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A Board meeting was held on IRC on August 18 with Angela Beesley |
A Board meeting was held on IRC on August 18 with Angela Beesley, Michael Davis, Florence Devouard, Tim Shell, and Jimmy Wales, WMF officers and representatives of the French, German, Italian, and Polish chapters. |
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==Chapter coordination officer== |
==Chapter coordination officer== |
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*Office of chapter coordinator created |
*Office of [[m:Chapter co-ordinator|chapter coordinator]] created |
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*Delphine Ménard (notafish) appointed to office |
*Delphine Ménard (notafish) appointed to office |
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*Discussion of Wikimania and its relationship to chapter coordinator officer; decided this was 2 different things, and that helping local chapters host |
*Discussion of Wikimania and its relationship to chapter coordinator officer; decided this was 2 different things, and that helping local chapters host Wikimanias will be a minor part of job duties |
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*A mailing list chapter-l to be created, as well as a chapters wiki (see next item) |
*A mailing list chapter-l to be created, as well as a chapters wiki (see next item) |
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==New administrative wikis== |
==New administrative wikis== |
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*Discussion of wikis for grants, press, legal, and local chapters, whether they should each be separate, and who would have access |
*Discussion of [[m:Private wikis|private wikis]] for grants, press, legal, and local chapters, whether they should each be separate, and who would have access |
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*Settled on one new |
*Settled on one new combined wiki, with access restriction features to be developed soon by Brion Vibber, pending receipt of specs |
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* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Private_wikis |
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==Logo and trademark policy== |
==Logo and trademark policy== |
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*Draft of policy will be made public on meta |
*Draft of [[m:Logo and trademark policy|Logo and trademark policy]] will be made public on meta |
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*Contracts with Wikimedia chapters to be posted on meta |
*Contracts with Wikimedia chapters to be posted on meta |
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*General contract for licensing with commercial entities to be public |
*General contract for licensing with commercial entities to be public |
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==Fundraising and fundspending== |
==Fundraising and fundspending== |
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*Discussed general fundraising drive for WMF versus donations to local chapters |
*Discussed general [[fundraising]] drive for WMF versus donations to local chapters |
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*Noted that WMF donations are not tax deductible in France and Germany, while donations to local chapters are |
*Noted that WMF donations are not tax deductible in France and Germany, while donations to local chapters are |
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*Decided that chapters will ask first for to WMF, and then offer the tax deductible local chapter donation option, along with an explanation of why two options are being offered |
*Decided that chapters will ask first for to WMF, and then offer the tax deductible local chapter donation option, along with an explanation of why two options are being offered |
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==Other matters== |
==Other matters== |
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*Chinese Wikinews was discussed, at it was decided this is an issue best left to the Wikicouncil |
*Chinese Wikinews was discussed, at it was decided this is an issue best left to the Wikicouncil |
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*Dispute resolution committee was proposed to deal with issues on projects that do not have their own |
*Dispute resolution committee was proposed to deal with issues on projects that do not have their own arbitration committees, and for cross-wiki issues; discussion of this idea on mailing lists is encouraged |
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*Decided to discuss the creation of |
*Decided to discuss the creation of Wikicouncil; Jimmy to submit his suggestions to mailing list; draft proposals to be developed on meta at [[meta:Wikicouncil]] |
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*Scheduling of future meetings discussed; open meeting planned for August 27; meeting of Board, officers, and chapters for Sept. 18; additionally Board-only meeting may be arranged in between other meetings |
*Scheduling of future meetings discussed; open meeting planned for August 27; meeting of Board, officers, and chapters for Sept. 18; additionally Board-only meeting may be arranged in between other meetings |
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*Angela has proposed rationalizing the scheduling of meetings, having them every |
*Angela has proposed rationalizing the scheduling of meetings, having them every 15.125 days; discussion of this proposal is encouraged at [[meta:Wikimedia meetings proposal]]. |
Revision as of 19:49, 20 August 2005
A Board meeting was held on IRC on August 18 with Angela Beesley, Michael Davis, Florence Devouard, Tim Shell, and Jimmy Wales, WMF officers and representatives of the French, German, Italian, and Polish chapters.
Chapter coordination officer
- Office of chapter coordinator created
- Delphine Ménard (notafish) appointed to office
- Discussion of Wikimania and its relationship to chapter coordinator officer; decided this was 2 different things, and that helping local chapters host Wikimanias will be a minor part of job duties
- A mailing list chapter-l to be created, as well as a chapters wiki (see next item)
New administrative wikis
- Discussion of private wikis for grants, press, legal, and local chapters, whether they should each be separate, and who would have access
- Settled on one new combined wiki, with access restriction features to be developed soon by Brion Vibber, pending receipt of specs
Logo and trademark policy
- Draft of Logo and trademark policy will be made public on meta
- Contracts with Wikimedia chapters to be posted on meta
- General contract for licensing with commercial entities to be public
Wikimania 2006
- Decided there should be a Wikimania 2006
- City specs to be released September 1; shortlist of candidate cities to be published October 1; a city to be selected October 15
- Organization team to be put together after this
Fundraising and fundspending
- Discussed general fundraising drive for WMF versus donations to local chapters
- Noted that WMF donations are not tax deductible in France and Germany, while donations to local chapters are
- Decided that chapters will ask first for to WMF, and then offer the tax deductible local chapter donation option, along with an explanation of why two options are being offered
- Discussion of how and if money raised by chapters can be used for WMF; whether the German chapter can own servers in Florida, whether WMF can open datacenter in Germany that hosts servers owned by German chapter
- Concluded a trip to the German tax consultant was required before these questions can be settled
Other matters
- Chinese Wikinews was discussed, at it was decided this is an issue best left to the Wikicouncil
- Dispute resolution committee was proposed to deal with issues on projects that do not have their own arbitration committees, and for cross-wiki issues; discussion of this idea on mailing lists is encouraged
- Decided to discuss the creation of Wikicouncil; Jimmy to submit his suggestions to mailing list; draft proposals to be developed on meta at meta:Wikicouncil
- Scheduling of future meetings discussed; open meeting planned for August 27; meeting of Board, officers, and chapters for Sept. 18; additionally Board-only meeting may be arranged in between other meetings
- Angela has proposed rationalizing the scheduling of meetings, having them every 15.125 days; discussion of this proposal is encouraged at meta:Wikimedia meetings proposal.