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OFFLIST : Re: Re: Open questions
How did I miss this meeting?


--- Anthere <anthere9@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Though there are many suggestions on hiring and spending money, that
> does not mean we will follow all these suggestions. Some editors favored
> spending money to improve technical issues. Others to improve
> communication. Others to improve the grant area. Or the legal area.
>
> I think in all these cases, we first need to really make sure we do not
> host the resources amongst ourselves. We obviously can not fund all of
> them right now.
>
> There is one thing which is certain though. There is a lot to do, and we
> are currently stretched to the limit of our availabilities. One answer
> could be to try to get more editors involved in meta issues.
>
> Ant
>
> Dori a écrit:
> > That's a lot of suggestions on hiring and spending money. Can we make sure
> > that the act of getting more money doesn't bankrupt the foundation? I would
>
> > hope some funds are set aside for hosting and rainy days.
> >
> > On Apr 4, 2005 8:48 PM, Angela <beesley@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Thank you to everyone who replied to my questions at
> >>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda/Open_questions.
> >>
> >>A lot of good suggestions and helpful comments were made, and I'm
> >>hoping we will be able to carry out some of these in the near future,
> >>or to at least begin considering them.
> >>
> >>Here is a summary of some of the suggestions. The inclusion of these
> >>does not mean there was necessarily agreement on carrying out the
> >>suggestion. Please see [[m:Board agenda/Open questions]] for the full
> >>discussion.
> >>
> >>== Hosting ==
> >>* Delegate the management of offers or centralize all hosting offers with
> >>Jimbo
> >>* Create a private wiki
> >>* Hire a secretary for Jimbo
> >>* Hire someone to manage grants and partnerships
> >>* Use OTRS more effectively
> >>* Run offers by a legal committee first
> >>* Hire a lawyer to write contracts
> >>* Ask potential partners/hosts whether we can list them among our
> >>"potential partners and hosts" before doing so
> >>* Have a standard response for people making offers
> >>* Be clear about how we could integrate the resources on offer
> >>* Consider placing databases outside the US
> >>* Consider the legal implications of chapters owning servers
> >>
> >>== Trademarks ==
> >>* The status of trademark/domain registrations should be listed on the
> >>Foundation website
> >>* A group should be tasked with keeping track of this information
> >>* Get a lawyer to write a contract regarding licensing the logo
> >>* See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Logo_and_trademark_policy
> >>
> >>== Membership ==
> >>* Create a portal that allows the community to pay one another to
> >>produce such tasks
> >>* Revive the membership task
> >>* Hire a programmer
> >>* Specifying tasks properly
> >>* Mixed views on whether membership was worthwhile, but most thought it
> >>was.
> >>
> >>== Money ==
> >>* Developer committee should advise on what to buy
> >>* Budget should be documented
> >>* Hire programmers for Wikispecies and have them write a decent UI
> >>
> >>== Promotion ==
> >>* Appoint a multi-lingual PR coordinator
> >>* Have an explicit PR budget
> >>* Have an unofficial PR committee
> >>* Spend more on promotion (not all agreed with this)
> >>* Outreach programs to educational institutions
> >>
> >>== Grants ==
> >>* Hire a full-time grants coordinator
> >>* Find a way of getting more community involvement with grants
> >>
> >>== Developers ==
> >>* Appoint a developer liaison and possibly a separate server liaison
> >>* Encourage and empower the developer committee
> >>
> >>== Communication ==
> >>* Clarify the relationship between the Board and the community
> >>* Global message notification and translation
> >>* More regular letters from the board
> >>* More regular/more often meetings
> >>* More formal involvement between chapters and the board
> >>* Reform the OTRS procedures
> >>* Reinvigorat the system of embassies, with elected ambassadors
> >>
> >>--
> >>Angela.
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> >>
> >
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Re: OFFLIST : Re: Re: Open questions [ In reply to ]
On Apr 5, 2005 3:37 PM, Daniel Mayer <maveric149@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How did I miss this meeting?


There wasn't a meeting. It was simply an open discussion on meta, at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda/Open_questions.

Sorry for any confusion, and please continue to add thoughts and
suggestions to that page.

Angela.