Re: [Wikimediach-l] Call for Auditors / Board Members

2006-03-01 Thread Frederic Schutz
On 2/22/06, Jürg Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote the same note on http://ch.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board/Candidatures In between I don't know if some persons realized their nomination for board. In the last few days were nominated: - Frederic Schutz Indeed, I did not know before your

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Updated: Contact information

2006-03-10 Thread Frederic Schutz
On 3/5/06, Michael Bimmler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI: Emails can now be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Access to the OTRS-queue have Manuel, Nando and I. If anybody wants to help in answering mails (there are not too many mails atm...), please contact JeLuF (IRC or Mail) to get an account. Do

[Wikimediach-l] Board resolutions

2006-03-15 Thread Frederic Schutz
Looking at the latest changes on the CH wiki... is it on purpose that the current resolutions look as formal as a UN Security Council resolution ? RESOLVED... AND... FURTHER RESOLVED... so proposed on the fifteenth of March 2006. I know it is borderline to hairsplitting, but this makes the

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Board resolutions

2006-03-15 Thread Frederic Schutz
Manuel Schneider [Everything Open] wrote: The thing is, that there are legal actions that have to be done now in preparation of the founding of Wikimedia CH and the Wikipedia Day, such as registering / transfering domain names (wikipedia.ch, wikimedia.ch etc.), contracts which have to been

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Board resolutions

2006-03-15 Thread Frederic Schutz
Jürg Wolf wrote: Is it also foreseen to open a bank account? And if - in which place? And when? In whose name? At which bank? When: not before the association is created. One needs a copy of the bylaws, and the minutes of the first general meeting to open an account (specifying who has

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Board resolutions

2006-03-15 Thread Frederic Schutz
Ilario Valdelli wrote: I don't undestand. Do you mean that pages are blocked to no-sysop members? It seems to have a sense because when a board (or preliminary board) take a decision it's important to communicate this decision (also with grammatical errors). If a no-board person makes a

[Wikimediach-l] Translation

2006-03-15 Thread Frederic Schutz
Am I correct in thinking that ff. in ein Verein gemäss Artikel 60 ff. des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches. means and following ? Frederic ___ Wikimediach-l mailing list Wikimediach-l@Wikipedia.org

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Translation

2006-03-16 Thread Frederic Schutz
Nando Stöcklin wrote: Am I correct in thinking that ff. in ein Verein gemäss Artikel 60 ff. des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches. means and following ? Yes, this is correct. Ok, it was missing in the English version, corrected. BTW, what does ff. stand for in

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Translation

2006-03-17 Thread Frederic Schutz
More questions for the French translation: Art. 4.3 Active members have active and passive voting rights as well as the right to speak, file a motion and vote on motions in the general assemblies. What is the difference between active and passive voting right ? If only active members have

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Translation

2006-03-17 Thread Frederic Schutz
Jürg Wolf wrote: * active voting right = right to get a job within the corporation / association * passive voting right = right to vote for someone Even the swiss constitution and the cantonal constitutions make differences between these two rights. Interesting... I did not know about

Re: [Wikimediach-l] about Resolutions and Templated

2006-03-19 Thread Frederic Schutz
Michael Bimmler wrote: FYI: I have created two templates: [[Template:Official_document]] and [[Template:Proposal]] and inserted them in Board/Resolutions/2006/01 and /02 respectively. Feel free to change the templates... Done; since we don't have a CSS with a messagebox style, I have copied

Re: [Wikimediach-l] foundation assembly?

2006-03-21 Thread Frederic Schutz
Michael Bimmler wrote: I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you propose that we make the founding assembly itself on IRC? Because then, to be very frank, we can forget about this. IANAL but I'm quite sure to have read that Swiss law requires, that the association is physically founded and

Re: [Wikimediach-l] foundation assembly?

