[Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

[Lodewijk]

Hi Phoebe,

thanks for pointing to this!

I see that this year we only have one hour of board Q&A. I have always seen
a lot of value in these board discussions, especially when it can come to
actually that: discussions. As there are several discussion sessions
scheduled, without a specific topic, would you and perhaps a few other
board members be willing to commit to use some of these sessions to dig a
bit deeper into a few specific topics? For example, would there be three
board members willing to have a round table discussion about transparency
and openness at a board level? Or perhaps the technical strategy (at a
board level)? If we could do that in somewhat smaller groups (max 50
people), maybe even parallel, I think we could finally engage in truly
helpful and constructive discussions. It would of course require a neutral
discussion facilitator each time, but I'm sure we'd be able to arrange that
somehow?

We could then flag those discussion topics during the Q&A even.

Best,
Lodewijk


2013/7/29 phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a
> panel where they take questions from the audience on the work of the WMF
> and the Board.
>
> In past years the board has also taken questions via IRC. This year we'd
> also like to provide the opportunity to leave questions on a wiki page
> ahead of time:
> http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Board_Q%26A
>
> While there is only time to answer a few questions during the session
> itself, hopefully this will be a good way of getting questions from
> attendees as well as from those who can't make it. The board will also take
> questions from the audience at Wikimania, as time permits.
>
> Remember the Board doesn't deal directly with work on or problems on the
> projects, and does not have a direct hand in how the WMF operates
> day-to-day. Rather, the board thinks about the big picture, and gives
> direction on strategy for the WMF. You can find out more about what the
> board does (and does not do) here:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees and
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_handbook
>
> best,
> phoebe
>
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