[Foundation-l] Notes from the last Board meeting

Fri May 20 04:35:21 UTC 2005

A Board meeting was held on IRC on May 16 with Jimmy Wales, Florence
Devouard, and Angela Beesley, primarily to discuss the upcoming
elections and official positions.

The potential make up of the next Board of Trustees was discussed
extensively. We aim to expand community participation in decision
making next year. Jimmy is in the process of developing a proposal
related to this, which will be submitted to the Foundation mailing
list (http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l) this
week. Possible extension of terms was discussed, with the suggestion
made that the board be elected for two years in the upcoming
elections, and three years thereafter, so positions will rotate.

We will seek legal advice on the make up of the board, in order to
evaluate the ways in which the existing structure might be changed.
$3000 will be budgeted for this.

For official positions, a description of the job, description of what
is expected from them, a list of tasks, and the limits of the position
will need to be set in advance of people being appointed to these
positions. A list of potential positions will be advertised this week,
and anyone interested in them is invited to contact the board about
taking these roles. In many cases, these positions will be a means of
formal recognition for the informal roles people already have within
the Foundation. Initial appointments will be made on May 23.

Jimmy will discuss the Queen's Jubilee "partnership" with Gerard
Meijssen, since it was felt this should not be in the press release.

Jimmy will talk to Daniel Mayer about access to the Foundation's bank account.

A proposal regarding the DVD is expected from Mandriva on Thursday and
will be discussed at the next meeting.

The next meeting will be held on Monday May 23 at 20 UTC.

Notes from previous meetings are available at
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Meetings

Angela Beesley
Wikimedia Foundation