[Wikipedia-l] Re: Bylaws

[Anthere]

Ray Saintonge a écrit:
> Anthere wrote:
> 
>> We are currently trying to translate the bylaws (thanks Jeff !)
>>
>> A paragraph raised my attention
>>
>> A. CONTRIBUTING ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP: Active membership in this 
>> Foundation shall be limited to volunteers who have contributed to any 
>> Wikimedia project prior to the election ballot request deadline after 
>> their application for membership and payment of annual dues. All 
>> active members shall have the right to vote in this Foundation at any 
>> membership vote for the Contributing Active Member Representative to 
>> the Board of Trustees.
>>
>> Why shall only those contributing before the election be considered 
>> members ? What about all those who will join next month ? Did I 
>> misunderstand something here ?
> 
> 
> I think that this paragraph in the draft was needlessly convoluted.  If 
> one basically defines an "active member" as a person who has contributed 
> to any Wikimedia project article, a "paid-up member" is then an active 
> member who has paid annual dues.  Defining "members" is more direct than 
> defining "memberships" since the latter is nothing more than the status 
> of being a member.  We also need to avoid confusion between the words 
> "contributor" and "donor", and that distinction should be made clear in 
> a definitions article.  Our practice has been to use "contributor" for a 
> person who has written or edited articles, and to use "donor" for a 
> person who has given money.  I had to read the second sentence several 
> times to make sense of it; whet it seems to say is that every member, 
> wheteher or not he has paid dues, has the right to vote for this position.

I agree it was perhaps unclear...since the difference between the two 
types of contributors have been raised in the talk page on fr:

It is apparently still unclear

Here is a pasted comment from fr

Question : quelle différence entre "membre actif contributeur" et 
"membre actif volontaire" ?

Answer 1 :  premiers payent leur droit de cotisation et peuvent voter, 
les second ne payent pas et ne peuvent pas voter

Answer 2 : ce n'est pas cela: dans les statuts tels qu'ils sont proposés 
il y a 2 administrateurs représentant des membres. les membres actifs 
volontaires ne peuvent participer au vote que d'un seul, les membres 
actifs contributeurs peuvent voter pour les 2. jeffdelonge




> A provision that limits voting rights to those who were members when the 
> election is called, or who have been members at least 30 days (or some 
> other appropriate time period) is reasonable.  It helps in preventing a 
> flood of last minute members whose only purpose for joining is to 
> support some person in his election bid.
> 
> Ec

agreed