Nice idea, but it seems to me that this is a little premature. I think it's something that wikimedians in wales, scotland and northern ireland need to say that they want before time is invested setting it up...
BTW, I would have the officers of the branches elected by members rather than appointed by the board. Mike On 6 Dec 2009, at 17:02, AndrewRT wrote: > When we were recognised as a chapter by the Foundation we got > permission to use names like "Wikimedia Wales", "Wikimedia > Scotland" (plus other language derivations) with the thought that some > day they might be useful to have. We haven't yet had the need or > opportunity to use them, but there are a couple of things coming up in > the pipeline where it may be useful to brand ourselves "Wikimedia > Cymru" and "Wikimedia Scotland" respectively rather than Wikimedia UK. > > I was thinking through how we could do this, and i was wondering if it > might be a bit too much to just use the name without any kind of > justification for the Welshness / Scottishness of the organisation. > This is the idea I've come up with, which can be implemented with > minimal effort and still justify, if we need to, to the outside > world, our use of the terns. Please let me know what you think: > > 1) All members would automatically be allocated to a branch when they > join based on where they lived > 2) Any member could choose to switch to a different branch if they > wanted to > 3) The first branches would be England, Wales, Scotland and Northern > Ireland (could discuss setting up more if the need arose in the > future) > 4) The board of Wikimedia UK could appoint a branch chair (and more > officers if need be) from one of the members of that branch. > > That way we could brand things: > > xx xx > Chair, Wikimedia Cymru > followed by a contact address in Wales > > rather than: > > xx xx > Secretary, Wikimedia UK > with a contact address in England > > This would be particularly helpful when dealing with, for instance, > Welsh language projects or devolved governments. > > Some time in the future - size and activity permitting - these may be > able to evolve into fully fledged autonomous branches - or even > independent chapters. > > For the constitutionalists among readers, I'd propose we establish the > branches through an Article 28 resolution of the Board, ratified by > the next AGM. > > Please let me know what you think. > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
