They were doing this regularly until January: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_meetings/2016-01-30 and see: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_meetings I suspect this dropped a bit in priority since then, for obvious reasons, but hopefully only temporarily.
Thanks, Mike > On 5 Mar 2016, at 17:11, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > > Hm, for quite a while, the board agenda's were published before the > meetings took place. At least, for the well in advance-scheduled meetings > (the regular ones). I didn't see any recently though. I think it would > indeed be good to put on the list of 'possible transparency topics' to > discuss... > > Lodewijk > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Ariel Glenn WMF <ar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> I'd like to see more complete minutes that get published more frequently; I >> suspect the members of the Board would love it if they could make it happen >> by waving a wand and have it be so. >> >> I was once a public observer taking notes for a Board meeting for a >> different organization, and there was no way to get notes out the door with >> universal agreement except to redact large parts. A lot of it involved "I >> did not say that" or "I did not mean that" or "That's out of context". >> Controversial topic discussions will be even harder to cover fairly without >> being content-free. >> >> And, as others have said on this list, recording meetings often has the >> side effect of moving real discussions out of the limelight back into the >> shadows. If you don't believe me, check out your respective legislative >> bodies ;-) >> >> So, given that, as Risker and others point out, "it's complicated", perhaps >> we could start with a smaller step: get the agenda published within 5 days >> after any meeting. This would mean publishing: the items brought into the >> meeting for discussion, marking those that were actually discussed, and >> those that were dropped or alternatively held over for a future meeting. >> >> Even this document will not be controversy free and will need to be vetted >> before being released, but a 5 day period (let's say) seems manageable. >> >> Once we have that going smoothly we can take what's been learned from it >> and apply it to summaries with a bit more detail, etc. >> >> Ariel >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 1:19 AM, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> >> wrote: >> >>> This sounds like an excellent strategy if you're looking to have the >> board >>> meetings turn into a rubber stamp for issues that have been discussed and >>> decided elsewhere. >>> >>> Rather than solving the transparency problem through gimmicks like >> wheeling >>> a video camera into the board room, we should look at reasons why the >> Board >>> of Trustees might not feel comfortable being transparent. The only real >>> solution will involve cultural change, not just on the WMF side, but also >>> from the community. What can *we* as community members do to assist the >>> WMF in being transparent? >>> >>> Although, I most certainly agree that the official minutes of meetings >>> could do with a little more detail. If brevity is wit, then the existing >>> minutes are positively Wildean. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Craig >>> >>> On 3 March 2016 at 16:31, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Having WMF Board meetings be open and recorded by default would be >>>> a wonderful step in aligning the Board with the value of transparency. >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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>
