hcheney wrote:
If Angela did go to Paris for a "trustee meeting" it would be an invalid trustee meeting unless one of the trustees, or the computer hosting the meeting, were in the State of Florida.
I do not believe this to be a correct statement, and it has already been cited in discussion on the wiki, so I do not wish to let it pass unchallenged. Although the Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization created under the laws of the State of Florida, I'm not aware of any requirement that meetings be "located" in Florida. The bylaws certainly do not require it. The most applicable law I could find in quickly scanning Florida statutes related to nonprofits is Fla. Stat. §617.0820 (1), which reads: "The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state." So unless someone can point me to information to the contrary, I believe that it is possible to have a valid meeting of the board in Paris.
--Michael Snow
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