On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:18 AM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
(It would be interesting to hear some better experiences: ways in which our AB has been useful over the years.)
+ AB members usually submits names for trustee and exec searches, when they are aware of those searches. It was a rec from the Advisory Board that identified Bishakha as a potential Trustee, for instance.
+ The advisors were invited to a 2-day strategy session at Wikimania Egypt, which contributed to an early version of the WMF's strategy. And a number of them participated directly in the 2009 strategy process.
I hope that the advisors are engaged more for nominations for future appointees, for connections with potential partners, and in the {coming / perennial} strategy process; all areas where their breadth of field would be useful.
Sam