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

[María Sefidari]

El 30/07/2013, a las 10:07, Alice Wiegand <me.lyzzy at gmail.com> escribió:

> 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.

+1.

Kind regards,

María

> 
> 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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