On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 10:33 +0000, wikimedia-ca-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:

Amgine wrote:

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If you feel the need to consult a lawyer for advice about any of

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things nobody is stopping you from doing so at your own expense.

Actually, if you look back at the header of my message, I did. The message was to Michael Godwin.

With all due respect to Mike, he is a US lawyer, so I do not expect that he would be familiar with Canadian corporate or charitable law.

With all due respect to you,

* He is a lawyer. * He is a lawyer for non-profit. * He is a lawyer for a non-profit with 501(c)3 status.

As I've helped 3 different non-profit organizations achieve that status in the USA, and examined the far more sane Canadian process, I have a suspicion M. Godwin would be an extremely substantial adviser.

However, and I'd appreciate if you would note this, I asked him what the Foundation would require as modifications to what is the extant example under the law as it exists now. Not to help us incorporate.

Personally, I'm fairly certain there are justifications for delaying the incorporation of the chapter. But so far as I have read there are no sufficient arguments for doing so.

Amgine