Hi Phoebe, thanks a lot!
Reading the minutes, I am wondering - are the reports of the independent companies (KPMG and Daniel J. Fusco & Company) available online so that the considerations of the board can be better understood? If so, it would probably be helpful to link them from the minutes :) Thanks, Lodewijk Am 12. September 2011 19:27 schrieb phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>: > FYI: the minutes from the August 3rd, 2011 Board meeting in Haifa (the > Wikimania meeting) are now posted: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2011-08-03 > > Regards, > Phoebe Ayers > > > p.s. Digression on minutes: > Since I recently had to learn the process by which board minutes are > written and approved, I thought I would share it with you all -- > possibly of interest to long-time foundation watchers :) > > 1. both the executive assistant to the board & the board secretary > take notes during the meeting; the executive assistant makes sure that > no important items are lost and their presence as recorder allows the > board secretary to fully participate in the meeting. [in this case > additionally since it was a transition meeting both SJ and I took > notes and shared with each other]. > 2. notes are typed up in minute form by the the executive assistant, > who then gives the document to the board secretary, who then reviews > and edits, and then shares the minutes with the board. This process > may take some time (e.g. after Wikimania when everyone is traveling or > participating in the conference afterwards). > 3. the minutes are voted on as a regular resolution; this means a week > for the full board to discuss/edit onwiki if there are any typos or if > the minutes don't reflect the meeting accurately. After finalization > there is then a two-week period to vote to approve (in practice the > voting period for minutes is generally shortened to a week); > occasionally minutes may get approved by a vote at the next meeting. > 4. after approval, the board secretary posts the minutes to the > foundation wiki, as the copy of record for the > community/board/auditors etc. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
