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[Wikimedia-Canada] Why isn't this working?
by Evan Prodromou 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

This is a response for Delphine, who asked what's going on with Wikimedia Canada, and why things aren't working. I can't speak well for anyone else, but I'll give my own ideas for why I'm not more involved with getting this off the ground: 1. I don't know who else is involved. Who's idea was this, and who's pushing it forward? 2. I don't know what work has been done already, or what needs still to be done. Are we at square zero? Are we several steps along? I don't know. What are the steps we need to take? 3. I'm not sure what Wikimedia Canada would do. So: what needs to be done to get us going? Is it just the formation of the association? What is the next step needed to get that going -- finding a lawyer, collecting funds to pay him/her? -Evan

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[Wikimedia-Canada] So seriously, why isn't it working?
by Delphine Ménard 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Why isn't Wikimedia Canada taking off? What can I do to help Wikimedia Canada get off the ground? Delphine -- ~notafish La critique, art aisé, se doit d'être constructive. -- Boris Vian in *Chroniques du menteur* NB. This address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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[Wikimedia-Canada] wikimedia.ca hosting
by Evan Prodromou 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I can host wikimedia.ca on one of my servers until it's ready to live on its own. -Evan -- Evan Prodromou <evan(a)prodromou.name>

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Spinning back up our Wikimedia Chapter
by Gerald A 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Now that school has started and summer is starting to wind down, I'd like to start to move the Chapter creation process forward, and give it a solid schedule. I've made preliminary contact with a lawyer with the intention of getting some assistance in drafting the various bylaws that are required to give Wikimedia Canada a legal footing. I'm hoping having someone with skill and knowledge will shorten the time that it is taking us to tackle this task at present. My intention is to keep the process as open as possible, and make available the by-laws on wiki (and possibly on the mailing list), so everyone can review and comment on them before we submit them for official consideration. I'd like comments or questions and concerns. Thanks, Gerald.

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Toronto Wikimania bid
by Gerald A 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Hi everyone, The list has been quiet during the summer, and I'm hoping now that school is starting we can get a few things done. First thing I'd like to mention is that Toronto has tossed its name into the hat of contenders for hosting Wikimania in 2008. If you can help, or even if you want to express your support, visit http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Toronto#Local_team and add your name. Thanks, Gerald.

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Meta's mailing list page
by Mitchell 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Hi everyone! My name is Mitch and I hope to help get Wikimedia Canada going! Right now though, I am hoping to update the Mailing list page on Meta with this list. Who is the admin for this list? Thanks! Mitch (Greeves)

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Membership by-law draught
by Ray Saintonge 22 May '07

22 May '07

I have put together a first draught of the membership section of the proposed by-laws at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Membership This is a very rough draught, but it puts out an initial structure. Please feel free to comment in the alternatives section below, or on the talk page. I would prefer that you avoid making changes to the draught itself, as this could make it difficult to maintain the structure of the article. I'll try to incorporate ideas as they are presented. When suggestions stall I hope to start a poll to see if there is indeed support for this section. Ec

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Directors
by Ray Saintonge 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

One of the challenges in writing the by-laws is the structure of the Board of Directors. 1. How big should the Board be? If it's too big it may not be able to do its work efficiently; if it's too small there may not be enough people to do the work. The Foundation board started with five members but has needed to expand since it was established. 2. How do we best integrate regional and provincial interests. Eventually we should support the growth of sub-chapters but that could take a few years before it can be accomplished across the country. These sub-chapters can be represented at the federal level. Few people outside of Toronto would want the board to be Toronto dominated. 3. How do we choose directors? A few should probably be appointed to bring desired skills to the Board, but they should remain a minority. How many should be chosen by the general membership, and how? How many should be chosen by the online community. Can non-Canadians participate as members of the online community? Other issues may also arise. Ray

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[Wikimedia-Canada] Legal: Would we get sued?
by Nicholas Moreau 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Perhaps this isn't the best time to create a legal entity around Wikimedia Canada. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070419.wwikipedia0420/… Could this guy add us to his lawsuit, even though we have no control over the content of the site, even less so than the Wikimedia Foundation does? Under US law, the Foundation is fine if they comply and take down offending content at request of the offendee, but we'd be under Canadian law, and I don't know if like provisions exist. Nick

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[Wikimedia-Canada] RecentChangesCamp Montreal / "RoCoCoCamp" 18-20 May 2007
by Evan Prodromou 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Salut-hi, everyone! Many of you have already received personal invitations to attend RecentChangesCamp Montreal; for those of you who we've missed, I wanted to send this broadcast message. I realize it's slightly off-topic but I think it's of general interest to Wikimedia-involved people in Canada. Apologies for dupes; feel free to chew me out off-list. My name is Evan Prodromou; I'm a Web technologist, writer, Free Software/Culture advocate and entrepreneur. Among other things, I'm the founder of Wikitravel (http://wikitravel.org/), the Open Content, wiki-edited travel guide. I'm also a MediaWiki developer and a Wikipedia en: administrator. I've been a Wikipedian since 2002. I'm writing as one of the volunteer organizers of RecentChangesCamp Montreal. RecentChangesCamp is a world-wide "unconference" for wiki technologists, wiki users and wiki admins. Also invited are people from related technology and community practises, as we look for common ground on community, collaboration, and self-organizing behaviour. The event is free of charge for all participants. The previous two RecentChangesCamp events in Portland have been extremely fun and interesting for participants. http://www.recentchangescamp.org/ RecentChangesCamp Montreal ("RoCoCoCamp") will be held in Montreal from 18-20 May 2007. It will be a three-day conference with the agenda set by the participants, using [[Open Space Technology]]. http://www.rocococamp.info/ No keynotes, no hours-long slide presentations, no conference tracks: the emphasis of RecentChangesCamp is on bringing together smart, passionate, talented people for productive, peer-to-peer talks. People involved with or concerned about the Wikimedia Foundation and WMF activities in Canada are strongly encouraged to attend. Not only will there be opportunities to talk about and work on Foundation issues with other WMF participants, but there will also be participants from other non-profit and for-profit wiki organizations as well. It's a great opportunity for sharing WMF experiences and for gathering information about the rest of the wiki world. If you would like to attend, please sign up on our wiki: http://www.rocococamp.info/Participants We're arranging lodging for a variety of budgets (from couch-surfing to the Hyatt). Travel to Montreal for most Canadians will be relatively inexpensive, given the great variety of rail and air options. Please check out our wiki if you have any questions; also feel free to contact anyone in our all-volunteer organizing group. You can write to me directly or call my cell phone (+1-514-554-3826). Thanks, -Evan ________________________________________________________________________ Evan Prodromou <evan(a)prodromou.name> http://evan.prodromou.name/

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