At 18:52 +0000 7/12/05, Jon wrote:
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
prof essional 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. Th e 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
Starting with 7), which registration? There are two: company and charity.
On the business plan, I have not seen anything in the application
form from the Charities Commission. Everything is embedded in the
"objects" (objectives).
Currently, we have (please refer to this article for the definitive
documentatin)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/Memorandum_of_Association
1. The company's name shall be Wikipersonages (and in this document
it is called the Company ).
2. The Company's registered office is to be situated in England.
3. The Company's ob jects (the Objects ) are:
(a) to enable and assist wider participation in the creation, dissemination
and expansion of information and educational resources covering the
world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere;
(b) to support the development of electronic and other resources required
to support that participation;
(c) to produce, publish and develop, or cause to be produced, published
and developed, alternative versions of such information resources,
whether in printed, electronic, or other forms;
(d) to make use of such information resources for the advancement of
education in all forms of educational activity;
(e) to campaign if necessary against impediments and restrictions to the
above goals, wheresoever enacted, in the United Kingdom or overseas.
As you can see, the words "education" and "educational" appear
throughout.
Best regards,
Gordon
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.
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