[Wikimedia-Canada] Steering Committee

[L.Gelauff]

Hi Andrew,

I tried to send an email to this mailing list some time ago, but it
never got approved by the list moderator apparently. I will attempt to
resend it once more (although some information there will probably be
obsolete now)

As I read from your email, you submitted already to the government?
Somehow I must have missed something here. I realize that there have
been some miscommunications in the past between Canadian wikimedians
and the chapters committee, but the regular way to start up a chapter
is by first going through chapcom and thén go through the government
process. The chapters committee does not want to make your life hard,
but would like to give input on bylaws and structures (we think we
might have some experience in chapters that might come in use), and
would like to give that input before you apply for incorporation to
make it easier to process some possible changes.

I have to admit that I am somewhat surprised by your move for
incorporation, the chapters committee was not aware of that until I
read the archives of this list (although we knew there was an interest
in setting up a chapter). I hope that communications can be improved
from here on, and that we can follow regular processes.

Thanks and best regards,

Lodewijk

2010/12/3 James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com>:
> WRT being part of the "steering committee" it was set up only for getting
> this organization through the incorporation process. The documents has been
> submitted. Only if it fails will more input be needed. If does pass the
> bureaucratic hurtles and people disagree with any of the bylaw we can than
> discuss amendments. Some of the previous email contain personal information.
> While I am open to sharing this others may be less so.
>
> WRT where we go next everyone has an equal opportunity to provide input. As
> we are not formally an organization at this point there is no official
> membership and no one to give official approval to carry something out. This
> also means that any funding needed will be personally provided. Once we have
> a bank account and a formal link with Wikimedia opportunities for funding
> may appear. We will eventually need a site which will accept donations. I
> think Alan Walker has expressed interest in creating something like this. It
> is my hope that it will eventually go live at an address such as
> .ca.wikimedia.org Wiki UK has a good design that we could emulate here
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
>
> If anyone has projects they wish to pursue please feel free to begin
> discussion either here or on the meta site. The meta site of course could
> use further development. Someone able to maintain translation into French
> would be nice. Once incorporation has taken place I have a friend who has
> agreed to help with this.
>
> Projects I have been working on getting up and running include: 1) A
> Wikimedia club at UBC. Another faculty member and Wikipedian
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbmurray has expressed interest in this.
> 2) Pushing for release of material by the Canadian government into the
> creative common. A bunch of other great suggestions are listed here
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Potential_Projects
> --
> James Heilman
> MD, CCFP-EM, B.Sc.
>
>
>
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