Oscar , Thanks for addressing this matter that is threatening the future of WMKE , by your own admission things are not looking good, i even din't know Grace has left the group ,For our info Grace & Abbas were just NOT ordinary members but founder members who contributed immensely to its project & were in charge of various ongoing projects within WMKE ,we don't want to see an exodus of members ,do we ? Its wrong for anyone to try imagine that this matter can be swept under the floor ,When you guys assumed office we thought there will be a deliberate effort to speed up incorporation of WMKE , Questions ,Whats holding us/you from creating a joint account for WMKE as most of us are in support of the same ? ,What is the status of the incorporation ,We rooting for incorporation because other than defining roles ,We all know there are projects that involved WMKE relating with government & non governmental organizations which cannot be possible if we are not a legal group. I don't know the procedures of calling for a meeting ,but i once again want to appeal to our chair to come up with a date ,soon is a proper word ,to address this issues ,we still believe in the board members ,but you should not continue behaving like its business as usual while people are opting out , Bruce, A volunteer WMKE.
On 8/27/12, Limoke Oscar <oslim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bruce, > > Thank you for your kind request. Indeed it is unfortunate that Abbas had to > leave the Chapter and this is just sign of the kind of murky waters you > refer too. The Audit Committee does not exist yet after 2 of its members, > Abbas and Grace (told) quit the Chapter. So we have to again call for > volunteers. > > It is rather unfortunate that we as WMKE members dont like to be Critiqued, > we prefer having issues sugar coated and personally I dont do that.The main > reason why we got ourselves in this state in the first place is the failure > of the Board( of which I am part of) and all WMKE members to do joint > accountability and raise questions and demand answers. That said, I > have deliberately avoided chiming in on this thread for the said reasons > and I do hope that the persons and issues that have led us to this state > have/or get resolved. > > David, > As the Board Chair, can you convene a meeting to the same? > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Branton Obwari > <bruceobw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks Asaf , for bringing this up , >> Was not privileged to attend the Saturday meeting but persuaded to >> believe it dint achieve much .There has been considerable noise on the >> matter of accountability of WMKE funds ,which is very healthy and can >> not be wished away . >> Permit me to use this forum to address the Board members whom >> members entrusted responsibility , there is work cut out for you ,We >> need you to steer us through this murky waters. >> your priority should be; >> 1.Set up a dedicated joint account for WMKE funds ASAP >> 2.Finalize the incorporation thing ,its unfortunate that Abbas who >> was taking care of this & has since left ,who i must applaud for his >> immense contribution . >> And finally someone please update me on the status of the audit >> committee ,is in place ? >> if this is not done pretty soon we shall be asking ourselves ,...When >> did the rain start hitting us ? >> >> my concerns ,with love! >> >> bruce. >> >> >> >> >> On 8/25/12, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> > Dear WMKE colleagues, >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Indeed, David's suggestion is good. >> >> >> >> Also, just to address Isaac's comment: _certainly_ Steve and all other >> >> office holders are primarily answerable to the board, and to the >> members. >> >> WMF is a side entity here, and the only reason I have requested and >> >> received the tracking sheet is that I was told the Saturday meeting >> >> "exploded" without actually finishing the review. >> >> >> >> I do hope WMKE can resolve this on its own, and am confident it can. >> >> >> > >> > It's been two weeks, and I have not heard anything further. Has this >> been >> > resolved yet? Is there progress with setting up a dedicated joint >> account, >> > for the interim until WMKE is fully incorporated? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Asaf >> > -- >> > Asaf Bartov >> > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> >> > >> > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> > the >> > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >> > https://donate.wikimedia.org >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Limoke Oscar, > Dream.Believe.Become....a world of endless oportunities > _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake