Hello All I have made a number of further edits to our bylaws. I have made the minimum number of directors 5 and shall go with the 5 listed here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Steering_Committee unless others wish to also add their names. I hope to finish work on the by laws tomorrow and submit them shortly to the Chapter Committee for approval and feedback. Please if everyone could take a further look at them and comment. I have altered the name used in the documents from Wikimedia Canada to Wiki Canada. The Chapter Committee does not have issues with this and it will makes us a little more independent and thus incorporation / charity status easier. I have begun filling out the forms for incorporation / charity status. I am planning on using my address here in Cranbrook, British Columbia as the societies mailing address unless others have a preferred suggestion. Once incorporated I think I will be able to get us an banking account without banking fees through National Bank. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, B.Sc. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-ca mailing list Wikimedia-ca(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-ca

Jeffery Nichols wrote: I don't see any problems with it at all; it does tie us more closely to the WMF.  It would only be a problem if the Canadian operation became divorced from WMF, and wanted to continue doing its own thing. "Wikimedia" is already registered as a trademark in Canada. Ray _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-ca mailing list Wikimedia-ca(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-ca