On Mar 3, 2016 7:00 AM, "Risker" <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: Those who think it's an easy task that should be > able to be done practically after the meeting is over tend to have no real > experience with writing and managing minutes at the international > non-profit board level and may not fully understand why it it is important > that they are correct before they're published. Publicly presenting an > early, uncorrected draft will lead to nothing but tears, but there are 9 > board members (plus individual presenters) who have to read, correct and > approve [sections of] the minutes. The WMF Board is not and should not be > the most important person in the lives of any of our board members.
What sort of problems are envisioned from public drafting of minutes lead by a dedicated secretary/minute-wrangler (ideally a professional staff member with experience doing this and enough time to dedicate to it rather than double-booking a trustee or a C-level)? -- brion > > Risker/Anne > _______________________________________________ > 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>
