On 21 Oct 2012, at 19:30, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 October 2012 19:20, Michael Peel michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
I'd personally agree that an advisory board could be very beneficial for WMUK. I've set out a first draft of what such a board could look like, after looking into the WMF's advisory board setup and some other background documents, at: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Board
I don't think the WMF's advisory board has been particularly successful or effective, so I would advise against basing WMUK's on it to too great an extent.
Sitting on the WMF's advisory board is more of a sinecure than anything. If WMUK is going to have an advisory board, we need to ensure we avoid that.
I'd agree with you here, and I think there's a fair few differences between the WMF's advisory board and what I've set out on-wiki. What I've posted is very much meant as a straw man, though, to set things going - so please help improve it. :-)
Thanks, Mike