On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/9/18 Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
hopefully there will even be something left over
for travel expenses
Nope. One of the reasons I've been bringing up the geographical issue
a lot is that realistically were are unlikely to be able to cover
travel expenses in the first few years.
If you are not in the same city as the other board memebers you could
end up racking up say £200 in travel costs.
A good strategy for meetings, at least early in the chapter's
development, is going to include telecommunications like IRC or
teleconferencing. Getting your own wiki, your own moderated IRC
chatroom and your own mailinglist (covered!) are key in this regard.
Also, you should be relatively liberal at first in defining a quorum
for in-person meetings, since monetary considerations may prevent
large majorities from attending.
When we were planning for Wikimedia PA, we specifically said a quorum
at a general meeting could be met through simultaneous
telecommunications, or members who are acting via proxy or who have
specifically waived their ability to attend in writing. This way
business can still proceed as normal and you don't have to worry so
much about expensive travel arrangements.
--Andrew Whitworth