Hi all
I think the proposed press release has shaped up well. Two comments:
* I had wondered about adding - for those prejudiced against the
venture - something along the following lines:
"Unlike other sites on the web which erase older versions as new information is
added, Wikipedia maintains an archive, for every single article, of edits and
changes and discussions, so that those who refer to Wikipedia can track
precisely how the prevailing view on any point has been produced."
[But maybe not necessary/appropriate in the present context? Maybe it can be
said more concisely?]
* The other issue I have wondered about is in relation to comments heard lately
concerning the Wikileaks saga - whether one should clarify that there is no link
between it and Wikipedia?
Again, this is perhaps not the right occasion?
All the best
David
Almost all of the comments are sorted out! I thought that
this day will never come. All that needs to be done now is for Tobias to incorporate
some of our suggestions into the documents. In addition to this there is one other
issue that is to be sorted out about the taxing. I also cleaned up the talk
page and organised that what remained.
Lourie
--- On Mon, 1/10/11, David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Wikimedia-ZA-Board] Some issues on the talk page that still need attention.
To: "Tobias Schönwetter" <tobiasschonwetter(a)gmail.com>, "Wikimedia ZA board list" <wikimedia-za-board(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 6:15 PM
Hi Tobias,
Can you help us out on the tax issue?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_South_Africa/Proposed_article…
Thanks,
David
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Wikimedia-ZA-Board(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-za-board
I copied the list just to keep everyone posted.
--- On Sun, 1/9/11, David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] First draft of 10 year press release
To: "Lourie Pieterse" <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 10:03 PM
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Lourie Pieterse
<louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the trouble. Where can we see the first draft?
OOPS!!!!
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Jan_2011_press_releas…
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Hi all,
I've taken a stab at drafting a press release around the 10 year
Wikipedia anniversary. It needs your input! It's probably incomplete
and could do with some reorganization. Please post to the mailing
list when you have made an edit. I'll try and watch for updates.
Note: the dateline is for Jan 11, because I was advised that this is
an appropriate time to release news for the 15th. I've datelined it
"South Africa", because it won't be written at one location or
relevant to one specific location. I don't know whether that's
acceptable.
Regards,
David
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I just want to remind everyone of the additional mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-za-board
This list is used for current administrative purposes, such
as sorting the documents out which should be submitted to ChapCom. If you want
to help us or just stay up to date with the happenings, join this new list. We
created this list because then the normal list wouldn’t get flooded with admin
emails.
Kind regards,
Lourie
Hello everyone
I have resolved some of the comments. After I have resolved
these issues I have moved them to the archive: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AWikimedia_South_Africa%2…
I need help in solving the other comments, because most of
them should be discussed. One person can’t just decide on them. Attached is a
document with the comments from Tobias. I have changed the colour of the
comments I have already resolved to gray. I copied the mailinglists just to keep them
up to date.
I think it would be a good idea to attach a document with notes when we send the documents to ChapCom (as Kerryn suggested).
Kind regards,
Lourie
--- On Thu, 1/6/11, Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Tobias responses on Wikimedia ZA documents
To: "Kerryn McKay" <kerryn(a)africancommons.org>
Cc: "David Richfield" <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 5:04 PM
I quickly browsed through the comments. I am happy to see
that Tobias answered the questions in good detail!
I have putted Tobias’ comments on a completely new page on
Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_South_Africa/Tobias_comments
This way everyone could see the comments. We can now
implement each of the comments into the documents and then just move that individual
comment to the archive. This way things will start to clear up and then no one
could say we did things without their knowledge. When we are finished completely
with the documents we can create a PDF and send it to ChapCom.
I am going to start tonight already to sort the issues out. Let’s
see how this idea works.
Lourie
--- On Thu, 1/6/11, Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org> wrote:
From: Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org>
Subject: Re: Tobias responses on Wikimedia ZA documents
To: "Lourie Pieterse" <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: "David Richfield" <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 8:37 AM
Hi Lourie and David
As we're trying to *clean* up final docs, I wonder if we shouldn't just comment on Tobias's word doc where he has put his comments and suggestions ... ? Unless you're thinking of putting his comments onto meta and then responding there?
I'm not sure how we're going to clean up the documents as its getting pretty confusing with *seeing* what is what.
I think we will eventually have to take it off meta because we need to package - perhaps as a pdf - and send off to ChapCom?
... any suggestions ...
Cheers
K
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director, The African Commons Project
email me at: kerryn(a)africancommons.org
phone me: +2711 486 0211, cell: +27 82 334 6165,
skype me: kerrynmac
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi
Thanks for the documents Kerryn. I have arrived this
afternoon at Stellenbosch, so I will take a look at the documents tomorrow. Is
it okay with you guys if we continue such as in the previous case and place our
comments and changes on Meta? That way everything would stay in one place where
everyone could see it.
Kind regards
Lourie
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org> wrote:
From: Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org>
Subject: Tobias responses on Wikimedia ZA documents
To: "David Richfield" <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>, "Lourie Pieterse" <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 11:49 AM
Hi there
Wishing you a very happy new year and all the best for 2011.
I have attached Tobias's responses to the queries and comments that were put onto meta with regards the Articles and Memorandum.
Please read through this answers; I think that they respond well to the queries. What we could do is put these on as Notes on the bottom of each page, on the hard copy, as they are not really for inclusion but are explanation for people such as Effeitsanders, when reading and approving these at ChapCom.
Please let me know if you are happy with them.
We will need to compile a package for sending to ChapCom, which in my mind should include the following:
Proposed articles of association
Memorandum of incorporationLong-term objectives
Short term objectivesAppointment of directors ? ( I haven't been keeping updated with this process so not sure where we are?)
