Hi Shannon,
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.
Rupert
On Nov 24, 2015 12:53, "Wikimedia Ireland" <wikimediaireland(a)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
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Community_Ireland_Bylaws>.
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(a)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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