On Mar 3, 2016 6:16 AM, "Risker" <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I often participate and present at meetings where I am not formally part of > the group or committee, and will be asked to review sections of the minutes > that relate to my presentation/participation/comments. I've discovered > that in about 60% of the draft minutes I review, major points are missed or > are misinterpreted or key facts may be misreported or misrepresented. Even > the ones that are almost entirely correct usually need some editing. There > have been times when I've rewritten the entire section for the > minute-taker. It may reflect on my ability to present the material, or the > level of knowledge to understand the presentation, or something else > entirely - but the bottom line is that the first draft of minutes is almost > never completely right. (That's why we call them drafts...)
This makes me think "release early, release often" -- quick publishing of draft notes so they can be reviewed and questions asked for clarification. And/or lean further on recording to ensure that incorrect or missing notes can be corrected by double checking what was actually said. > > For the WMF board, we throw in the additional complexity of having a large > part of the board working in a non-primary language. This should not be > discounted as an issue; it is actually one of the bigger factors that board > communications needs to deal with. This is a legitimate concern deserving more thought at all levels of our movement. > I would love for the board to be able to complete and approve their meeting > minutes within a few weeks. I understand why they have a hard time. > > Risker/Anne -- brion > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