Lourie and I have spoken briefly this morning and we suggested that perhaps we should have a final Skyp/gchat meeting and invite all the mailing list where we can discuss the putting together of the package, and other things and also when this package will go off to ChapCom.
Regards
Kerryn
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KERRYN MCKAY
director, The African Commons Project
email me at: kerryn(a)africancommons.org
phone me: +2711 486 0211, cell: +27 82 334 6165,
skype me: kerrynmac
Hi all,
I just spoke to a PR guy that I got introduced to, who gave me some
good pointers on setting up a press release around the 10 year
anniversary of Wikipedia. Among all the other good pointers that he
gave me, he recommended that we send it out on Tuesday to have the
best possible chance to get it into the papers for the 15th. I'll
have a draft ready by the end of Saturday at the latest, and then I'll
let you all know to check it out.
Regards,
David
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David Richfield
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I can be wrong, but I think that the Stellenbosch celebration
is only going to be a party or as we would say in Afrikaans; a lekker
kuiertjie. The Ten Page mentions that it’s the evening at Aandklas (Old
School Rock Café), so I don’t think that would be appropriate for a seminar. What
do you guys think? I have copied the mailing list, because that way we might
get suggestions from the other subscribers.
Lourie
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org> wrote:
From: Kerryn McKay <kerryn(a)africancommons.org>
Subject: 10 year celebrations
To: "David Richfield" <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>, "Lourie Pieterse" <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: "Nhlanhla Mabaso" <nmabaso(a)gmail.com>
Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 12:07 PM
Hi there
David, I saw your message to the lists regarding Stellenbosch activity for the 10-year mark. A few days ago over the holidays I received an email from Achal which said that there was some money available if we wanted to do something small to celebrate the anniversary on 15 January. He suggested perhaps getting some people from ChapCom here to SA to speak at a seminar, and suggested the possiblity of Wits. However, if something is being done in Stellenbosch perhaps we should look at something in the Cape.
I have emailed Achal though because we will never be able to organise something for 15 and also most universities only open much later. So I asked him if we did something end January whether ChapCom would still think it worthwhile.
I'll get back to you as soon as I've heard from him again.
Cheers
K
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KERRYN MCKAY
director, The African Commons Project
email me at: kerryn(a)africancommons.org
phone me: +2711 486 0211, cell: +27 82 334 6165,
skype me: kerrynmac
To Wikimedia ZA
I have removed myself as candidate director of the chapter / organization. I
will also no longer be a member of the chapter.
I wish you all the best in setting up the organization.
God Bless,
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Hey,
I wish all of you an amazing new year. For the ones that do not know who I
am my name is Arie Robert Scheurwater, but please call me Rob or Robert.
I have some questions for people and about other people's decisions that
have been made so far.
Below are the points that I will be addressing in this email:
1. Surnames on the website (www.wikimedia.org.za)
2. The responsibilities of a 'Board of Directors'
3. The legal structure of Section 21 companies
4. Wikimedia ZA not Wikimedia SA
5. Difference between Reply To and Reply All buttons
1. Surnames on the website (www.wikimedia.org.za)
It would be a good idea if people put their surname on the Wikimedia ZA
website next to their name, because it will make it easier to reference
people in emails.
2. The responsibilities of a 'Board of Directors'
A lot of people in the 'community' currently wanting to become a 'director',
but understanding of the term 'director' is misunderstood:
- Your first responsibility of a 'director' is too giving legal
responsibility of the organization to the government.
- Your second responsibility is to make sure everyone is doing
their duty.
- Your third responsibility is to take up responsibility for other
people's mistakes.
People think that a director is a person that leads an organization which is
not true, because the person that leads the organization are all the members
together.
3. The legal structure of Section 21 companies
I know the legal structure has already been decided by Mr. Tobias (unknown
surname). Section 21 Companies are, and will always be the most difficult
and irratating legal structure to use when starting an organization. Section
21 Companies are intended for organization that have a bigger quanity of
members and higher cashflow e.g. Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance, Heart
Foundation of America, etc. The Section 21 Companies can be registered
according to two different acts: Companies Act 61/1973 or Co-operatives Act
91/1981 neither one if favourable for a starting organization. Most
organizations that are currently Section 21 Companies, started off as a
plain partnership NPO. Section 21 companies were created so that the
government could have more insight in the finances of the organization (we
have no finances at the moment). A plain NPO Partnership is the best
starting legal structure for an organization. Below is a hierarchy structure
for the organization that I would have advised at the time.
4. Wikimedia ZA not Wikimedia SA
I have noticed that a lot of people are calling the chapter and organization
Wikimedia SA which is an issuse that needs to get address, because SA means
Saudi Arabia not South Africa according ISO 3166 code standards. I do not
think we want people to misinterpret 'us' (the chapter and organization) as
Wikimedia Saudi Arabia.
P.S. if you do not know the ISO 3166 code standards I am sure the standards
will be on Wikipedia or you can always just Google them otherwise.
5. Difference between Reply To and Reply All buttons
People say time is money, its true., so please don't use reply to all if its
not nesserary to do so, because it wastes people's time.
In conclusion there are several things we as a community should seriously
take a look at. You can ask anyone that works for me or has partnered with
my company I view things with a more coporate risk angle instead of the
'lets try it' attitude. I am not saying my inturpretation is better, but it
has saved me a lot of legal problems and time.
I also got a new email: me(a)ariescheurwater.com
Yours Sincerely and God bless,
>From Robert
Arie Robert Scheurwater
Founder & Chairman of
Scheurwater Industries
Mobile:
+27 72 537 9748
Email:
me(a)ariescheurwater.com
Address:
Eikenlaan 83
Dordrecht, 3831XH
Zuid-Holland, NL
Alumni: University of Cambridge (UK), London School of Business and
Management (UK)
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sender and delete the document.
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