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

[Jan-Bart de Vreede]

Hi Lodewijk,

I would be happy to attend any roundtable on that topic, or other topic on that level. I just do NOT have the time to get it on the agenda. In other words: if you send me anywhere on fri/sat/sun I will turn up :)

To you and others: As usual: please feel free to find me walking around and accost me regarding anything :)

Regards

Jan-Bart


On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:50 PM, 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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