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

[Bishakha Datta]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:20 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?
>

I'd be interested in participating in this one - but cannot take the lead
on making it happen.

Do let us know if this does get fixed during wikimania. Cannot make it 9
Aug 2-4 when there's another meeting, but open to other times.

Best
Bishakha


> 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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