[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Ziko van Dijk, 04/09/2011 14:26:
> I would like to know: Is the introduction of WMF people on national
> boards a serious idea, or is it just a whim, a piece of loud thinking,
> and does not need to be discussed further?

If you're quoting me on purpose, I'd say it belongs to the realms of 
scholastic hypothesis (worth rejecting) and surrealism; if you agree you 
can safely ignore the first two paragraphs of my message. ;-)

Nemo

> 2011/9/4 Federico Leva (Nemo)
>> I've been following the WMF Brasil office activities on Meta for several
>> months now (almost a year) and I don't understand completely how local
>> activities have been organized and what impact they had so far, so I
>> don't know what's the best approach, but the letter by  Wikimedia Brasil
>> is very good in its approach if not in the details. To actually involve
>> the local community and chapter in the activities, besides generic
>> transparency which often doesn't actually give room to useful feedback,
>> we could imagine something like an advisory board or scientific
>> committee (not executive), appointed by the local chapter (and which
>> could just be the chapter board of trustees, to start with), which would
>> assist and somehow oversee the local office, with frequent reciprocal
>> reports and feedback at least.