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WDDM Membership Guidelines development
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: December 08, 2005 11:25AM

Membership
Posted by: BrEggum (74.33.176.234)
Date: May 17, 2006 05:00PM


I propose the following criteria for membership.


I have problems with equality. A “known” person may be immediately accepted but an “unknown” person is automatically rejected in the present process.


I would like to have all applicants accepted as Associate Members, providing their application and character warrant it. They could than petition to become Ordinary Members.


WDDM Membership


Becoming a WDDM Associate Member


1. A person seeking WDDM membership must complete the WDDM Associate Membership Application, describing why they want to join WDDM in the application. The form is to be turned into the WDDM Webmaster. (application form yet to be written)
2. Applicant provides examples of active participation in activities which support the Mission Statement of WDDM. The applicant provides papers, websites, and other evidence of their view and active support of the WDDM Mission Statement.
3. The Associate Member Application is sent to all the current Ordinary Members for review.
4. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current members will have any objections to her/his Associate Membership.
5. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the current members are against her/his Associate Membership


Becoming a WDDM Ordinary Member


A person seeking ordinary membership requires acceptance of an agreement to be active and participate in a given percent (60%?) of WDDM business. Failure to do so could result in the Ordinary membership being suspended or withdrawn. The individual would than return to being an Associate.


An associate could petition for Ordinary Membership after 30 days as an Associate Member.


Petition for Ordinary Membership:
1. The Associate would complete the Ordinary Membership Application. (yet to be written)
2. The applicant would describe why they would like to be an ordinary member in the application.
3. A copy of the application would be sent to each Ordinary Member for review.
4. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current Ordinary Members have any objections to her/his Ordinary membership.
5. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the current Ordinary Members are against her/his Ordinary membership
Individuals could be suspended from Associate or Ordinary membership if Ordinary members processed the complaints with “due process”.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2006 02:53PM by BrEggum.


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copied frm Eric Lim Re: WDDM Membership Guidelines development
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: December 08, 2005 02:58PM

Current Operating Proposal from EricLim copied here from the Mailing List, April 22, 2005


I would like to propose the following amendments to the Current Operating Rules under Rule II therein:


1 The current Rules I and II be amended to Rules II and III


2 A new Rule I as follows be adopted:


I There shall be two categories of members: Ordinary Members and Associate Members.


1. Only the Ordinary Members shall have the powers to amend the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution of the WDDM.


2. All motions, resolutions or decisions made by the Ordinary Members only shall have primacy over those made by Associate Members or by Associate and Ordinary members.


These are the advantages arising from the above proposed amendments:


1 No one would be refused membership of WDDM. Those who fail to be Ordinary Members could be Associate Members.


2 Associate Membership could be open.


3 Some time in the future when we have a core membership of, say, 100 or more, we could introduce a further requirement that for application for Ordinary Membership an applicant must be a Associate Member of not less, say, 3 months. With this requirement, we need not vote blind for acceptance of Ordinary Members like what we are doing now. We would have a real opportunity to make an honest assessment of an applicant for Ordinary member and casting meaningful vote for acceptance or otherwise of the application.


4 It would be more difficult for hostile or alien forces to seize control of WDDM in future by a sudden influx of new members, especially after we have accumulated resources or influences for WDDM. This is because the Ordinary Members would have an opportunity period to adopt counter measures to such an eventuality. As it is, because of our small membership number, we are vulnerable to a surprise takeover in future.


Should my proposed amendments to the Current Operating Rules under Rule II therein be adopted by the members, then the necessary resultant amendments to the Current Operating Rules are needed as follows:




Current Operating Rules:


1. Accepting new members:
1. A new membership application is sent to all the current members for review.
2. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current members will have any objections to her/his membership.
3. An applicant shall be an Associate Member if his application for Ordinary Membership is not accepted under 2.
4. {To be deleted}


added
Original Clause 1.3 in the last paragraph of the Proposal before amendment:


"An applicant shall be an Associate Member if his applicant is not accepted under 2."
-- EricLim (2005-04-23 00:19:22)


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Re: copied frm Eric Lim Re: WDDM Membership Guidelines development
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2006 05:17PM

I agree with Eric. There are many advantages to having an associate catagory. New members could be granted immediate associate membership. Associates could receive WDDM email and contribute through email. Some may not want the responsibilty of a full membership. If someone wanted full membership, they could petition for it explaining their reasons and intent to contribute to WDDM. This would allow time for people to understand WDDM better and other members to know the applicant.


