[Foundation-l] Board restructuring and community

[Aphaia]

I think I've never been in conflicts of interest, but at least some of
them are very nice to respond  a random Wikimedian (me!) question by
email like "Hi, I've recently seen you on foundation-l and I know you
as a member of Wikimedia AB. I think you have expertise to help
solving our project issues of [a project name]. Would you mind giving
me some pointers we can dig out this topic and make a good solution?"
Having a pool of expertise is nice, isn't it?

And I would add, a AB member helped greatly us last year, and the
recent annoucement suggests the relationship between another org which
was established through last year election process is healthily
maintained.

Just a thought.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:09 AM, 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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