On 4/17/07, Nicholas Moreau nicholasmoreau@gmail.com wrote:
None of them would do it pro-bono? Wikimedia has a pro-bono PR firm, that does it just so they can add us to their client list. (Frankly, the firm's done diddly-squat as far as I know, but...) It's quite possible if you dazzle some of the firms with the 10th most visited website, 3000 page views per second stat, they'll be so awestruck they'll agree.
('cause free is almost always good.)
I think we should consider all comers, but it's good planning to expect to pay. We have lots of opportunities for pro-bono work I'm sure; and if there really are a bunch of people eager to give us their services, then that's great.
Definitely, it should definitely be legally national.
Ok, that's a second opinion. Others?
Here is what has been started, so far:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Incorporation
We might be able to get Wikimedia UK's bylaws as reference. Otherwise, all the other chapters aren't English.
We might manage to get the French by-laws translated -- that might be a good exercise, in any case.
I'm not sure exactly what we need to say. I will get another local nonprofit's bylaws too, so we have something to mull over.
Thanks for the feedback, and keep it coming. :) Gerald.