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as a Federal non profit. We have to make sure that makes us nonprofit in all
Canadian jurisdictions.

Here is what has been started, so far:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Incorporation

Let's see if we can come up with the needed bylaws. I will be looking for
some examples, if anyone has some references feel free to add them.

Thanks,
Gerald.

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<br>Hopefully we now have all 10 people on board the list, as well as some from before.<br><br>Welcome, all.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The next steps are contact with legal entities (lawyer(s)?) to find out what needs to be done to get this happening from a legal viewpoint. I want to get some guesstimates about the cost of the process, so we can start to pencil together a budget for this process.
</blockquote><div><br>&nbsp;Ok, I&#39;ve contacted one law firm on this, and their &quot;ballpark&quot; figure was about $1000. So, to be safe, let&#39;s guess this is $1,200. I will contact a few other firms, to make sure this is a reasonable guess.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We should also think about a couple of &quot;vision&quot; points ... what Wikimedia Canada wants to do, what we want to achieve. There are already a number of great ideas on Meta about this, and I have some too.
<br></blockquote></div><br>One vision point which has already been discussed is community benefit. After all, the WMF&#39;s goal is to bring knowledge to the masses for free. And that is pretty special.<br><br>Now we have to draw up a bit of a timetable, and plan what has to happen when. All initial 10 people I approached have a flexible commitment to moving this forward, but we should start soliciting for people who may want to be on the board. The board isn&#39;t going to be that much work -- I guess a few e-mails and possibly a conference call in a month. If you can spare an hour, or know someone who can commit to that in a month, I think that should be great for now.
<br><br>From reading the various bits, it seems like the best way to pursue this is as a Federal non profit. We have to make sure that makes us nonprofit in all Canadian jurisdictions.<br><br>Here is what has been started, so far:
<br><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Incorporation">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Canada/Incorporation</a><br><br>Let&#39;s see if we can come up with the needed bylaws. I will be looking for some examples, if anyone has some references feel free to add them.
<br><br>Thanks,<br>Gerald.<br>

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