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

[Chad]

I'm not saying these questions haven't been looked into,
just that they haven't been answered is all. I agree with
Mike. It might be perfectly fine, I'm no lawyer.

-Chad

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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