I "second" this proposal and request it be placed on the agenda.


Bruce Eggum

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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Re: copied frm Eric Lim Re: WDDM Membership Guidelines development
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 15, 2006 11:26AM

I suggest a few thing in the following:
Membership (this bears further discussion)


There shall be two categories of members: Ordinary Members and Associate Members.


1. Only the Ordinary Members shall have the powers to amend the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution of the WDDM. Ordinary members are expected to participate in at least (60%?) of WDDM business.


2. All motions, resolutions or decisions made by the Ordinary Members only shall have primacy over those made by Associate Members or by Associate and Ordinary members.
(Should WIKI sites be limited to Ordinary members? Should Associate members be only “WDDM email list members”?)


3. Associate members would not be expected to actively participate in WDDM business.


1. Applicant must apply for Associate Membership, can describe why they want to join WDDM in the application.


2. Applicant demonstrates active participation in activities which support the Mission Statement of WDDM. The applicant provides papers, websites, and other evidence of their view and active support of the WDDM Mission Statement.


Accepting new members:
1. A new membership application is sent to all the current Ordinary Members for review.
2. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current members will have any objections to her/his membership.
3. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the current members are against her/his membership
(I think we should still be able not to accept for example somebody who is clearly hostile to DD)
4. An applicant shall become the Associate Member in all other cases (if not accepted under 2, or refected under 3).
5. After six months of membership, an Associate Member can apply for a review of his application to become an Ordinary Member.


This bothers me re equality. A “known” person may be admitted, but an “unknown” rejected.


I would like to have all applicants accepted as Associate Members. They could than petition to become Ordinary Members. Becoming an ordinary member would require acceptance of an agreement to be active and participate in a given percent (60%?) of WDDM business. Failure to do so could result in the Ordinary membership being suspended or withdrawn. The individual would than become an Associate.


Individuals could be suspended from Associate membership if Ordinary members processed the complaints with “due process” following the decision making rules.
The individual would be appraised of the complaint and be allowed to provide any defence or explanation of the matter.

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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On Associate and Ordinary Members
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 21, 2006 09:49AM

Associate Members


Bruce: “This bothers me re equality. A “known” person may be admitted, but an “unknown” rejected.


I would like to have all applicants accepted as Associate Members.”


Excellent, Bruce. I fully agree with you that all applicants be accepted as Associate Members, unless there are exceptional circumstances that require an applicant to be rejected. This is an important step to making WDDM a worldwide popular movement.


As a logical consequence of the above position and as an encouragement for people to be members of WDDM, let Associate Membership be open to all persons who are interested to be an Associate Member. Errant or rogue members could be subsequently dealt with under membership rules. Associate Members could do very little immediate damage to WDDM owing to the proposed Membership Rules (a) and (b):


Rule a: Only the Ordinary Members shall have the powers to amend the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution of the WDDM.


Rule b: All motions, resolutions or decisions made by the Ordinary Members only shall have primacy over those made by the Associate Members or by Associate and Ordinary Members.



An open Associate Membership allows DD-friendly people with absolutely no DD experience or credential to be introduced into the world of DD through the WDDM. This itself would make WDDM a critical vehicle for the promotion and propagation of DD throughout the world.


Associate Members are an important resource for WDDM in many ways. They will be the primary source of Ordinary Members in future. They will form the community from whom DD experiences, materials and other resources will be made available to the world. They will enable WDDM to have a much-enlarged membership giving it better credentials when dealing with outside parties and from whom WDDM could derive human and other resources. In countries where they have large numbers, they may even have a political voice.


In order for Associate Members to play their maximum role in WDDM, they should have all the rights and obligations of Ordinary Members save for the provisions relating to the amendments of the Current Operating Rules (COR) or the Constitution, the primacy of the decisions of the Ordinary Members and the review of membership applications. In other words, Associate Members have no say in matters that are specifically vested in the Ordinary Members.



