New subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 12, Issue 18

20 Jul 2011

      Thanks Abbas,
But then , the link you sent me leads to some blank page, and again, how do
I change my digest settings to 'off' as you suggested?
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Re: WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 12, Issue 16 (Abbas Mahmood)

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:14:20 +0000
From: Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 12, Issue 16
To: Wikimedia Kenya wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
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Cliff,
Here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Kenya/bylaws
You might want to change your digest settings to off -- which is why you
have a problem keeping up to speed.
Abbas.
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:04:06 +0300
From: caargwings@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] WikimediaKE Digest, Vol 12, Issue 16
Hey Abbas,
Where can I read the bylaws of wikimedia kenya? I haven't had a look at
them.
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Re: Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments (Abbas Mahmood)

Re: Khan Academy (deonte munene)

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:

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.
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From: oslimoke@gmail.com
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To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
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Abbas,
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I agree with that.Lets adopt it.
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Any more queries?
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On 7/16/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
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Here's what Stephen and I suggested:
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A minimum of one third of the members can call for a Special Resolution
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Meeting, with notice given to all members at least 7 days in advance.
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However, a majority of two thirds of the members' votes shall be
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remove a director, or the whole Board.
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Abbas.
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:55 +0300
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From: oslimoke@gmail.com
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To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
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Abbas,
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I suggest we say 10% of the members can call for a "Special
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to express a vote of no confidence in the board.However such a vote
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should only be considered valid if atleast 30% of the members
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in it and that the voting out of the board/resolution should be
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supported by 50% +1 of the voting members(i.e the 30% present)....
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May I try to interpret what you are saying in actual figures?
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10% of ~20 members = 2 members.30% of ~20 members = 6 members51% of
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members = 4 members
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So therefore in simpler terms, what you are saying is that at least
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members can call for a Special Resolution and the vote is only
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considered
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valid if at least 6 members partake in the voting and the voting out
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board should be supported by at least 4 members?
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If this is what you are implying, I disagree with it. Once again, I
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borrow
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precedence from Wikimedia Deutschland's case (mentioned earlier
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upthread)
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where they require a majority to remove the Board. 6 out of 20
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not a majority.
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Your interpretation is correct.And yes that's my thought and the %
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were arbitrary.We could revise them upwards.Plus am considering the
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fact that definitely not all members will be present nor would partake
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in the elections.Maybe we revise the % upwards??
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