While there are clearly some advantages to meeting in person, I would
like to caution against relying on them too much for planning the
federal-level of the organization (they're still great for organizing
local wings). To allow anyone to participate, most meetings and all
AGMs of the actual organization once it is founded are going to have
to be done through online chats and forums, so I think we should get
use to that now. Having the bylaws, incorporation, and the first AGM
organized by a Toronto crew has a large potential to alienate
potential members in the rest of the country.
By all means, if you can organize a Toronto or Hamilton meeting to
brainstorm ideas, do so. However, I hope that you would then bring
those ideas to the national group at large via the Net rather than
doing the incorporation work on you own.
-Jeffery Nichols, Arctic.gnome
On 5-Feb-09, at 1:29 PM, Alan Walker wrote:
I am interested in forming a group with people in
Southern Ontario
to start a federal organization. In my previous attempt to get this
rolling, the lack of direct in person contact was a factor in the
project failing to achieve its goal. I am in Hamilton, Ontario. I
have access to facilities to host a meeting, are there any parties
on this list that would be interested in meeting face to face to get
something rolling?
2009/2/5 wayne <cpa(a)sympatico.ca>
At 09:18 AM 2/5/2009, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jeffery Nichols
<arctic.gnome(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I think having both a national group and provincial groups makes
> sense. The current bylaws allow regional wings within WMC to deal
> with local issues, and those wings have representation on the
board.
I have sent in my name and address to help out however I can, here in
London Ontario.
Wayne Ray User:WayneRay
http://wayneray.ca/
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