[Foundation-l] Provisional Volunteer Council - proposal sent to the Board

[Chad]

Actually, I think Mike raises a good point right now, not for down
the road. We're giving this group an open-ended slate. We're saying
"here's a vague idea of what you're in responsible for, decide the rest
yourselves." Giving it Board sanction only legitimizes the idea.

When you discuss things such as amending the bylaws, you're
beginning to tread into areas that not only require a legal knowledge,
but a legal responsibility. And the question Mike asks is legit:
has this been discussed yet? Is it appropriate for someone under
18 to have a say the future (potential) legal status of the Foundation?

I'm really not trying to be ageist, just trying to remind everyone that
just because you're a lvl5 sysop on 3 projects and lvl30 bcrat on 2
others doesn't make you qualified to make legal decisions for a
non-profit.

-Chad

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:47 PM, effe iets anders
<effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
>  are you suggesting here that a provisional council with the details as
>  outlined could have any impact on any status at all? ( formally, this
>  ocuncil has no influence) I do agree however that a legal review might
>  be a good thing to add to the considerations during the discussion
>  process. (thanks for bringing this up so soon in that case)
>
>  BR, Lodewijk
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>  2008/4/2, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org>:
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> >
>  >  Just a quick question -- has anyone here conducted a legal review of
>  >  the proposal for a Volunteer Council (including review of the Florida
>  >  "Corporations Not For Profit" statute)?
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>  >  --Mike
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