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

[Robert Rohde]

Phoebe,

I am wondering if you (or another board member) would elaborate a
little on how you see the Board's role when it comes to the evolving
technical development of WMF projects?

WMF has articulated a medium- to long-term vision for Mediawiki that
builds on projects like VisualEditor, Flow, Echo (notifications),
Parsoid, etc.  While I don't expect the Board to be in the business of
choosing what technology to use, the WMF vision does seem to speak
heavily to future changes in what the experience of editing Wikipedia
(and other projects) will be like.  More visual and mouse based, etc.
Is that something the Board ever involves itself in?

Given current plans, it seems likely that questions surrounding
changes in user experience and the deployment of new technology will
be among the most significant issues for the editor community.

-Robert Rohde

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:31 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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