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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