Hello,
You'll find the bylaws update here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions#April_2008
I'll compile (constructive) comments for later fixes.
Best
Ant
Hi,
I don't want to nag too much here, but I am just wondering and curious. The current bylaws state that they can be changed only on meetings and special meetings, given 10 days notice in advance. I assume this 10 day period is followed etc, but the point is here the meeting thing. If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations) Maybe it would be good, for the record, to ask Frieda to vote on this resolution after all to get straight with this? (Or is this not needed, as I missed something?) For my comments on the content of the changes, I refer to my statements made elsewhere.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2008/5/6, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org:
Hello,
You'll find the bylaws update here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions#April_2008
I'll compile (constructive) comments for later fixes.
Best
Ant
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On 06/05/2008, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I don't want to nag too much here, but I am just wondering and curious. The current bylaws state that they can be changed only on meetings and special meetings, given 10 days notice in advance. I assume this 10 day period is followed etc, but the point is here the meeting thing. If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations) Maybe it would be good, for the record, to ask Frieda to vote on this resolution after all to get straight with this? (Or is this not needed, as I missed something?) For my comments on the content of the changes, I refer to my statements made elsewhere.
That same section also includes the sentence:
"A quorum shall consist of a least the majority of Trustees. "
One person missing isn't a problem - they still had a quorum.
2008/5/6, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
On 06/05/2008, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I don't want to nag too much here, but I am just wondering and curious. The current bylaws state that they can be changed only on meetings and special meetings, given 10 days notice in advance. I assume this 10 day period is followed etc, but the point is here the meeting thing. If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations) Maybe it would be good, for the record, to ask Frieda to vote on this resolution after all to get straight with this? (Or is this not needed, as I missed something?) For my comments on the content of the changes, I refer to my statements made elsewhere.
That same section also includes the sentence:
"A quorum shall consist of a least the majority of Trustees. "
One person missing isn't a problem - they still had a quorum.
As I understood it, this was not voted upon during a meeting (please correct me if I am wrong) but with not-real-time electronic communication. Again, maybe I'm making fuzz over nothing, but I would hate it if this would break us up in a much later stage.
BR, lodewijk
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:49 PM, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations)
Nope, according to the bylaws Section 4(g)(5), "Modifications to the bylaws or articles of incorporation can not be made with consent resolutions."
effe iets anders wrote:
Hi,
I don't want to nag too much here, but I am just wondering and curious. The current bylaws state that they can be changed only on meetings and special meetings, given 10 days notice in advance. I assume this 10 day period is followed etc, but the point is here the meeting thing. If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations) Maybe it would be good, for the record, to ask Frieda to vote on this resolution after all to get straight with this? (Or is this not needed, as I missed something?) For my comments on the content of the changes, I refer to my statements made elsewhere.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
Frieda has been asked to vote.
Ant
2008/5/6, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org:
Hello,
You'll find the bylaws update here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions#April_2008
I'll compile (constructive) comments for later fixes.
Best
Ant
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