[Foundation-l] Re: Funding for the newly elected Board Members

[Andrew Lih]

I propose Wikimedia Founcation fund travel for this first convening of
Jimbo and the newly elected trustees Anthere and Angela.  As Ant said,
it is rare to have folks in such local proximity, and this is a cost
effective way to take advantage of it.

It is standard for Trustees to be compensated for travel to convene
Board meetings, and this would be exactly that.  This should not be
construed to endorse the other things discussed recently, such as
phone calls, broadband, etc. That should be decided with full careful
discussion.

However, having served on boards of other US-based nonprofits, paying
expenses for convening Board of Trustees is a normal practice.  I hope
it can be agreed upon rather quickly that laying out this expense of
less than 400 euros is money well spent.

-Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado)