On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, Andrew Walker wrote:
As it looks like many of us are planning to be in
Birmingham (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham) it would be
a good use of time to hold a business meeting then too. However, it
may be worth holding the meeting an hour or so earlier than the
not-yet-advertised start time of the meetup so that we can rapidly
make decisions on the items that need to be agreed before we
incorporate.
Yes, this seems like the best idea to me. I'd say allow and hour
and half
as I would be suprised if the meeting took that long but it allows for
contingencies. It also allows us to move to the meetup location (if this
is different from the meeting location) in time to meet early arrivers. If
any of these happen to be new descending upon them en masse mightn't be
the best thing we've ever done. If we organise a 10:30am meeting then this
allows a midday start for the meetup which is plenty early enough for most
folks.
As far as I can see all that remains is:
(1) to agree changes to agree changes to the articles and memorandum
of association (I think we are still awaiting Diane Cabell's report on
the articles);
(2) finalise a name (or has this been done);
I think we've all-but agreed on
Wiki Educational Resources, but I'm not
aware that we've formalised this.
(3) choose an initial board (who can deal with
registering a a
charity, setting up gift aid, signing a copyright deal with the
foundation, writing the bylaws for different membership categories,
opening a bank account and setting up the first AGM); and
(4) agree a time and place when enough of us can meet with a solicitor
to sign the articles.
I think this will make a good agenda for the meeting.
--
Chris 'Awkward' McKenna
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