On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>wrote:
> 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? > I'd be interested in participating in this one - but cannot take the lead on making it happen. Do let us know if this does get fixed during wikimania. Cannot make it 9 Aug 2-4 when there's another meeting, but open to other times. Best Bishakha > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>