[Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

[Kate]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>> I took a first stab at the draft rules.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Draft_Rules
> It is essentially taken from the New York Wikimedia bylaws:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Bylaws There are
> specific legal text we need in the bylaws and I figured it made sense to
> start from somewhere that probably already had it.

That is a good start.  I need to take time to look it over in detail,
and at some point, we can get some people involved with organizing
Wikimedia chapters to review and give feedback.

> Does anyone have any legal contacts?  I have a friend who could probably at
> least read the bylaws and give that sort of advice.  When we incorporated in
> D.C. for another non-profit we just needed a couple hours of legal advice to
> make sure we hadn't missed anything.

I have some friends here in DC that are almost finished with law
school.  I think they can take a look and refer us to additional help
we may need.

> I suppose that is another important question, where should we incorporate.
>  Someone has to leave where we incorporate at least in my D.C. experience so
> that we have a "registered agent." Essentially a contact who lives in the
> jurisdiction.

I am between jobs, but if I stay in D.C., then I would be willing to
be a contact for this.

-Kate

> -Kate Chapman
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