[Foundation-l] open IRC meeting w/ Wikimedia Trustees: this Friday, 1800 UTC

[Michael Snow]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/9/8 Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>:
>   
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Michael Snow<wikipedia at verizon.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> It does, but this is not an official meeting for the board to conduct
>>> business, it's a meeting to provide people in the community with a
>>> chance to have a discussion with the new board members. As such, I'm not
>>> sure it's meaningful to have minutes, but as mentioned it will be an
>>> open meeting and I'd think there should be no objection to publishing
>>> the entire log. And if "minutes" is taken to mean simply a summary of
>>> the discussion, no doubt that would be welcome as well.
>>>       
>> So, I just heard that this wasn't an official meeting after posting my message.
>>
>> It seems pretty bizarre that the balance of the board first heard
>> about this meeting in the public announcement. I hope this isn't how
>> the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is going to conduct its business from
>> now forward.
>>     
> The announcement makes it clear this is intended for the new board
> members introduce themselves to the community and have a chat with
> them, there is no real need for the rest of the board to have been
> involved in the planning. I don't see why you thought it was an actual
> board meeting.
>   
Perhaps the jargon of agendas and meetings and minutes added to the 
confusion. A different framework that might be more fitting is to think 
of it like the "office hours" that the strategic planning team is 
having, also on IRC. As it happens, I remember this concept being 
discussed briefly while we were in Buenos Aires, and I think it's a good 
initiative, but I didn't know when it was scheduled prior to the 
announcement. Nor do I consider that a concern, as I figure once you 
managed to find a mutually convenient time for Sj, Matt, and Arne, why 
hold things up any longer than necessary?

--Michael Snow