On 1/19/06, Anthere <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello,
I have a stupid question...
Are you planning to have the bylaws visible by the WMF before creating
the association ? If so, where can we see them ?
Actually... I will go further, is the association planning to be part of
Wikimedia chapters or is it fully an independant association ?
If a chapter, I think the Foundation should be not only informed on the
bylawys, but should also approve them. If it is an independant
association, likely not. But if so, we'll have to do a formal review to
see whether you may use names or logos.
What is planned about that ? Just asking because I heard very little of it.
Ant
Certainly, the discussion has been very legalistic and internal thus
far, but I would definitely like Wikimedia UK to be a chapter of the
Wikimedia foundation (and I assume everyone else involved does too).
It would seem premature to incorporate if this dimension has not been
worked out, even if we've got something that will work in UK legal
terms (though I suppose everyone involved would hope that this
approval won't take too long as well.) As Chris has pointed out, the
Memorandum and Articles of Association (available from
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK ) have been our working
documents for a while now, but now I'm confused - are these not our
"bylaws"?
Cormac