Re: [Foundation-l] March Board of Trustees meeting agenda

2012-03-26 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Thomas, Yes, of course talking about what we actually do with the money is important :) We spent a fair amount of time at the February meeting talking about exactly this with the "annual planning" item, and also will have at least one, and probably more, online meetings dedicated to annual plan

Re: [Foundation-l] March Board of Trustees meeting agenda

2012-03-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
Phoebe, As important as the ongoing discussions and debate over fundraising and funds dissemination are, it concerns me that the WMF board is using one of its few in-person meetings to discuss almost nothing but fundraising and funds dissemination. Fundraising is a means to an end, nothing more. S

[Foundation-l] March Board of Trustees meeting agenda

2012-03-25 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi all, The next WMF Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for March 30-31, 2012 in Berlin, held with the chapters meeting. The agenda is now posted here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Board_meetings/March_30-31,_2012 Wikimedia Chapters Meeting information: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w