<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div style="direction: ltr;">Henk,</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">This is much better, in my opinion. Thank you fir putting this together</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">One wording change I suggest is about chapter structure:</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">Rather than "we have a strong preference that the local chapter is an independent organisation..."</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">"Preferably, the local chapter is an independent organisation, however the local chapter may be a subset of a larger organisation (if necessary)"</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">I'm not sure if "if necessary" is the beat wording here. There may be cases where it's not totally necessary but very much advantageous to join forces with a similar group in some place</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">Regards</div><div style="direction: ltr;">Katie</div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 18, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Henk Hoff <<a href="mailto:toffehoff@gmail.com">toffehoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all,<br><br>It has been some time since the last update and meeting about Local Chapters. <br><br>Based on the discussions in our last meetings and some one-on-one discussions with some of you, I've set up a new document with requirements/guidelines for local chapters. This document is loosy based on the requirements/guidelines the Wikimedia Foundation has set up for it's local chapters.<br>
<br>This document should be the basis to set up a local chapter. The official agreement between the individual LC and the Foundation can handle all the specific issues related to the laws/regulations/etc concerning that country. But that would be discussions between the concerning LC and the Foundation.<br>
<br>Here's the document: <a id="publishedDocumentUrl" class="tabcontent" target="_blank" href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd8ngscc_11f58875c7"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd8ngscc_11f58875c7">http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd8ngscc_11f58875c7</a></a><br><br>Comments are welcomed. Please use seperate e-mail threads for specific subjects of comment.<br>
<br>For those who would like to talk about it, I'll invite you to a conference call tomorrow <b>(Friday) at 7pm GMT</b> (<a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time/scripts/clock-8/runner.php"><a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time/scripts/clock-8/runner.php">http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time/scripts/clock-8/runner.php</a></a>). I'll send the dail-in codes later.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Henk Hoff<br>
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