We also need $ for banners and stuff like that.
As for general assembly or board meetings, I do have some good news. As a student of UT at
Scarborough campus, I can book a room for free as long as it's not in use for lecture
or tutorial at that time. I'm pretty sure that other universities have a similiar
policy as UT. But that's not the point of not having membership fees.Andrew
(OhanaUnited)
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:04:24 +0100> From:
mbimmler(a)gmail.com> To: wikimedia-ca(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re:
[Wikimedia-Canada] Membership fees> > [pre-note, I'm always talking from
experience in CH, the situation> might be different in Canda¨]> > On Feb 5, 2008
4:57 PM, Nicholas Moreau <nicholasmoreau(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > Who are we
sending things to by mail? >Other than the government, to> > register, what, are
we sending out newsletters and membership cards?> > You will probably have to answer
external correspondence by mail if it> arrives per mail. You might have, somewhen,
members without email (we> do...) You will have to deal with all government authorities
(e.g. tax> authorities) by mail.> > > And who are we handing business cards
to?> >> > To people/orgs you cooperate with. Universities. Libraries.
Companies.> Government agencies. Other corporations. Whomever... Especially more>
'formal environments' are very keen on business cards.> > > Yes, running
a website costs money, but we've got permission from> > Wikimedia to have
ca.wikimedia.org as ours for the taking.> >> > Okay. But you might want to set
up a wikimedia.ca to serve as redirect somewhen> > > How does it cost to meet? It
costs for personal transportation and> > food, but I'm sure there's some
cafe in Canada that allows people to> > meet for an hour or two.> >> >
Okay. But I am yet to find a place that allows us to host a General> Assembly of 2
hours without any cost. Good luck in finding one, I> couldn't.> Same goes for
board meetings (the latter can be done in private> homes, but not always).> >
> And membership fees for 20-50 people AREN'T going to cover any amount> > of
Wikimania's cost. As far as I know, Wikimania's costs are covered> >
entirely by grants, sponsors, Wikimedia, and entry fees.> >> Yes. I'm
actually talking about Canadian internal events. "Wikipedia> Day Canada".
"Colloque Wikipédia Canada" Whatever...> > I'm not suggesting that you
need loads of money at the very day of> establishment. But if you think that you can
have a *visible*> association (that is not only a piece of paper) without any money>
(resp. with everything covered ad hoc by individuals), I can nearly> guarantee you that
this won't work.> > Michael> >
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