+1 to what Oscar said.

If the Board, which has the ultimate authority, has failed to get the Treasurer to submit all the required financial documents, what makes you think that the Audit Committee will? I am tired of having ineffective discussions with people who don't want to cooperate.

Abbas.

PS -- For the record, I never volunteered to be part of the Audit Committee.

From: oslimoke@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:23:05 +0300
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] URGENT: Appointment of an Interim Audit Committee

Having an Audit Committee is a good idea, however my question is, What are its mandates? I mean like yes I want us to have one, but what happens when they make recommendations incases of malpractice in the board? I say this because technically all the members have been some sort of auditors and have been checking and asking for answers from the board especially as regards to vary many decisions, financials included. So please let us lay out the mandate of the committee and there is nothing worse like making recommendations that never get implemented like most commissions and committees in Kenya.....my personal 2 cents

That Said, I know Abbas, Grace (who stepped down from the Chapter) and Kosgei are the other volunteers, so I guess we have an audit Committee ready

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Branton Obwari <bruceobwari@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi ,
matters of integrity ,n accountability are bound to rise ,in this kind
of organisation i personally thought the issue we just heard on the
mailing list would have been avoided if there was an audit unit as
suggested earlier .
i am available to volunteer on that capacity together with others.
My regrds
Bruce.

On 7/25/12, David Mugo <raidarmax@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I hope you are good, I am writing this in great concern of what is
> happening with the chapter and finances. We are a very young chapter and we
> need not be where we are at this point. When we elected the board, we
> agreed to have an audit committee that will be there to keep check on the
> board's decisions in all matters including finances.
>
> The fact that WMKE is ran by the board means we need an external organ to
> ensure accountability and responsibility.
>
> I would hereby propose that we suggest/nominate 4 members who can handle
> this until we have the next meeting to either confirm the members or
> conduct a process to appoint these members. I would like to leave this open
> but also insist that it is really urgent as we decide on the current
> situation, its solution and action to be taken by the chapter regarding the
> matter. Please suggest names or volunteer and we can all come up with a
> final process to create membership of this committee.
>
> --
> -------------
> David Mugo,
> Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology,
> CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya
> http://mugo.me
> Twitter: @raidarmax
>

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