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

[Alice Wiegand]

Hi Lodewijk,
I like the idea of having more opportunities to talk and to try out
different approaches.
That was the reason for Patricio and me to offer a Chapters Lunch Meeting
on Sunday, where we want to talk about the role of Chapters Selected Board
members, expectations, limitations, and the relationship we have. I read
your suggestion like something similar, concentrating more on particular
issues and diving somehow deeper into the subject. And yes, I would be glad
to participate if it matches with my schedule.

Alice.



On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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