Just a quick update, and a suggestion.

There has been a little discussion on the bylaws which we need to fulfill the legal requirements, and this work is going to be ongoing.

I'm going to suggest that we draft up the bylaws and seek legal advice to make sure they are compliant with Federal Law. We can then pass them back to Wikimedia Foundation to ensure they pass muster there. Once these two milestones are passed, we can post the proposed bylaws on the site and have a request for comment period (2 weeks? 1 month?) for people to raise objections. If we hear nothing back by then, we can instruct our legal adviser to proceed with filing the papers.

How does this sound? I would just like to put the process on a timetable and still allow ample public comment.

Thanks,
Gerald.