Michael Bimmler wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 5. So far, no legal entity has been created and there is no such a group >>> of Wikimedia representatives. >> That's an interesting point that we seemed to be missing. > > Yes. I somehow thought that Wikimedia Brasil had been incorporated > between ChapCom approval. > >> This is all >> just at the planning stage so far? I don't see that we have any >> serious problem then, this dispute simply means that more time needs >> to be spent discussing the bylaws and achieving a consensus on them >> before things move forwards (it's unfortunate that they were sent to >> ChapCom before this was achieved, but it's not the end of the world, >> you can start the process with ChapCom again from scratch if you need >> to, I'm sure they won't mind). > > Absolutely. Nota: The approval has already been granted, so if we > determine that the entire committee is fine with the changes, we do > not need to formally vote on it again and neither does the board. > (If part of the committee is not happy, then we'd have to have an > internal vote whether we shall issue a de-recommendation resolution, > this being the only step we can take if discussion with the chapter > fails, but this is highly unlikely) > > So, it will just be ChapCom looking at it again and determining if it > sees problems with it and possibly getting in touch with the chapter > again, offering comments. > > Michael
I think it is not appropriate that Wikimedia Brasil is listed (and described) as a non-profit organization if it is not yet incorporated: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters. I also note that the website proposed is not working. Ant _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