Ordinary Members


The proposed Membership Rules (a) and (b) would give the Ordinary Members of WDDM the final say on all matters concerning it through a majority decision. The exact majority for each category of decision (whether 50%+1, 65%, 75%, etc, of all the Ordinary Members) could be specified for it in the Constitution or COR.


As such, the Ordinary Members would be entrusted with the well-being and the future of WDDM and so it is crucial that the Ordinary Members are kept abreast of the events happening there by active participation in the affairs of WDDM.


More importantly, the Ordinary Members must make decisions for the WDDM by voting at the relevant polls. Failing to do so could paralyze the decision-making processes of WDDM. So it is necessary to propose new Membership Rules (c) and (d) as follows:


Membership Rules:


a …….;


b …….;


c Any Ordinary Member who has failed to vote at the polls on issues required of the Ordinary Members for more than five (5) times consecutively in a continuous period of more than three (3) months without a good reason or excuse acceptable to the other Ordinary Members shall henceforth cease to be an Ordinary Member and shall become an Associate Member. Such a person shall still be eligible to apply to be an Ordinary Member; and


d A person shall cease to be an Ordinary Member, if 75% of all the Ordinary Members vote in favour of a motion to withdraw his Ordinary Membership. He shall then become an Associate Member unless the motion expressly disallows him to be so.


Best Regards
Eric Lim



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2006 09:51AM by EricLim.


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Re: On Associate and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 21, 2006 11:37AM

WDDM Membership


The following rules apply to all membership:


Membership Rules:


Rule a: Only the Ordinary Members shall have the powers to amend the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution of the WDDM.


Rule b: All motions, resolutions or decisions made by the Ordinary Members only shall have primacy over those made by the Associate Members or by Associate and Ordinary Members.


Rule c: Any Ordinary Member who has failed to vote at the polls on issues required of the Ordinary Members for more than five (5) times consecutively in a continuous period of more than three (3) months without a good reason or excuse acceptable to the other Ordinary Members shall henceforth cease to be an Ordinary Member and shall become an Associate Member. Such a person shall still be eligible to apply to be an Ordinary Member; and


Rule d: A person shall cease to be an Ordinary Member, if 75% of all the Ordinary Members vote in favor of a motion to withdraw his Ordinary Membership. He shall then become an Associate Member unless the motion expressly disallows him to be so.



Becoming a WDDM Associate Member


1. A person seeking WDDM membership must complete a WDDM Associate Membership Application, describing why they want to join WDDM in the application.
2. Applicant is encouraged to provide examples (if any) of active participation in activities which support the Mission Statement of WDDM. The applicant could provide papers, websites, and other evidence of their views and active support of the WDDM Mission Statement.
3. Please return the completed application form to the WDDM Webmaster.
4. The Associate Member Application is sent to all the Ordinary Members for review.
5. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current Ordinary members will have any objections to her/his Associate Membership.
6. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the Ordinary members are against her/his Associate Membership
Application’s are on the bottom of this document.


Becoming an WDDM Ordinary Member


An associate could petition for Ordinary Membership after 30 days as an Associate Member.


A person seeking Ordinary Membership agrees to be active and participate in WDDM business. Failure to do so could result in the Ordinary Membership being suspended or withdrawn. The individual would than return to being an Associate Member.


Petition for Ordinary Membership:
1. The Associate would complete an Ordinary Membership Application.
2. The applicant would describe why they would like to be an Ordinary Member in the application.
3. The applicant will agree to be active in discussion and voting on WDDM business.
4. A copy of the application would be sent to each Ordinary Member for review.
5. An applicant will be immediately accepted if not more than 20% of the current Ordinary Members have any objections to her/his Ordinary Membership.
6. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the Ordinary Members are against her/his Ordinary Membership
7. Individuals could be suspended from Associate or Ordinary membership if Ordinary members processed the complaints with “due process”.


An ordinary member, foreseeing some busy time could request to be temporarily classified as an Associate Member. The member could than request reclassification as an Ordinary Member when they could return to active participation and it would be done.




WDDM Associate Membership Application


We welcome you and appreciate your interest in WDDM.


If you would like to become a member of WDDM, please complete this application. If you need more room, you can attach files or URL’s of information.


Name:
Address:
Email Address
Country


WDDM’s goal is to develop a multilingual Globe-covering network of DD web sites linked to this site.
Why would you like to be a member of WDDM?








