Many thanks for the answers! How many members do you expect and what would be an inclusive membership fee? At Wmch it proved impossible to change later on to the price of a couple of beers a year. As the ones there are prepared to pay and do not see so much benefit in lowering. At the end of the day the number of active members determine the funding through fdc et al. And people rich in time often are not rich in money.

On Nov 24, 2015 12:53, "Wikimedia Ireland" < wikimediaireland@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rupert,

Thank you for your comments. I will attempt to address all of them.

Membership fee-This was addressed on the discussion page. The amount of €1200 is the maximum. We have not decided on a membership fee as of yet, but we will strive to make it inculsive.

Excluding members-this was purposely made difficult. We are a small country with a correspondingly small member base. We don't want minor disagreements derailing the group.

Re-election to board-again, due to our small size this is the best way to ensure we have a consistent board. If we grow large enough, this can be amended in the future.

Board member/employee-again, due to our small size at the moment this accommodation was made. As we grow, it can be amended.

I hope this answers all your concerns. Please feel free to contact us again with any further concerns, or ideally put them on the bylaws discussion page.

Cheers,

Shannon Eichelberger, Chair

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:19 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner@gmail.com> wrote:

I d find the following a little challenging if I understand the text correctly :

art 5 suggests one cannot be member easy by paying membership fee.

If such a high membership fee is voted for there is some risk to become a rather elitarian club disconnected from volunteers usually not prepared to pay a huge sum additional to donating their free time.

Excluding members is rather difficult.

There is no restriction on number of reelection to the board.

It seems to be OK to be on the board and employed

Rupert

On 23/11/15 02:41, Michael Peel wrote:
>
> Wikimedia Ireland are currently working on writing their bylaws - see
> below. Although Irish law is, of course, different from UK law, I'm
> forwarding this in case anyone here has the time and interest to have a
> look through and give them some helpful suggestions.
>

ARTICLE 1

The association is called "Wikimedia Ireland". Alternative names are
"Wikimedia IE" or the abbreviations "WM IE", "WMIE", and these
translated names "Wikimedia Éireann"....

****

Looks like they are on the case, and will not need to change their (cf.
WMUK)....

Gordo

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