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A [[meetings|meeting]] was held on [[meta:IRC channels|IRC]] on August 27, 2005 to discuss variou Foundation-related issues. The meeting was open to anyone. An [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Board_agenda&oldid=199249#August_week_4 agenda] was published on Meta.
A [[meetings|meeting]] was held on [[meta:IRC channels|IRC]] on August 27, 2005 to discuss various Foundation-related issues. The meeting was open to anyone. An [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Board_agenda&oldid=199249#August_week_4 agenda] was published on Meta.


The [[meta:Open Board meeting, August 2005|full transcript]] is available on Meta.
The [[meta:Open Board meeting, August 2005|full transcript]] is available on Meta.
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#[[meta:Wikicouncil|Wikicouncil]]: Purpose of; is there any support for; who and how many persons involved, from what projects.
#[[meta:Wikicouncil|Wikicouncil]]: Purpose of; is there any support for; who and how many persons involved, from what projects.
#Internal communications: discussed mechanisms for sharing information across the community; decided a blog would be useful; then decided wikis would do just as well; follow-up meetings about this will be held soon.
#Internal communications: discussed mechanisms for sharing information across the community; decided a blog would be useful; then decided wikis would do just as well; follow-up meetings about this will be held soon.

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A meeting was held on IRC on August 27, 2005 to discuss various Foundation-related issues. The meeting was open to anyone. An agenda was published on Meta.

The full transcript is available on Meta.

Summary:

  1. Dutch Royal Library: Will go to them for more certain details about licensing; non-commercial license is a non-starter; no uploading of images until further clarification is achieved.
  2. Licensing of Wikinews: PD not legal in some places; need other license for Wikinews, cc-by for instance; all Wikinewsies should be made aware of these issues.
  3. Seed/demo/incubator wiki discussed; committee to form, which will establish guidelines for inclusion and decide what to call it; guidelines will be posted, debated, and made official once something resembling consensus is reached.
  4. Closing certain wikis: Discussed who decides when a project is to be closed; creating a link page for people to grab dumps of closed projects; Sep11 to be proposed for locking; Wikispecies in a holding pattern pending development of WikiData.
  5. Wikicouncil: Purpose of; is there any support for; who and how many persons involved, from what projects.
  6. Internal communications: discussed mechanisms for sharing information across the community; decided a blog would be useful; then decided wikis would do just as well; follow-up meetings about this will be held soon.