{"id":1034,"date":"2009-07-20T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T17:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2009-08-23T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T18:39:59","slug":"wikiboarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2009\/07\/20\/wikiboarding\/","title":{"rendered":"wikiboarding"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am running for the Board<\/a> again this year, with the hope of bringing a stronger community voice to the Board, and organizing good and frequent open discussions between the Board and community about priorities, core services, new initiatives, and the like.\u00a0 Angela<\/a> organized a few open meetings long ago when she first joined the Board which I really appreciated, and which encouraged some previously invisible community members to come forward with good ideas.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, my friend Kat Walsh<\/a> has not yet stood for re-election to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees, though I hope she will!<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: she did, and she was reelected for another term!\u00a0 Congratulations \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She is among the last of a certain breed of board members who have been strong advocates for community involvement in key decisions, and we could use more.\u00a0 The current Wikimedia Foundation is strongly in support of openness even without nagging from the Board – for instance in framing the upcoming year-long strategic planning as a process to facilitate and crystalize plans from the many communities – but without active community trustees we might no longer be so lucky a few years from now.<\/p>\n

My official statement, and throwback to an earlier era, after the jump.<\/p>\n

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Here is what I said in my brief statement, the blurb every candidate offers which is translated into dozens of languages before the election begins<\/p>\n

Wikimedia should be a model for open, scalable organizations. <\/em><\/p>\n

As a Board member, I would be a strong community voice, communicating regularly about the Board’s work, holding open meetings and soliciting public input. I support developing expertise within the community.<\/em><\/p>\n

I would also<\/em><\/p>\n