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

[phoebe ayers]

Hi Lodewijk,

Thanks for the idea! I can't commit right now that anyone will be able to
do this (all the trustees have a busy schedule and are pulled in lots of
different directions during Wikimania) but we might be able to schedule a
session or two (though since the schedule is so packed with good sessions,
it will be difficult to find a slot!)

I will bring it up. Maybe we can figure out what topics people are most
interested in discussing via the wiki. I'd be interested in a discussion
about WMF strategy and planning for the future, personally.

Also, everyone should feel free to say hello to any of the trustees during
Wikimania, if you don't already know us :)

best,
Phoebe


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>wrote:

> 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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