2008/12/14 Anthony <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:49 AM, effe iets anders > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> From Sue's report, I understood that the current practice is to have board >> minutes approved only on the next board meeting. In practice that means a >> delay of several months. In a quickly changing world as ours, that is quite >> a long time span. >> > > That's a fairly standard practice. How would you approve the minutes > without holding a meeting? (Sure, you could do it using a unanimous consent > resolution, but that's certainly not typical.)
It's also not typical to have a large group of very committed and interested volunteers wanting to know what's going on. Approving the minutes by email would seem perfectly practical to me. > Publishing a draft of the minutes (or an informal summary of the meeting) > would be one thing. Approving the official minutes is quite another. > > Are the meetings considered confidential? If not, there's nothing stopping > any board member from providing a summary at any time. If so, well, then > why publish the minutes in the first place? It may not be wise to publish unapproved minutes - if there are mistakes, the consequences could be rather unfortunate. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
