Or, if you want to start any topics of discussion for the meetup at the WikiConference, see: http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Cascadia_Meetup
Jason On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Jason Moore <[email protected]>wrote: > Glad to see interest in formal organization. Perhaps we can continue this > conversation at Meta? > > I, too, think we could have a successful application to obtain user group > status. This would mean official recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, > provides funding opportunities, and is a step towards chapter status. > Before we worry about bylaws, etc., I think we should focus on user group > recognition. > > Pine, Mako, would you two be interested in being co-contacts for the > Wikimedia Cascadia user group? I can be one, too, which makes three > already. I had hoped to get some people together for an in-person Cascadia > meetup at the upcoming WikiConference USA, perhaps for the purpose of > putting together a user group plan. Perhaps this is easier to do remotely > since there is already interest. > > Jason > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 5:25 PM, ENWP Pine <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I may have some time in the next few weeks to get us more organized on >> Meta. Becoming a user group looks relatively lightweight and I think we >> would qualify if we put in an application. Of course, anyone else who wants >> to curate the Meta pages and submit a user group application can do so! >> >> If we start to do regular business, especially with people outside the >> immediate Wikimedia volunteer community or if we start to accept grant >> money, I think we should incorporate for liability protection and tax >> reporting reasons. Being an unincorporated nonprofit association that gets >> sued, such as because someone in our group made a copyright violation, >> would be bad. Also, incorporation may provide us more ability to get grants >> and in-kind contributions especially if we qualify for 501(c)(3). >> Incorporation is not difficult but it involves some time for applications >> to be created and processed. What gets tricky is selecting board members, >> drafting bylaws, and doing other necessary administrative work beyond the >> capacity of volunteers, so we'll need to think about that when the time >> comes. We are small enough now that all active participants could be board >> members, but if we scale to 30 members we will likely need an elected >> board. That is a good problem to have, and the Affiliations Committee can >> provide guidance for us throughout the organizing process. >> >> >> http://nonprofit.about.com/od/faqsthebasics/f/unincorporationassociation.htm >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affcom >> >> Pine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> >
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