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? Or perhaps the technical strategy (at a board level)? If we could do that in somewhat smaller groups (max 50 people), maybe even parallel, I think we could finally engage in truly helpful and constructive discussions. It would of course require a neutral discussion facilitator each time, but I'm sure we'd be able to arrange that somehow? We could then flag those discussion topics during the Q&A even. Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/29 phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@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 > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> > gmail.com * > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>