hello wikimedians,
My suggestions on the draft AOA and MOA.
*Appeal to be registered.
One year to appeal for registration is quite a long time and I think
we should reduce that to three months unless the reason for denial is
very 'Heavy'.
BTW, What would be the possible grounds to be denied membership??
Someone enlighten me.
*The quorum.
Since the members shall be meeting at least thrice in a year, I
propose we take the quorum to be 11 members or a tenth of all our
members which ever is lower.
( My reason being that, volunteering in Kenya is quite expensive and
we would not want to strain ourselves as we volunteer and I also
believe and hope that everything discussed shall be availed later to
members)
Echoing Ann, the board members are also included in the quorum.
Voting
* I think vote by proxy is not good. If the voter is not present at
the time of voting they should forfeit their vote.
* Tier breaker vote should not be on the shoulders of the person
leading the voting exercise. This is because as the one over seeing
the election they should remain neutral and the matter would rather be
reffered to the board to decide. I would strongly suggest that the
members vote again. The overseer should be non partisan.
Thanks,
Steve.
On 6/7/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for soptting that typo! Will correct it asap:)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:55:43 +0300
From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association
(Semi-final draft)
hi,
Are we registering as 'WIKIMIDIA KENYA' or 'WIKIMEDIA KENYA'
I think there is some error there in the AOA and MOA.
cheers
stephen w. wanjau
Phone: +254 771 557 857
twitter:haha_wanjau
B.Sc statistics and computer science.
JKUAT
On Jun 7, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ann Njeri" <njeriannk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
i think both ordinary and board members should be included in the quorum.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Ann,
>
> I think basing quorum on the number of people subscribed to the mailing
> list is rather vague, since there are a whole
bunch of people who've
> subscribed but have never posted on this mailing list nor attended any
> meetup. Also, should quorum consist of ordinary members only or board
> members only or a mix of both?
>
> --Abbas.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:52:32 +0300
> From: njeriannk(a)gmail.com
> To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WMKE Articles & Memorandum of Association
> (Semi-final draft)
>
>
> Hi,
> i think the articles look great. Awesome job. i think it is easier to
> make
> a decision on the quorum if we Abbas can tell us the members we have
> currently. Based on my estimation of the members i would think 10 people
> are
> enough for the quorum.
> As for the proxy, i think it would be better to limit them to only
> Wikimedia Kenya members. By this i mean that non-members should not be
> given
> chances to be proxies, only members.
> Lastly i suggest that from our experience we
just write down the duties
> our project managers performed during the pilot plus a few others. This
> includes, writing reports on the project, being accountable for the money
> entrusted among other duties.
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Abbas Mahmood
> <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have finally managed to get in touch with the advocate and managed to
> get
> a draft of the articles of association. My apologies for the delay. I
> have
> the following comments regarding the attached document:
>
>
> - it is a draft copy, so please have a look at it and feel free to
> share your thoughts. If there is something left out, kindly let me
> know. If
> you need the lawyer to clarify some articles, I will be happy to
> schedule a
> meeting with him so that he can clarify
the articles as appropriate.
> - I particularly need your input in:
>
>
> 1. Quorum. I remember that the first time I had drated these bylaws,
> Oliver had raised an issue on quorum. What
kind of quorum do you think
> is
> sufficient for meetings?
> 2. Proxy. The lawyer has attached a proxy sample in the articles.
> Please do tell me if you find it necessary for us to leave it there.
> 3. The duties of the project manager.
>
>
> Looking forward to getting your feedback.
>
> Cheers,
> Abbas.
>
> ps - the next phase after us agreeing on this document is to resubmit it
> to
> the Chapters Committee for approval.
>
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