Where can I read the bylaws of wikimedia kenya? I haven't had a look at them.
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1. Re: Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments (Abbas Mahmood)
2. Re: Khan Academy (deonte munene)
3. Re: Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments (wanjaustev@gmail.com)
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:07:09 +0000
From: Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
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Erm, I think we forgot no.6:
6. If someone just doesn't pay fees, when will he/she no longer be a member? Usually bylaws have a clause saying something along the lines "if you didn't pay your dues for more than a year, and two reminders have been sent the board may remove membership from you".
My opinion is that if you haven't paid the membership fees, you aren't considered as a member so we wouldn't have to "remove membership" from you in the first place. This, of course, doesn't mean that such a person is not allowed to attend meetings, etc but what he can not do is vote. I also suggest that members should also be given priority over non-members when it comes to participating in projects. (e.g., it would be unfair to take a non-member to Mombasa for the Wikipedia for Schools project when there was a member who wanted to go.)
Abbas.
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:26:07 +0300
> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
>
> Abbas,
> I agree with that.Lets adopt it.
> Any more queries?
>
> On 7/16/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's what Stephen and I suggested:
> > A minimum of one third of the members can call for a Special Resolution
> > Meeting, with notice given to all members at least 7 days in advance.
> > However, a majority of two thirds of the members' votes shall be required to
> > remove a director, or the whole Board.
> > Abbas.
> >> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:55 +0300
> >> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
> >>
> >> Abbas,
> >> >> I suggest we say 10% of the members can call for a "Special Meeting"
> >> >> to express a vote of no confidence in the board.However such a vote
> >> >> should only be considered valid if atleast 30% of the members partake
> >> >> in it and that the voting out of the board/resolution should be
> >> >> supported by 50% +1 of the voting members(i.e the 30% present)....
> >> >
> >> > May I try to interpret what you are saying in actual figures?
> >> > 10% of ~20 members = 2 members.30% of ~20 members = 6 members51% of the
> >> > 6
> >> > members = 4 members
> >> > So therefore in simpler terms, what you are saying is that at least 2
> >> > members can call for a Special Resolution and the vote is only
> >> > considered
> >> > valid if at least 6 members partake in the voting and the voting out of
> >> > the
> >> > board should be supported by at least 4 members?
> >> > If this is what you are implying, I disagree with it. Once again, I
> >> > borrow
> >> > precedence from Wikimedia Deutschland's case (mentioned earlier
> >> > upthread)
> >> > where they require a majority to remove the Board. 6 out of 20 members
> >> > is
> >> > not a majority.
> >>
> >> Your interpretation is correct.And yes that's my thought and the %
> >> were arbitrary.We could revise them upwards.Plus am considering the
> >> fact that definitely not all members will be present nor would partake
> >> in the elections.Maybe we revise the % upwards??
> >> Regards,
> >>
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:33:25 +0000
From: deonte munene <deontemunene@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Khan Academy
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Great idea Abbas, i'm for it. I also support Jessie's idea of adding video links to the offline wikipedia. I hope that it's possible.
Yours,
Dennis.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:04:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Khan Academy
Excellent idea, Abbas, and thank you, Jessie, for these links.
Note that Camara is represented in Kenya, in Mombasa:http://kenya.camara.ie/
Perhaps WMKE can help Camara expand the Kenya operation? Perhaps, likewise, Camara can support and help WMKE? Please take some time to look into this.
Could we maybe reach out to them and see if we can get them to meet us in Nairobi during my upcoming visit?
Cheers,
Asaf
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Jessie Wild <jwild@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all -
yes, Khan is something that is widely distributed in the same open education resources community that our Offline Wikipedia is very popular in! There are some offline projects that already package it together with our resources along with others, including Camara[1] and the RACHEL education portal.