2006-03-21 Thread Frederic Schutz
Michael Bimmler wrote: The second point is not so clear on protocol but the first and the second clearly state, that there needs to be a protocol, stating, ... was founded IN (- a physical lieu must be defined) and needs to be signed by the protocollist. Fair enough; even if the physical

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Votes/Seat - ...and the winner is...

2006-03-24 Thread Frederic Schutz
Manuel Schneider [Everything Open] wrote: - The seat of Wikimedia CH will be Zurich. - Wikimedia CH will get a Fester Vereinsadresse which acts as a redirection of all postal mail to the president or other who is in charge of receiving and handling the mail of Wikimedia CH. Just to make

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Copyright of the swiss administration

2006-03-31 Thread Frederic Schutz
On 3/31/06, dake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Obligatory disclaimer first: IANAL, but I have done a bit of research on this topic. You are right about the laws and the protocols. I add there is something interesting about swiss law compared to french/belgian law concerning the buildings as it

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Copyright of the swiss administration

2006-04-02 Thread Frederic Schutz
dake wrote: The question about armoiries raised up in the bistro, section poulpisme (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro/31_mars_2006) I actually gave references to 232.21 On Commons, these pictures are marked as CC-BY-SA-2.0. I am wondering if this license conflicts

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Copyright of the swiss administration

2006-04-03 Thread Frederic Schutz
dake wrote: Here is a similar example. By law, all bank notes are in the public domain in Switzerland, so one is allowed to make copies of them. However, it does not mean that one is allowed to copy them in order to make counterfeit money ! What about the specimen text above the notes ? Do

Re: [Wikimediach-l] As an information

2006-04-05 Thread Frederic Schutz
Delphine Ménard wrote: I think all is resolved. Thank you for translating the part that we changed [1] into the other languages so that it is repercuted in the official translations of the bylaws. I have updated the English version of the bylaws already. Please inform us when this is done

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Bylaws

2006-04-13 Thread Frederic Schutz
I am going forward with the translation of the bylaws in French... first draft is getting there ! I have, however, a question about par. 10.3: The minutes are to be made available to the Association members not more than two months after a decision has been made, otherwise the committee

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Bylaws

2006-04-14 Thread Frederic Schutz
Michael Bimmler wrote: My proposal: move the otherwise the committee constitutes itself (german: Im übrigen etc.) away from §10.3 to §10.1 (The committee consists of a president and 4 – 6 further members), there it fits much better. +1 Frederic

[Wikimediach-l] Bylaws in French

2006-04-21 Thread Frederic Schutz
I forgot to mention that I finished a first draft of the bylaws in French last week. There are a few parts that I am not too happy with, but I prefer to wait a little bit (and maybe get some comments) before changing anything. So anyone who speaks French, understand German, or knows the

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Founding Assembly

2006-04-23 Thread Frederic Schutz
Manuel Schneider [Everything Open] wrote: Hello everyone, I'd need your attention at http://ch.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events/Founding_Assembly as we're planning date and location of the founding assembly of Wikimedia CH. [...] We really try to get a founding assembly very soon! I'm sorry to

Re: [Wikimediach-l] zahlen, zahlen for pr ....

2006-05-01 Thread Frederic Schutz
Jürg Wolf wrote: A good entry point for researches like this is http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Benutzer_aus_der_Schweiz and its subcategories. Don't forget, however, that this is based on a voluntary categorisation by the editor. I don't know how many of them does it on

Re: [Wikimediach-l] Wikimedia CH Founding Assembly on May 14th

2006-05-13 Thread Frederic Schutz
Michael Bimmler wrote: I'd like to notify you of the fact that on May 14th the Founding Assembly of Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens (official translation: Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge) will take place at Olten in Switzerland. As

[Wikimediach-l] Wikipedia mentioned in Geneva University scandal

2006-07-16 Thread Frederic Schutz
Hi everyone, you may have heard that there are currently a scandal at the University of Geneva, where some professors are accused of having, among other things, claimed travel expenses that were not real, or failed to give back to the University a share of the money they earnt outside of the