[Foundation-l] Board restructuring and community

[Nathan]

Ant,

I guess I don't really know, but then again I'm not on the Advisory Board
;-) I imagine they have experience with board composition and restructuring,
experience with relations between organizations and affiliates etc. I was
more curious about the work that the Advisory Board does in general, and I'm
relieved by Angela's last response that clarifies that the Advisory Board is
indeed involved - just not on this issue.

Separately, while the interaction between the Board and the community is one
that does not satisfy everyone... I do thank you for your responsiveness on
this list (and also of course the other Board members like Michael Snow who
have remained involved in discussions on Foundation-l). Your work and
willingness to interact is appreciated by all.

Thanks,

Nathan

On 4/27/08, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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