It would be awesome to figure out ways to add links (for example, at the top of a page in italics) to specific articles within the offline Wikipedia that sync to a complementary video lesson, imho :)
Jessie
[1] http://camara.ie/web/
[2] http://rachel.worldpossible.org/
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:21 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
Yep , I definately endorse this idea because it is in appraisal of our objectives as a chapter.
Cheers
Stephen W. Wanjau
On Jul 13, 2011 7:41 PM, "Limoke Oscar" <oslimoke@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have found its lessons very useful of it.And I would suggest we
> incorporate the meetup with Asaf's meetup.
> I definitely support the idea
>
> On 7/13/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Has anyone of you guys heard of Khan Academy(www.khanacademy.org)? Khan
>> Academy is a multiple-award winning non-profit organization/website that has
>> free collections of educational videos ranging from Math, Calculus, Algebra,
>> Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and man more.
>> I was thinking of carrying out an offline project with Khan where we'd
>> download and distribute these videos to educational institutions probably
>> during September. If you guys are interested, I'll arrange a meetup where we
>> could discuss the way forward.
>> Cheers,Abbas.
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:42:43 +0300
From: wanjaustev@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
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True.
Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Erm, I think we forgot no.6:
>6. If someone just doesn't pay fees, when will he/she no longer be a member? Usually bylaws have a clause saying something along the lines "if you didn't pay your dues for more than a year, and two reminders have been sent the board may remove membership from you".
>My opinion is that if you haven't paid the membership fees, you aren't considered as a member so we wouldn't have to "remove membership" from you in the first place. This, of course, doesn't mean that such a person is not allowed to attend meetings, etc but what he can not do is vote. I also suggest that members should also be given priority over non-members when it comes to participating in projects. (e.g., it would be unfair to take a non-member to Mombasa for the Wikipedia for Schools project when there was a member who wanted to go.)
>
>Abbas.
>
>> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:26:07 +0300
>> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
>>
>> Abbas,
>> I agree with that.Lets adopt it.
>> Any more queries?
>>
>> On 7/16/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's what Stephen and I suggested:
>> > A minimum of one third of the members can call for a Special Resolution
>> > Meeting, with notice given to all members at least 7 days in advance.
>> > However, a majority of two thirds of the members' votes shall be required to
>> > remove a director, or the whole Board.
>> > Abbas.
>> >> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:55 +0300
>> >> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
>> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
>> >>
>> >> Abbas,
>> >> >> I suggest we say 10% of the members can call for a "Special Meeting"
>> >> >> to express a vote of no confidence in the board.However such a vote
>> >> >> should only be considered valid if atleast 30% of the members partake
>> >> >> in it and that the voting out of the board/resolution should be
>> >> >> supported by 50% +1 of the voting members(i.e the 30% present)....
>> >> >
>> >> > May I try to interpret what you are saying in actual figures?
>> >> > 10% of ~20 members = 2 members.30% of ~20 members = 6 members51% of the
>> >> > 6
>> >> > members = 4 members
>> >> > So therefore in simpler terms, what you are saying is that at least 2
>> >> > members can call for a Special Resolution and the vote is only
>> >> > considered
>> >> > valid if at least 6 members partake in the voting and the voting out of
>> >> > the
>> >> > board should be supported by at least 4 members?
>> >> > If this is what you are implying, I disagree with it. Once again, I
>> >> > borrow
>> >> > precedence from Wikimedia Deutschland's case (mentioned earlier
>> >> > upthread)
>> >> > where they require a majority to remove the Board. 6 out of 20 members
>> >> > is
>> >> > not a majority.
>> >>
>> >> Your interpretation is correct.And yes that's my thought and the %
>> >> were arbitrary.We could revise them upwards.Plus am considering the
>> >> fact that definitely not all members will be present nor would partake
>> >> in the elections.Maybe we revise the % upwards??
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Limoke Oscar,
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> WikimediaKE mailing list
>> >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
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>> mayenge.blogspot.com
>> Freelancer,
>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
>>
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