Sj,
I'm addressing this question to you because you seem to be the most active trustee in
the areas where I checked for trustee activity, and also because you were one of the
authors of the “Building a lasting movement” workshop submission to Wikimania 2012. I
would also be interested in hearing comments from other trustees.
This information is from April 2012 to present, showing the number of posts and edits by
each trustee.
Trustee Meta username Wikimedia-l Meta Combined
Kat Walsh Mindspillage 8 13 21
Jan-Bart de Vreede Jan-Bart 16 47 63
Stu West Stu 0 4 4
Bishakha Datta Bishdatta 30 34 64
Jimmy Wales Jimbo Wales 0 3 3
Ting Chen Wing 0 2 2
Samuel Klein Sj 107 751 858
Matt Halprin Mhalprin 0 5 5
Alice Weigand Lyzzy 12 241 253
Patricio Lorente Patricio.lorente 7 26 33
I would appreciate hearing your comments about these statistics and about trustee activity
levels in general. Do each of the trustees demonstrate a strong personal interest in the
health and direction of the Foundation and the volunteer community? Do each of the
trustees participate actively at Board meetings? Do each of the trustees proactively and
regularly communicate with Foundation staff, volunteer contributors, and/or organizations
which have significant interactions with the Foundation or the content projects?
Personally, I feel that a vibrant, engaged, and proactive board is important for the
health of any public nonprofit organization, and for “building a lasting movement” for the
near future and for future generations. I think of Wikipedia as a digital “wonder of the
world” and a remarkable work of civilization. I hope that the trustees take a strong
personal interest in the health and future of Wikipedia, its sister projects, and the
foundation and people that sustain and build them.
Thank you,
Pine
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The obvious point, which has been made many times on this list over the
years, is that activity on mailing lists or meta is not a good proxy for
measuring the activity of a member of the board. The best measure would be
engagement with the duties of the board (which don't include posting on the
lists or being an active editor). We'd need peer evaluations and meeting
attendance records to really get to that. If we had that information, I
know it would figure in my voting for board elections.