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

[Dan Rosenthal]

A possibility: is everyone reading too much into Mike's comment maybe?  
I'm not sure that he's necessarily pointing that out; he may also be  
asking if anyone has done such a review and would they send their  
results to him.

-Dan
On Apr 1, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Milos Rancic wrote:

> PVC doesn't have any other right than to suggest to the Board how VC
> should look like. So, as far as I am able to understand, until VC
> everything is legally Board's matter.
>
> But, thanks to Mike for pointing to take care about the age of members
> of the (real) Volunteer Council.
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>> 2008/4/2, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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