[Foundation-l] [Announcement] update in board of trustees membership

Tue Dec 18 02:12:08 UTC 2007

Heh, no ;-P www.epic.org

On Dec 17, 2007 8:53 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/18/07, Nathan Awrich <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the interests of not letting this thread die:
> >
> > I'd suggest that Wikimedia look at similar (as close as possible)
> > foundations in the United States, and possibly elsewhere as well, for
> > ideas on how to move forward. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel
> > when you have a design that works - Wikimedia adopted a fairly
> > conventional structure for its board, and it should continue to rely
> > on governance concepts that have been proven. Organizations like
> > Mozilla, EPIC, EFF, the ACLU and others might be targets not only for
> > adapting their governance style but also for attracting outside
> > members of the Wikimedia Board of Trustees. Additionally, you could
> > investigate recruiting Board members from academic and encyclopedic
> > organizations with similar missions.
>
> Heh, sorry for the Off-topic joke, but with the migration to San
> Francisco, I can't resist...
>
> With EPIC, you can't possibly mean the End Poverty In California
> movement by Upton Sinclair, do you...?
>
> --
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
>
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