How can you help us achieve our goal?










What have you done or are doing to practice and develop Direct Democracy?









Please provide any other comments you would like to make:




WDDM Ordinary Membership


After being an Associate Member for thirty (30) days you may apply for WDDM Ordinary Membership:


Name:


Address:


Email Address:


Country:


WDDM needs active people to process business and make decisions.
To become a WDDM Ordinary Member you must agree to the following:


I will actively participate in WDDM, by reading Forum and other WDDM correspondence.
I will post my opinion on issues.
I will vote so WDDM can make decisions.
I will make suggestions, proposals and other actions which help WDDM in its Goal.


Signed:

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
www.doinggovernment.com



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Re: On Associate and Ordinary Members
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 22, 2006 05:01PM

Since Associate Membership is proposed to be open to all who is interested in DD or who wants to learn more about it and for clarification purposes, let Points 2 and 3 on “Becoming a WDDM Associate Member” be amended as follows:


.....


2. Applicant is encouraged to provide examples (if any) of active participation in activities which support the Mission Statement of WDDM. The applicant could provide papers, websites, and other evidence of their views and active support of the WDDM Mission Statement.


3. Please return the completed application form to the WDDM Webmaster.


.....


Best Regards
Eric Lim


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Re: On Associate and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 22, 2006 05:47PM

I edited the post On Associate and Ordinary members with Erics ammendment.
ATB Bruce

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 03:46AM

In the WDDM, Associate and Ordinary Members actually form one community of people with interchanging roles, who have gathered together to promote globally DD or true democracy where the people, being sovereign, have the final say on all matters concerning the people and country.


Because WDDM has to manage its affairs and to make decisions, it needs members who have kept themselves abreast of its developments to make decisions on its behalf. These members are called Ordinary Members.


So all active Associate Members with at least one month’s (or more?) membership are eligible to be Ordinary Members and are encouraged to be so to help in the governance of WDDM. Associate Members after the qualifying period are not inferior members. They are those who, for some reasons best known to themselves, are for the time being unable to participate actively in the management of WDDM.


Similarly, Ordinary Members who, for any reason, are unable for the time being to participate actively in the management of WDDM will revert to their previous status as Associate Members, either through their own request or through the operation of membership rules. Such members could, at any time, apply to be Ordinary Members again when they are ready to be active in the affairs of WDDM.


This interchanging process is to enable WDDM to make true majority decisions of at least 50%+1 because such decisions are often not possible when many members fails to vote on issues.


In view of such a dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships, the membership with WDDM commences on the date when the applicant is accepted as a member of WDDM. Here, no distinction would be made between Associate and Ordinary Membership.


Best Regards
Eric Lim



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Re: The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 09:18AM

Well said Eric. I would only change the "he" to "they".
Thanks, Bruce

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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Re: The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 07:19PM

Thanks, Bruce. My last sentence has been amended to make it gender neutral.


Best Regards
Eric Lim


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Re: The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 07:35PM

This looks very good Eric. Bruce

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Re: The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: May 25, 2006 10:33AM

I propose that WDDM adopt this as the membership declaration.
The dynamic relationship between Associate and Ordinary Memberships
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 07:46AM


BrEggum

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Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: May 29, 2006 01:43AM

[George Kokkas]:
"as I THINK THAT WE CAN NOT DECIDE TO degrade former Ordinary Members to Associate Members, I believe that if we we wish to have power according to the proved activity of members, we should just upgrade us and other interested (really) to ACTIVE members. It' s politically correct and will not be criticed from persons like Antonio Rossin etc.
But we need to call again to be active (former) Ordinary members, like Frank Eisemann or G.Sagi etc. that have never asked to cancel their participation in WDDM, as Ottorino Rizzi or Giuseppe Strano did in the past.
Therefore, I believe that we should nominate in our by-laws three to four categories of WDDM members: 1) Active, 2) Ordinary, 3) Associate- Friends of WDDM and 4) Of course Donators (not Sponsors).
As you can see I found finally my way to communicate with you through the excellent Forum, thanks to our site's Administrator! I am not sure if you also received this answer of me through our Forum. Please confirm!"



