Hello,
This is a quick update on recent and pending Board work. I intend to
send these out on a regular basis, including the work of Board
committees.
== Summer meetings ==
In July, the Board held its summer meeting in Gdańsk before Wikimania.
We discussed internal Board committees, movement roles, and the last
stage of the strategic plan. Â We agreed to try out a revised meeting
schedule this year, with additional IRC meetings and just three
in-person meetings, as well as a possible retreat (this would be the
first one in four years -- we would
finally need to disambiguate [[m:Board retreat]] ).
We said goodbye and a hearty thank you to Michael Snow, and welcomed
our new chapters-selected trustee, Phoebe Ayers. Â New officers were
elected. Â And the Trustees spent more time enjoying Wikimania than
has happened in recent memory - less overbooking, more time
participating in sessions.... a welcome change.
On August 31, we held the first IRC meeting of the fiscal year, to
review and discuss broad targets for the strategic plan. Â Minutes of
that meeting will be posted shortly.
At the same time, we also approved the formation of Wikimedia Eesti.
Welcome to the Estonian chapter! Â This chapter has the distinction of
having received approval without translating any of their core
documents into English. Â (While I like this, I hope that ee. editors
will find time to update the Estonian pages on Meta to reflect the
current state of the projects, in the language of their choice...)
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Eesti
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_Estonian_Wikipedia
You can read the latest minutes and resolutions here:
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions
== Upcoming meetings ==
The next meeting of the Board will be in San Francisco, October 8-9.
The agenda will include a review of the final version of the five-year
strategic plan, and the controversial content study facilitated by
Robert Harris. Comments and suggestions on this and future meetings
are welcome:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Board_meetings
Finally, there will be an informal open Wikimedia meeting Saturday,
September 11 on IRC, with our two newest Trustees.
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#September_2010
On behalf of the Board,
Sam
--
Samuel Klein     identi.ca:sj      w:user:sj
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This is a quick update on recent and pending Board work. I intend to
send these out on a regular basis, including the work of Board
committees.
== Summer meetings ==
In July, the Board held its summer meeting in Gdańsk before Wikimania.
We discussed internal Board committees, movement roles, and the last
stage of the strategic plan. Â We agreed to try out a revised meeting
schedule this year, with additional IRC meetings and just three
in-person meetings, as well as a possible retreat (this would be the
first one in four years -- we would
finally need to disambiguate [[m:Board retreat]] ).
We said goodbye and a hearty thank you to Michael Snow, and welcomed
our new chapters-selected trustee, Phoebe Ayers. Â New officers were
elected. Â And the Trustees spent more time enjoying Wikimania than
has happened in recent memory - less overbooking, more time
participating in sessions.... a welcome change.
On August 31, we held the first IRC meeting of the fiscal year, to
review and discuss broad targets for the strategic plan. Â Minutes of
that meeting will be posted shortly.
At the same time, we also approved the formation of Wikimedia Eesti.
Welcome to the Estonian chapter! Â This chapter has the distinction of
having received approval without translating any of their core
documents into English. Â (While I like this, I hope that ee. editors
will find time to update the Estonian pages on Meta to reflect the
current state of the projects, in the language of their choice...)
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Eesti
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_Estonian_Wikipedia
You can read the latest minutes and resolutions here:
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions
== Upcoming meetings ==
The next meeting of the Board will be in San Francisco, October 8-9.
The agenda will include a review of the final version of the five-year
strategic plan, and the controversial content study facilitated by
Robert Harris. Comments and suggestions on this and future meetings
are welcome:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Board_meetings
Finally, there will be an informal open Wikimedia meeting Saturday,
September 11 on IRC, with our two newest Trustees.
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#September_2010
On behalf of the Board,
Sam
--
Samuel Klein     identi.ca:sj      w:user:sj
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