So a group of chapters, reacting against a perceived effort to centralize the movement, create a brand new central body with an extensive (and apparently, expensive) bureaucracy? Are there really a lot of people that think this is a good idea?
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Ziko van Dijk <vand...@wmnederland.nl>wrote: > Dear friends, > > After weeks of full work, this is the draft charter that has been > worked on. I copy for you here the introduction and the link to meta. > > If you have questions about it, you may put them on the talk page or > send them to me. > > Kind regards > Ziko > > > In February 2012, in Paris, Chapter representants agreed on creating a > new organization. As there was no person or group assigned to write a > draft charter, finally, after having talked to some people on general > questions, I took the task on me. Subsequently I presented this page > (March 7th) which was very much altered in the meanwhile. > > I have tried to integrate Paris texts, parts from the models B and > KISS, and I have contacted a lot of the people who are going to Berlin > (end of March; alas I did not find all e-mails but I believed I > contacted every participating chapter). There were some phone calls > and chats e.g. with Sebastian Moleski. There is also another draft, by > Tango, which I (and others) have read carefully. > > Now we nearly arrived March 18th, on which, according to the timeline, > a draft charter is supposed to be ready. Whatever that means, I would > like to call the draft provisorily ready (there will be certainly > changes, especially for the final incorporation) and invite people > again to read. > ... > > The idea is to have an organization with a kind of parliament > (Council) and a kind of government (Secretariat). A Judicial Board has > the task to arbitrate in severe cases of conflict; this could have > been a simple Council committee, but for general reasons a seperate > organ is better: the Council or Council members could be part of a > conflict. We hope that the Judicial Board will have nothing to do. > > Normally, the members of the organs are elected for a certain term. > This is important to give them a certain independence. There must be a > relationship between work, responsibility and the right to make > decisions. But if there is a severe problem, then the Council can > dismiss people (by a 2/3 majority). > > There was a lenghy discussion on several levels about the position of > the Council members, the Representatives. Now, according to the > general principle, the Representative has a fixed term and can be > dismissed in certain cases. But the Representative can have a position > in a chapter (in contrary to a former model). > > Maybe the most important question to be answered: If a chapter joins, > what are the consequences and obligations? First of all: A chapter > joins only if it wants to, it does not become a member automatically. > A chapter agrees to elect a Representative and pay an annual > contribution. Later in the year 2012, there will be a budget. > Possibly, the chapters will have to pay some % of their annual chapter > budget. Of course the Wikimedia Chapters Association will consider the > financial possibilities of the chapters. > > Why is it good for a chapter to join? The Association will support the > chapters and represent their interests. A lot of international > coordination work, that now has to be done by chapter boards, will be > done (or supported by) the organs of the Association. Even if a > chapter is already big and mature - it is good for every chapter to > belong to a big family of well organized chapters. > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Council/Draft_charter_of_the_Wikimedia_Chapters_Association > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland > dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter > http://wmnederland.nl/ > > Wikimedia Nederland > Postbus 167 > 3500 AD Utrecht > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
