On 21 Oct 2012, at 19:30, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21 October 2012 19:20, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'd personally agree that an advisory board could be very beneficial for >> WMUK. I've set out a first draft of what such a board could look like, after >> looking into the WMF's advisory board setup and some other background >> documents, at: >> https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Board > > I don't think the WMF's advisory board has been particularly > successful or effective, so I would advise against basing WMUK's on it > to too great an extent. > > Sitting on the WMF's advisory board is more of a sinecure than > anything. If WMUK is going to have an advisory board, we need to > ensure we avoid that. I'd agree with you here, and I think there's a fair few differences between the WMF's advisory board and what I've set out on-wiki. What I've posted is very much meant as a straw man, though, to set things going - so please help improve it. :-) Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
