Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/9/8 Gregory Maxwell <[email protected]>: > >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Michael Snow<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It does, but this is not an official meeting for the board to conduct >>> business, it's a meeting to provide people in the community with a >>> chance to have a discussion with the new board members. As such, I'm not >>> sure it's meaningful to have minutes, but as mentioned it will be an >>> open meeting and I'd think there should be no objection to publishing >>> the entire log. And if "minutes" is taken to mean simply a summary of >>> the discussion, no doubt that would be welcome as well. >>> >> So, I just heard that this wasn't an official meeting after posting my >> message. >> >> It seems pretty bizarre that the balance of the board first heard >> about this meeting in the public announcement. I hope this isn't how >> the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is going to conduct its business from >> now forward. >> > The announcement makes it clear this is intended for the new board > members introduce themselves to the community and have a chat with > them, there is no real need for the rest of the board to have been > involved in the planning. I don't see why you thought it was an actual > board meeting. > Perhaps the jargon of agendas and meetings and minutes added to the confusion. A different framework that might be more fitting is to think of it like the "office hours" that the strategic planning team is having, also on IRC. As it happens, I remember this concept being discussed briefly while we were in Buenos Aires, and I think it's a good initiative, but I didn't know when it was scheduled prior to the announcement. Nor do I consider that a concern, as I figure once you managed to find a mutually convenient time for Sj, Matt, and Arne, why hold things up any longer than necessary?
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