minutes is generally shortened to a week); occasionally minutes may get approved by a vote at the next meeting. 4. after approval, the board secretary posts the minutes to the foundation wiki, as the copy of record for the community/board/auditors etc. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l