To respond to Gordon's points below.
0) I thought we agreed on the name "Wiki Educational Resources" at the
meeting. It seems the concerns over "educational" are unfounded (and if I'm
wrong on that, a professional review will highlight it).
1) I've posted suggested tweaks on the relevant talk pages at Wikimedia UK. Please
review these and make any additional comments you think are appropriate. Shall we say by
Sunday 11 December, whatever is there will become the first Memo and Arts, subject only to
professional legal review.
2) We can do this as soon as we've agreed the first two things. That's why I
suggest setting a deadline of this Sunday. James can then arrange for review by a charity
lawyer.
3) We should aim to register under the educational purposes head of charity. If there
are any problems, they will be highlighted by the professional review.
4) Once the review is complete, we can agree a date to sign everything in front of a
solicitor. Those volunteering to be potential directors (and members) who are available on
that particular day will be the first members. We should aim to have at least four
(probably). As soon as the company is incorporated the directors can permit more members
to join and more directors to be appointed. As long as we're sensible about this and
there are no attempts at underhand oneupmanship, we should be ok with that approach.
5) Of course.
6) After incorporation we will need to put together some sort of business plan for the
Charity Commission, won't we? The first directors plus those they immediately co-opt,
plus certain new members and/or volunteers should seek to put this together reasonably
quickly. It will need face to face meetings as well as a time commitment from those
involved. The upcoming fund-drive should help us come up with some estimate of likely
funding. Perhaps aim to write to them by end of January?
7) I don't see this as a big deal. Maybe wait until we have had our registration
accepted.
Kind regards
Jon
Gordon Joly wrote:
Dear All,
May I ask what is the proposed timeline?
In other words, when will the following happen? Could
we set some
deadlines? Have we got past 0) or 1) yet?
0) Agreed name for company (we aim to trade as
"Wikimedia UK")
1) Agreed Articles and Memorandum
2) An independent professional review, paid for by the
available funds)
3) Agreement to register as an "educational
charity" (could depend on 3 above).
4) Names of "First Subscribers" (that is
Trustees and Secretary)
5) Incorporation as a company "limited by
guarantee".
6) Application to Charities Commission
7) First AGM (Annual General Meeting)
It was suggested that we should aim for the first AGM by April 2006.
Regards,
--
Gordo (aka LoopZilla)
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