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Organization

Page history last edited by Ian Korman 13 years, 4 months ago

There are many ways that the group can be organized.

 

Since this organization will be non-profit, on of the best sources of information for non-profit organizations is Idealist.org. Of course, I think we will have to modify some information found there to fit Thailand. So far, I am not clear about the legal differences between a Foundation and an Association in Thailand.

 

Idealist.org - The Non-profit FAQ > Organization

eHow.com - How to Set Up a Free Charter for a Non Profit Corporation

 

Harford Hackerspace -  Their Bylaws

Sydney Hackerspace - Sample Bylaws, Sample Membership Agreement

 

From Hacktivism And Hackerspaces

 

The most common size of board was 4-6 hackers. It normally consists of President (Chairman, Secretary General), Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer(s). Commonly the boards include also varying amount of different directors such as Event coordinator, Membership secretary, Public Relations, Fundraising, Social, Education, Web, Space protection, Space development and Space organizer.

 

The highest amount of board members was 9 members. Several hackerspaces did not have any kind of board. The reason for not having a board became obvious in the comments given by the participants. Some hackerspaces use “consensus and autogestion” (hackers’ self-management), “collective management” and “decisions are made through the majority vote of the membership as a whole”. A few hackerspaces use dictatorship, which was expressed a bit differently as “one ‘Fearless Leader’ who got it all going on”.Some do not want to give power to one or for those who just talk and therefore apply  ”a do-ocracy: those who do, also decide”. Several hackerspaces have a board which exists purely for legal reasons. It must be noted that even if a person is elected or otherwise selected to the board, priviledges should not be assumed, or as one hacker puts it “being an officer gives no more power than regular users, only more responsibility”.

 

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