This is a great step and am glad we have got this far.
David.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:22 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The appeal am talking about is under membership clause
4 where an
applicant is given a chance to question in the next AGM why they were
denied membership after applying for the same.
Regards,
On 6/8/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:12:46 +0300
> From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association
> (Semi-final draft)
>
> hello wikimedians,
> My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
>
> *Appeal to be registered.
> One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think
> we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is
> very 'Heavy'.
> BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership??
> Someone enlighten me.
>
>
> *The quorum.
> Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I
> propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our
> members which ever is lower.
> ( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and
> we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also
> believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to
> members)
>
> Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
>
> Voting
> * I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
> the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
>
> * Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
> leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing
> the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be
> reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the
> members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve.
>
> On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
> >
> > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300
> > From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
> > To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of
Association
> > (Semi-final draft)
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
> >
> > I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > stephen w. wanjau
> >
> > Phone: +254 771 557 857
> >
> > twitter:haha_wanjau
> >
> > B.Sc statistics and computer science.
> >
> > JKUAT
> >
> > On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" <njeriannk(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the
> >> quorum.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ann,
> >>>
> >>> I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the
> >>> mailing
> >
> >>> list is rather vague, since there are a whole bunch of people
who've
> >>> subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended
any
> >>> meetup. Also, should quorum
consist of ordinary members only or
board
> >
> >>> members only or a mix of both?
> >>>
> >>> --Abbas.
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300
> >>> From: njeriannk(a)gmail.com
> >
> >>> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of
> >>> Association
> >>> (Semi-final draft)
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>> i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier
to
> >>> make
> >>> a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have
> >>> currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10
> >>> people
> >>> are
> >
> >>> enough for the quorum.
> >>> As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only
> >>> Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not
be
> >>> given
> >>> chances to be proxies, only members.
> >
> >>> Lastly i suggest that from our experience we just write down the
> >>> duties
> >>> our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others.
> >>> This
> >>> includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the
> >>> money
> >
> >>> entrusted among other duties.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood
> >>> <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Greetings,
> >
> >>>
> >>> I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed
> >>> to
> >>> get
> >>> a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay.
I
> >>> have
> >>> the following comments regarding the attached document:
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free
to
> >>> share your thoughts. If there
is something left out, kindly let
me
> >>> know. If
> >>> you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to
> >>> schedule a
> >
> >>> meeting with him so that he can clarify the articles as
> >>> appropriate.
> >>> - I particularly need your input in:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 1. Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these
> >>> bylaws,
> >
> >>> Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What kind of quorum do you
> >>> think
> >>> is
> >>> sufficient for meetings?
> >>> 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles.
> >>> Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it
> >>> there.
> >
> >>> 3. The duties of the project manager.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to getting your feedback.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Abbas.
> >>>
> >>> ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to
resubmit
>> it
>> to
>> the Chapters Committee for approval.
>>
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