2008/11/29 Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com:
At 22:22 +0000 29/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
It is for such concerns that I have suggested a limit on guarantor members, say to 75 or 100 people, all reviewed by the board, and open membership for the "Friends of WMUK 2.0" with no review.
Why should only the first 100 people get to have any say in the running of the chapter?
They will have a say, at the AGM, or an SGM, only. The Board runs the Company.
Also, look forwards a decade? Many of the "first 100" will have left by then, and it will be important to maintain a stable body.
The AGM is a meeting of members of the company, ie. guarantor members. "Friends" don't get a vote at the AGM.
At 23:04 +0000 29/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/11/29 Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com:
At 22:22 +0000 29/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
It is for such concerns that I have suggested a limit on guarantor members, say to 75 or 100 people, all reviewed by the board, and open membership for the "Friends of WMUK 2.0" with no review.
Why should only the first 100 people get to have any say in the running of the chapter?
They will have a say, at the AGM, or an SGM, only. The Board runs the Company.
Also, look forwards a decade? Many of the "first 100" will have left by then, and it will be important to maintain a stable body.
The AGM is a meeting of members of the company, ie. guarantor members. "Friends" don't get a vote at the AGM.
Yes, nice to agree.
The Governance of WMUK is far from settled AFAIK. A very large group (hundreds or thousands) cannot have a single voice with some hierarchical or other structures.
Here is the original posting, for some context. Not everbody uses Gmail to read posts...
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--------- To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org From: Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members At 00:06 +0000 29/11/08, Andrew Turvey wrote:
[...] When we were drafting the constitution, we adopted the standard Articles for charities, which give the Board fairly broad powers to refuse (or remove) membership if they consider this in the best interests of the charity. This is subject to a due process that the Board must follow and a right of appeal to the AGM, which the Board decided to beef up from the standard rules.[...]
It is for such concerns that I have suggested a limit on guarantor members, say to 75 or 100 people, all reviewed by the board, and open membership for the "Friends of WMUK 2.0" with no review.
Gordon
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