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. > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing >> list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake