[Koha] Re: [koha-Infos] KohaLa GA and candidates for the CA

[Roger Horne]

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 07:40, MJ Ray wrote:
> MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > On Thursday 4 October, from 13:30, come in numbers to the first
> > General Assembly of the KohaLa Association. [...]
>
> I've posted naive translations of the rules and proposed internal
> regulations of KohaLa to
>   http://serene.ttllp.co.uk/~mjr/StatutsKohala.pdf
>   http://serene.ttllp.co.uk/~mjr/RIkohala.pdf

I rather suspect that these documents are copied from some standard forms 
somewhere.  If you google for some of those Articles you will find very 
similar clauses in the Rules of other French organisations. eg "Article 9 : 
Conseil d’administration" is similar (not identical) to 
http://eurolab-france.asso.fr/pages/eurolabfrance/statuts/art9.htm 

It is only some countries where the idea of estabishing Rules and Regulations 
is considered to be of major importance. The Americans are very keen on it. 
Years ago I joined a group working on XML for use in the Law, which was 
interesting. The Americans then decided that it needed to set up Rules, and 
nothing else was discussed on the list for months (by which time the 
membership had dwindled substantially). It then decided to be taken over by 
OASIS and to require massive subscriptions (which I and most others were 
unwilling to pay): I have not heard from it since.

It is obviously a good idea for a group that is going to meet regularly to 
have some way of reaching decisions and to deal with eg cash for running 
expenses. Even a small village sports club will usually have some form of 
rules. But in the UK there is no legal requirement for the sort of formality 
set out in these documents, while I suspect that there is in France.

r.
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Roger Horne
roger at hrothgar.co.uk
http://hrothgar.co.uk/YAWS/