Dear All,


George has a very good point that classifying present members as Associate Members although with the right to be Ordinary Members may be perceived by some of us as degradation in membership status.


In view of this, I agree with him that all present members be Ordinary Members and that those who could agree to participate actively in the discussions and decision-making processes of WDDM be Active Members.


If this is agreeable, then the proposed Membership Rules be amended as follows:




There shall be two categories of members: Active Members and Ordinary Members.


.....




[originally, it is: "There shall be two categories of members: Ordinary Members and Associate Members.




.... ]



There will be consequential updates to the other proposed WDDM Structure rules as the result of this amendment.


We do not need a new category of membership for new members as all new members will be Ordinary Members too as it is under the Current Operating Rules.


Regarding donors, some for their own personal reasons may not want to be members. Some may want to remain anonymous. So it is better not to require every donor to be a member. Therefore, instead of having a separate membership for donors, we have an Honour List for donors who have contributed not less than a certain amount to WDDM and who have not requested anonymity. The donors may or may not be members.

Best Regards
Eric Lim



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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: June 04, 2006 01:35AM

[Mriek]:
"I was put on the path toward the formulation of my proposal mainly by this
sentence in the previous Bruce' proposal: "Ordinary Members after the
qualifying period are not inferior members." If there are not inferior, than
they have clearly be more or less equal (to possibly appease the feelings of
some founding, now inactive members). So there was this contradiction in the
previous proposal, and also a few other places where the abandoned
Associate
members were still mentioned, and other unclear places.


So if we have two categories of members, they will not be equal, and
one of
them will be inferior (in their powers), so w have to take out that
sentence."


The sentence "Ordinary Members after the qualifying period are not inferior members" was meant to highlight the point that they could be Active Members themselves, but they themselves have chosen not to be so. They are generally NOT people who have been refused Active Membership because of lack of certain qualities or qualifications. So they are in no way inferior to those who are Active Members.


[Mirek]:
"We can use the terminology "Ordinary members" and "Active member", but
"Ordinary members" will actually be no real members if they will be
accepted
again to become the Active members."


The more exact terminology is "Ordinary and Asociate Members", but this was changed to "Active and Ordinary Members" respectively as result of George's input that the term "Associate Members" may cause perceived sensitivity in some present WDDM members.


[Mirek]:
"That's OK with me, more important
than the
names used is the exact definition of what they mean."




OK, what about these definitions:


Membership Rules:


There shall be two categories of members: Active Members and Ordinary Members.



Rule a: Only the Active Members shall have the powers to amend the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution of the WDDM.



Rule b: All motions, resolutions or decisions made by the Active Members only shall have primacy over those made by the Ordinary Members or by Ordinary and Active Members.


Rule c: Any Active Member who has failed to vote at the polls on issues required of the Active Members for more than five (5) times consecutively in a continuous period of more than three (3) months without a good reason or excuse acceptable to the other Active Members shall henceforth cease to be an Active Member and shall become an Ordinary Member. Such a person shall still be eligible to apply to be an Active Member; and


Rule d: A person shall cease to be an Active Member, if 75% of all the Active Members vote in favor of a motion to withdraw his Active Membership. He shall then become an Ordinary Member unless the motion expressly disallows him to be so.


Rule e: Ordinary Members shall have all the rights and obligations of Active Members save those that have been vested in the Active Members by the Current Operating Rules or the Constitution.




Rules a to d have already been proposed by Bruce on 21 May 2006 under the thread "On Associate and Ordinary Members".


Best Regards
Eric Lim

Best Regards
Eric Lim



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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: June 04, 2006 10:50AM

What is WDDM?


WDDM is an ORGANIZATION


This is MoveOn.Org an extremely strong voice of the people in USA. [www.moveon.org]


With over 3.3 million members across America this organization has pulled people together. It sends alerts to members to contact Congress, it has a simple email list which "members" join and than they are members. They ask for address etc. which they use to determine your Congressional members etc.


This is their sign up page: [civic.moveon.org]
Fill this form out and you are a member of Move On.


We need this, a simple email membership for all.


Note, no information about Moveon operation is visible on the web. I have not tried to find out more, but expect they have a huge infrastructure. WDDM needs the infrastructure, but does not need to involve all visitors and others in these affairs. Move On has collected millions and has used that to advertise and support the people's wishes. They have a "discussion" page where people can suggest what issues and matters need attention. This is considered and if enough interest, they may work on that issue.


