On 25 Jul 2010, at 00:34, Andrew Turvey wrote:
---- "Conor Wao" <conorwao(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Aside from getting more people, we need to consider drafting some
founding documents - a mission statement, bylaws, etc. Perhaps we
could get access to the UK team's documents as an initial step.
Ours are all available on our wiki at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Constitution and
you're welcome to cut and paste if you want! I don't know how different English
and Irish company and charity law are - wouldn't be surprised if they were very
similar, but I'm afraid it's not really my area of experience or expertise.
The WMUK constitution was based upon the standard Articles of Association and Memorandum
of Association for new charities provided by the Charities Commission [1], with a series
of modifications to ensure that it let us do everything that we needed to (e.g. hold
meetings online; the original one was geared for in-person meetings only). And, of course,
a newly-written Object.
I would recommend starting from standard text for Irish charities if such a standard text
exists. I couldn't find this via a Google search, however I did come across a site
that might be able to point you in the right direction: an "online network for irish
non-profit organisations"
http://www.activelink.ie/
They also look useful for other topics too e.g. tax exemption; see their FAQ page [2]
amongst others.
[1]
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Library/publications/pdfs/gd1textbw.pdf
[2]
http://www.activelink.ie/node/801
Thanks,
Mike Peel
(Another member of Wikimedia UK's Board)