[Foundation-l] Board restructuring and community

[Florence Devouard]

Hello,

I am not quite sure how to voice that in a diplomatic fashion.

But... what is the expertise provided by the Advisory Board regarding 
the WMF 4 years relationships with the Wikimedia chapters ?

Ant

Nathan wrote:
> This is curious too - the page on the Advisory Board says they will be asked
> for advice about organizational development, among other things, but Angela
> says that she has not (or never?) received or forwarded requests for advice.
> Can we conclude that the Advisory Board is not necessary, or that with the
> professionalizing effort the Advisory Board is just not as necessary as it
> once might have been? Perhaps a topic for a different thread, but I'll admit
> I thought that the Advisory Board was playing at least some role.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> On 4/27/08, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>   [4] is there a public place to contact our advisors?
>>
>> Anyone who wants to contact the advisory board is welcome to go
>> through me for that. I can either forward messages to the whole group,
>> or pass on contact details for specific members who might be able to
>> help. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board
>>
>>
>>> if not, can someone forward this to them?
>>
>> I have forwarded your email to the advisory board members. However, I
>> should point out that they were not asked about this either and know
>> less about it that readers of this mailing list. All I get from the
>> board of trustees is announcements after they've made their decisions
>> behind closed doors, not any requests for advice.
>>
>>
>> Angela
>>
>>
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