//abbas.
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:44:36 +0300
From: chriwaustin@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws final draft
Hi everyone,
My apologies for the delayed response, I have been quite held up of late. Anyway, Abbas:
I haven't seen the statement specifying the duration which a board member holds a specified position. For instance, how long is a single term in office going to be and what is the maximum number of consecutive terms that a single member can hold a position? I think it is quite important to for us to ensure that we keep our board members on their toes while serving their terms as executives. This is meant to ensure that a board member strives to achieve their promised targets as encourage members to come up and pick managerial position. We are all volunteers at the end of the day and I strongly think that it would be much fairer if everyone is given a chance to provide and at the same time gain some managerial skills from our chapter.
The roles of the project manager: I think it would be important for the project manager to be the one in charge of the provision or supervision of the issuance of project reports whenever necessary. The project manager shall coordinate the various projects being conducted with the board i. e. Act as the one to ensure the decision made are being adhered to to ensure the success of the project. The project manager shall be in-charge of ensuring the safe keeping and usage of the chapters equipments and facilities.
The vice chair can be the one to take on some of the treasurers vital roles in case of the treasurer's absence so as to ensure the chair still does the authorization and another person does the implementation. In absence of the vice chair and treasure, another board member can pick up the role of treasurer as decided by the board.
Thank you and have a great day.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Abbas Mahmood
<abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
Steve,
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:53:15 +0300
> Hi Nice People,
>
> Having gone through the by-laws i would like to suggest that;
>
> * We edit the clause under membership that states that a non - member
> denied the membership has right to appeal at next AGM. We could reduce
> that down now that we are a young chapter and we would like to woo
> members to WMKE.
We can consider changing the right to appeal to the next meeting rather than the next AGM. However, I think that membership denial will be a rarity.
> * What if the person over seeing the election is not comfortable to
> cast the tie breaker vote?I think we should hold a reelection
> immediately. for instance, there was such a scenario at parliament
> some time back and the speaker said they must hold the election
> again... It would be fair that way.
Errrr, I don't totally agree with you in that. Personally, if you tell me to vote again, I will still select the same person(s), regardless of the re-election. you'd have to get support for me to change that clause. At Wikimedia UK, the tie breaker is the one overseeing the elections. At Wikimedia Australia, it's the Chairman who acts as the tie-breaker.
//abbas.
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