Christophe
Thanks for that. You write
we are actively working on trying to reduce
the mandatory time board members have to allocate to WMF. Goal is between this year and next year to lower it down to what we benchmarked as average (and I can't find the number again, I'll dig into that).
The adverts you are already running say "the time commitment for standard service is roughly 75 hours per year". Presumaby you mean that you will reduce it from that figure to some lower figure over the next year?
There are some optional activities that are already failing to get sufficient effort to make them worthwhile: I'm thinking in particular of dialogue at the Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard on Meta, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard Perhaps you should bite the bullet here and close it down? Already previous and current Board members have commented that it was not sustainable. Of course I would encourage you to find some alternative mechanism, one that you can and will sustain, for serious strategic engagement between Board and Community.
"Rogol"