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<center><font face="Palatino,Verdana,Arial" size=4>'''Letter from the Board'''</font></center>
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===Overview===
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With our existing funds, we purchased some [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware technical equipment] in [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_ordered_January_2005 January]. Numerous hosting proposals this quarter allowed us to purchase less hardware than expected. The donor of the first set of French [[w:squid (server)|squids]] donated three more, soon to be hosted by '''Lost Oasis''' for free; other propositions are currently being studied (see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_partners_and_hosts Wikimedia partners and hosts]). In particular, discussions are ongoing with Google, but no agreement has been reached. The general trend is to multiply our partners, insuring independence; while making agreements that are technically relevant.
A new expense is ''salary''. Since early 2005, the Foundation has been employing two part-time developers, '''Chad Perrin''' and '''
The [[Privacy policy]] on all Wikimedia projects was approved at the last Board meeting. It will be translated in all languages and made visible to users and visitors over the next few weeks.
Finally, the legal organisation of the Foundation has been strengthened in the past few weeks, with the creation of a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal page] to coordinate discussions of legal issues.
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'''Board meetings'''
A complete list of notes from Board meetings may be seen at [[meetings]].
;Latest meetings:
* [[Meetings/October 1, 2005|Budget meeting]], October 1, 2005
* [[Meetings/August 27, 2005|Open meeting]], August 27, 2005
* [[Meetings/August 18, 2005|Chapters]], August 18, 2005
* [[Meetings/August 14, 2005|Q3 finances]], August 14, 2005
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*[[Budget/2005|Budget meeting]]
*See also this recent list of [[:m:Board_agenda/Open_questions|open questions to the board]].
===Collaboration===
====Summary on collaboration====
We worked out a number of collaborations with other organisations in the past six months, and are discussing many more.
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We are in discussions with two organisations about the possibility of offering '''on-demand book printing''' from Wikipedia. One of these organisations printed a Wikireader on Frankfurt during Wikimania for a test. Our current concern is that by doing so, we are potentially stepping beyond the protections of the DMCA and running an unacceptably high level of copyright risk. So, we are currently moving at slow speed on the matter.
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Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation will form a new partnership beginning of year 2006. 1-Click Answers, Wikipedia Edition'' software will be linked from the [[w:en:Wikipedia:Tools|English Wikipedia Tools]] page. Please see the [http://www.answers.com/main/ir/press10202005.jsp press release] by Answers.com and [[w:en:Wikipedia talk:Tools/1-Click Answers|discussion]] for more information. The announcement raised some very critical comments, from editors and in the press (see [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/10/trouble_in_wiki.php]]. Explanation in French : [//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediafr-l/2005-October/001046.html].<br>
We also previously reached an agreement in last spring to provide a live feed of our public data to '''Answers.com''', live feed which is still currently under work for full operability (Brooke Vibber is currently working with them to make this happen).
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Kennisnet is collaborating with Wikimedia in many ways; both by sponsoring software research and development, and by offering local hosting and the use of their servers. (For more information on Kennisnet collaborations, see ''Kennisnet'', pg 7.)
Another dozen hosting offers, both large and small, are under discussion. Some are tentative, some want "co-marketing opportunities," etc. Right now, we are telling most of them that we are interested but that we will not be technically ready for a few months; so we should talk now to plan ahead but are unlikely to announce anything soon. We must first organise the deals recently concluded, and take time to think and organise, rather than proceeding in haste.
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The DVD's ISBN is 3-89853-020-5; it can be ordered for 9.90 Euros from every book shop in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For each DVD sold, one euro is donated to Wikimedia Deutschland. Both the DVD and the CD-ROM are available for free as ISO images, via P2P networks and on several FTP servers, encouraging sharing and broader distribution.
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===Public Relations===
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An increasing part of the Board's activity is related to public relations. Jimmy Wales is travelling or offline more frequently, due to invitations to talks all over the world. A quick view of his [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User%3AJimbo_Wales schedule]
is probably the best summary of this. Other presentations have taken Angela and Anthere offline for days at a time (most recently at [[m:PixelAche|PixelAche]] for Anthere and [http://www.decadeofwebdesign.org/ A Decade of Web Design] for Angela).
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The full collection of current material may be found in three collections, for [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations presentations], [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Promotion promotion], and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leaflet leaflets]. Most of this information may now be found in English, German, French and Dutch. Please add to these in other languages.
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===Organisation===
''To be written''
==The road ahead==
''WSIS''
==Archives==
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General report
to be written
Overview
Board meetings
A complete list of notes from Board meetings may be seen at meetings.
- Latest meetings
- Budget meeting, October 1, 2005
- Open meeting, August 27, 2005
- Chapters, August 18, 2005
- Q3 finances, August 14, 2005
- Budget meeting
- See also this recent list of open questions to the board.
Collaboration
Summary on collaboration
We worked out a number of collaborations with other organisations in the past six months, and are discussing many more.
We are in discussions with two organisations about the possibility of offering on-demand book printing from Wikipedia. One of these organisations printed a Wikireader on Frankfurt during Wikimania for a test. Our current concern is that by doing so, we are potentially stepping beyond the protections of the DMCA and running an unacceptably high level of copyright risk. So, we are currently moving at slow speed on the matter.
Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation will form a new partnership beginning of year 2006. 1-Click Answers, Wikipedia Edition software will be linked from the English Wikipedia Tools page. Please see the press release by Answers.com and discussion for more information. The announcement raised some very critical comments, from editors and in the press (see [2]]. Explanation in French : [3].
We also previously reached an agreement in last spring to provide a live feed of our public data to Answers.com, live feed which is still currently under work for full operability (Brooke Vibber is currently working with them to make this happen).
Public Relations
Organisation
To be written
The road ahead
WSIS