WDDM is a simple organization, which seeks to "develop a multilingual Globe-covering network of DD web sites linked to this site". The sites linking and people visiting do not need and likely do not want to be involved with "running the organization." They simply want to link to WDDM, read our suggestions and than go about their business.


Once we have a simple infrastructure to make decisions and follow our own goals and guidelines, we can begin to develop ways to "network" with others. The "ways" will be simply actions WDDM can take to enhance and advertise WDDM. WDDM has no political power and never will have.


Those who volunteer to be on the "WDDM Committee" or Board, following the application requirements to attend meetings and vote, will be the major constructors of WDDM Infrastructure. DD petitions and proposals allow the "members" to bring their ideas into WDDM.


ATB, BrEggum

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: June 04, 2006 09:00PM

A WDDM presedent for "committee" is the WDDM Executive Committee which presented infromation to the Greek Court:


Such an attempt has been done (registered officially before the same Court in Athens, since year 2000, signed in the name of the former Executive Comittee of WDDM- Ted Becker, Jiri Polak, G. Sagi and me- but there was no final discussion of that application, since we never finished our Chapter-Articles of Association). Therefore we have to finish this Chapter first, that has to be signed by 20 natural persons at least , presenting it before the above Court in order to have an official Association, under the Greek Law


Thus we could have a Business Committee or what ever name and it could accomplish the business of WDDM if we give it such power.


Regards, Bruce

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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: June 04, 2006 10:49PM

A bit more to consider. This is an option and I needed to post it.


WDDM Organization Job description:


This is the work we are doing to complete the task of Certifying WDDM as a Organization, fulfilling the Greek Court requirements.


There are different jobs which must be completed for WDDM Org. to function.


An Org. needs:


Members --- therefore membership criteria


WDDM Membership is granted to all who complete the application form for the WDDM email.


These members can visit the Forum, and post in Forum Topics designed for the WDDM Members. Of course they may petition or submit proposals following the guidelines.


There is also a group of WDDM members who have worked to continue WDDM through its initial Stages. These members will be called Primary WDDM Members. These people are recognized as WDDM members as of June 1, 2006.


WDDM Members who choose to become Primary WDDM Members may complete an application which will be considered by the Primary WDDM Members. This application is yet to be completed. (Perhaps the "Ordinary" application)


There is a group of WDDM members who must administrate, organize and run the Organization.


This group will be called the Executive Committee. They will be Primary Members who have volunteered and agreed to the application requirements. ( Perhaps the "Active Application")


Once the "Membership Criteria has been completed, the Executive Committee will draft the other documents required by the Greek Court to complete Organization Status.


This will include an organizing document, election process, assignment of tasks to "officers", job descriptions of "officers", complete the Articles of Association and other necessities.


Develop and approve procedures and Bylaws


The following is a brief of US requirements, much the same as Greece.


Articles of Incorporation (and the Certificate of Incorporation, if available), Articles of Association, Trust Indenture, Constitution, or other enabling document (Charter). If the organization does not have an organizing document, it will not qualify for exempt status.
Bylaws. Bylaws alone are not organizing documents. However, if your organization has adopted bylaws, include a current copy. The bylaws need not be signed if submitted as an attachment.

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: EricLim (IP Logged)
Date: June 08, 2006 06:41PM

Yes, Bruce. A lot more needs to be done before we are a position to apply to register WDDM as an organisation in Athens according to Greek laws.


In the meantime, Mirek has submitted a summary of our discussions for the membership rules for consideration and comments (See the thread on Membership rules summary). What do you think of it?


We also have many suggestions on what to call the members who will be managing and making decisions for WDDM. It looks like we would have to vote on it. What do you think of this as well?

Best Regards
Eric Lim


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Re: Active and Ordinary Members
Posted by: BrEggum (IP Logged)
Date: June 08, 2006 08:48PM

Thanks for the heads up Eric. NO notice came to me that Mirek had posted this. I think we may need to have email announcements of ANY posting on Forum.


I made ammendments, suggestions on Mirek's corrected post.
ATB Bruce

Bruce Eggum Wisconsin USA
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