[Foundation-l] Open questions

[Dori]

That's a lot of suggestions on hiring and spending money. Can we make sure 
that the act of getting more money doesn't bankrupt the foundation? I would 
hope some funds are set aside for hosting and rainy days.

On Apr 4, 2005 8:48 PM, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you to everyone who replied to my questions at
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda/Open_questions.
> 
> A lot of good suggestions and helpful comments were made, and I'm
> hoping we will be able to carry out some of these in the near future,
> or to at least begin considering them.
> 
> Here is a summary of some of the suggestions. The inclusion of these
> does not mean there was necessarily agreement on carrying out the
> suggestion. Please see [[m:Board agenda/Open questions]] for the full
> discussion.
> 
> == Hosting ==
> * Delegate the management of offers or centralize all hosting offers with 
> Jimbo
> * Create a private wiki
> * Hire a secretary for Jimbo
> * Hire someone to manage grants and partnerships
> * Use OTRS more effectively
> * Run offers by a legal committee first
> * Hire a lawyer to write contracts
> * Ask potential partners/hosts whether we can list them among our
> "potential partners and hosts" before doing so
> * Have a standard response for people making offers
> * Be clear about how we could integrate the resources on offer
> * Consider placing databases outside the US
> * Consider the legal implications of chapters owning servers
> 
> == Trademarks ==
> * The status of trademark/domain registrations should be listed on the
> Foundation website
> * A group should be tasked with keeping track of this information
> * Get a lawyer to write a contract regarding licensing the logo
> * See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Logo_and_trademark_policy
> 
> == Membership ==
> * Create a portal that allows the community to pay one another to
> produce such tasks
> * Revive the membership task
> * Hire a programmer
> * Specifying tasks properly
> * Mixed views on whether membership was worthwhile, but most thought it 
> was.
> 
> == Money ==
> * Developer committee should advise on what to buy
> * Budget should be documented
> * Hire programmers for Wikispecies and have them write a decent UI
> 
> == Promotion ==
> * Appoint a multi-lingual PR coordinator
> * Have an explicit PR budget
> * Have an unofficial PR committee
> * Spend more on promotion (not all agreed with this)
> * Outreach programs to educational institutions
> 
> == Grants ==
> * Hire a full-time grants coordinator
> * Find a way of getting more community involvement with grants
> 
> == Developers ==
> * Appoint a developer liaison and possibly a separate server liaison
> * Encourage and empower the developer committee
> 
> == Communication ==
> * Clarify the relationship between the Board and the community
> * Global message notification and translation
> * More regular letters from the board
> * More regular/more often meetings
> * More formal involvement between chapters and the board
> * Reform the OTRS procedures
> * Reinvigorat the system of embassies, with elected ambassadors
> 
> --
> Angela.
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