[Foundation-l] Next board meeting

[effe iets anders]

Hmmm, apperently you are right, which pleases me :). I am sorry for
creating any confusion here. This of course does not mean I am no
longer glad that this kind of things is being announced etc :)

BR, Lodewijk

2008/2/24, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 op yahoo.com>:
> effe iets anders wrote:
>  > Hi Florence,
>  >
>  > First of all I'd like to thank the Board and the Foundtaion as a whole
>  > for the increased openness. This is iirc the first time since a while
>  > that a board meeting has been announced this publicly on beforehand,
>  > including to-be-discussed topics.
>
>
> Not answering yet on the other points, but no, this is NOT the first
>  time. There is no increased openness, I have done that in the past as well.
>
>  Here: before october meeting (last one)
>
>  http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-September/032838.html
>
>  Ant
>
>
>
>  >
>  > I am glad that a secretary will be chosen, but a question that keeps
>  > popping up to me is the treasurer. Because the Foundation website
>  > still doesn't mention a treasurer, and a board without a treasurer
>  > sounds a bit scary to me. Maybe it would be worthwhile to appoint at
>  > least a temporary treasurer? (Assuming that the Board is still
>  > searching outside the community for a new treasurer)
>  >
>  > Another thing I personally like that the board discusses is the board
>  > <-> staff transitions. I.e. can a board member become staff and visa
>  > versa, or should there be a transition period.
>  >
>  > Finally I think that it would be good if the board would discuss the
>  > possibilities of a Wiki/Volunteer council. this Council has been
>  > discussed several times in the past, and the last thing I heard about
>  > it was the suggestion to let the board appoint some people to form an
>  > initial council, so that they can set up the required procedures etc.
>  > To come there, a goal etc should be formulated however. If this is put
>  > on the agenda of the Board, I am confident that the community will be
>  > able to have at least finished a discussion about the topic, although
>  > I am not sure that this would also lead to 100% clear conclusions.
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  >
>  > Lodewijk / Eia
>  >
>  > 2008/2/24, Florence Devouard <anthere op anthere.org>:
>  >> Hello,
>  >>
>  >>  The next real life board meeting will be held on the 4-7th of april, in
>  >>  the new office in San Francisco.
>  >>
>  >>  The agenda has not been worked out yet, but I intend to outline it here
>  >>  over the next few weeks:
>  >>  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_meetings#2008
>  >>
>  >>  In the next few days, an irc meeting will be held, in particular to
>  >>  decide who our next secretary will be.
>  >>
>  >>  On our short-term plate,
>  >>  * discussing and defining board and ED relationships (information flows,
>  >>  decision making process, representation etc...)
>  >>  * treasurer search (still ongoing)
>  >>  * 2008 goals (preliminary to establishing the budget)
>  >>  * board membership strategy (for next june elections)
>  >>  * various policies discussion and approval (eg, file format policy)
>  >>
>  >>  Other issues will probably be added on the agenda. If you have some
>  >>  specific questions to ask, please do so on this list, or on the meta page.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  Thanks :-)
>  >>
>  >>  Florence
>  >>
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