I I am sorry I have not been replying to the thread I have cats the whole week and exams next week. at least I will be free to contribute more from 10th next month when I am through with project and exams. on My part I have a few points to make 1. A company limited by Guarantee is headed by CEO 2. The supporting executive staff are called directors 3. The total number of the executive team should be an odd number say 5 or seven ( I think somebody had already noted that.
4. The requirements for registration are MoA- Memorandum of Association and AoA- articles of Association 5.The registration fee is around 35,000 6.There are a minimum of three signatories preferably are CEO, Director finance and Director Communications. 7. It takes 2-3 weeks for it to be processed from date of application. 8. It is advisable to have an internal constitution. 9. The other members will be ordinary members.
Once the registration is done and you have put everything in place then we can thing of expanding by bringingg in a non executive board (e.g someone from ICT Board, PS Ministry Communications Kenya, Ministry of education )or any other organization this are people whose role will be to advise the org.
With that said Can you reflect on thefollowing: 1.Set a time frame of activities (Org registration, the MOA and AoA writing,internal constitution writing -Abbas should propose that then members to second. 2.The best way to work on the above is delegation of duties to a small group who will write and present to the whole group for amendment and approval
All the best as you deliberate will join you from May 10th.
On 12/04/2011, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
Well said, Abbas,
I wholeheartedly support us going ahead with co.ltd by guarantee and requesting the lawyer to suggest changes to our bylaws accordingly.
Haya, tusonge mbele!
Oliver (aka BT)
From: wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Abbas Mahmood Sent: 11 April 2011 15:36 To: Wikimedia Kenya Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup Minutes: 09/04/2011
Hello,
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:43:12 +0300
From: chriwaustin@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup Minutes: 09/04/2011
Greetings, the issue of registering the chapter is a pressing matter at the moment. Its therefore my appeal to all of us to ensure we get the current stalement behind us ASAP. As mentioned at the meeting, proceedings between the lawyer and our representatives were to be posted; so as to act as a guidance for the other members prior to the voting.
At this stage, I'm assuming that the active members all know the difference of a trust, society and co. ltd by guarantee. I don't mind writing them down again, but the issue that has just been raised is that this is not a voting matter.
An official voting session was then to be organized where the legal vehicle selected by most of the members will prevail. However, of greater importance were the by-laws that are supposed to govern us. Therefore, a greater responsibility lies to those liasing with the lawyer in educating the rest of the members before we get to vote.
I am the person liaising with the lawyer and I have tried my level best to repeat over and over again what he told me and the ones that were at the iHub meetup. And, despite Oscar being tired of this monotony, I have still taken the initiative to answer most, if not all, queries regarding the bylaws and the legal mechanism to the best of my ability.
Moreover, we need to set reasonable time-limits for instance the voting date, duration et cetera.
But the issue here is that some people don't want to vote in the first place. So why set a voting date, if this is not an issue that requires voting?
Lastly, timely and official
documentation of any proceedings, sessions and occurences need to be availed to all members.
What documents, in particular? If it is the minutes, they are on the mailing list. If it's the bylaws, they are on meta, on wikimedia.or.ke and on etherpad. As far as I know, all important documents are shared. It is up to the members themselves to take an initiative of keenly following up the discussions on a day-to-day basis.
We need to get words into action immediately for the well being of the foundation.
Not for the well being of the Foundation. The Foundation and the chapters are two different entities. So, as far as I'm concerned, it's for the well being of Wikimedia Kenya.
Regards, Riwa.
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