[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

[Ray Saintonge]

On 09/02/11 1:59 PM, Michael Snow wrote:
> On 9/2/2011 1:35 PM, Béria Lima wrote:
>>> *If the point is to improve communication, then a more practical approach
>>> might be to designate "observers" who are not given authority but merely sit
>>> in with a chapter board. That's assuming that the chapter board level is one
>>> of the places where it makes the most sense to add a communication
>>> interface.
>> 35 people from WMF to observ every single chapter?
> It's not a full-time job, since being a board member is not supposed to
> be a full-time job either. I could imagine something like appointing
> Jan-Bart as the observer for all European chapters, or Barry for all
> Asian chapters (not that observers would necessarily have to be
> Wikimedia board or staff). Again, I don't know that this is really the
> best solution, but it's not completely impractical to arrange if such a
> direction is chosen.
>
With 21 European chapters, running around to all their meetings could 
easily be a full-time job.

Ray