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(a) Inclusion or rejection of a wiki to become part of ''Prowikis'' is decided by a majority of votes of the ''Board of trustees'', counting after at least 20 days have passed since a public notice of the election has been made at the {{Talk page of the Board of trustees}}.
(b) The ''Board of trustees'' may request additional criteria that an individual journal a wiki needs to fulfill before being eligible for inclusion.
(c) The ''Board of trustees'' may at any time elect to officially disapprove an ''Individual WikiJournal''a wiki, but should first inform the individuals involved in that journal wiki about the reasons for disapproval in a timely manner.
===Section 3. Organization ===
(a) WikiJournal Wikiwiki is the publisher of Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis
(b) WikiJournal Wikiwiki is responsible for uniformity of editorial procedures, as well as for the technical infrastructure of Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis.
(c) WikiJournal Wikiwiki administers the financials of Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis, unless having approved an Individual WikiJournal Wikiwiki to handle some or all financials independently.
(d) Each ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki'' may have its own legal organization. Each ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki'' may have bylaws of its own, as long as they are compatible with these bylaws.
(e) Each ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki'' has full powers over all its pages and editorial proceedings. Before having adopted bylaws, the consensus among active journal wiki participants decides in matters related to that journalwiki.
===Section 4. Preliminary journals wikis ===A journal wiki may operate as a ''Preliminary WikiJournalWikiwiki'' before it is accepted as an ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki''. A ''Preliminary WikiJournalWikiwiki'' should use the word ''Preliminary'' or an equivalent word in its title until being accepted as an ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki''.
== ARTICLE IV - ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD ==
=== Section 2. Governance priorities ===
The ''Board of trustees'' must be composed of members with a set of talents, experience, and competencies that will best fulfill the mission and needs of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki''. The ''Board of trustees'' and its members are understood to act as fiduciaries with regard to ''WikiJournalWikiwiki''.
=== Section 3. Appointment of journal wiki representatives ===Each ''Individual WikiJournalWikiwiki'' is entitled to at least one representative in the ''Board of trustees''. The community or the editorial board of each journal wiki decides on a candidate representative, and the ''Board of trustees'' subsequently decides to accept or reject the candidate by a majority of votes.
=== Section 4. Appointment of community-selected members===
(a) The number of ''Community-selected members'' of the ''Board of trustees'' of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' should be kept at a minimum of 10.
(b) Anyone may nominate herself/himself as a candidate for ''Board of trustees'' membership. An announcement of candidacy needs to be made at the [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|talk page of the main page of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki''.]].
(c) An ''Administrative Board Member'' is elected when they receive the greatest number of votes among those candidates running after at least 7 days of voting by the eligible voters.
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<li>Current members of the ''Board of trustees''.
<li>Current members of any ''Editorial Board'' of ''Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis'' <li>Peer reviewers of ''Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis'' who have completed at least one peer review. <li>Registered Wikiversity users with at least 30 edits pages of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'', including ''Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis''.
<li>Not an individual voting for herself/himself.
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=== Section 6. General decisions ===
(a) Decisions in the ''Board of trustees'' are made by consensus on [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|the main Discuss page of WikiJournalWikiwiki]], or by consensus by email correspondence. Significant decisions concerning ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' shall be made at the earliest after 4 days after email to the mailing list of the ''Board of trustees'' with an appropriate explanation of the subject at hand.
(b) In cases of voting, the act of the majority of the ''Administrative Board Members'' shall be the act of the ''Board of trustees''. An ''Administrative Board Member'' does not have an obligation to vote, but shall be presumed to have assented to the act of the ''Board of trustees'', unless the ''Administrative Board Member'' votes against such action.
=== Section 8. Expenses ===
''Administrative Board Members'' may not be compensated for their efforts. They may be allowed expenses, by resolution of the ''Board of trustees'', for attending meetings, if necessary. A public notice must be made at least 10 days at the [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|talk page of the main page of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'']] before such resolution.
=== Section 9. Voting means ===
=== Section 10. Records ===
Email correspondence to an internal email list of ''Administrative Board Members'' serves as primary records of discussions of the ''Board of trustees''. Important decisions and events related to ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' shall also be made public at, or linked from, [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|the main Discuss page of WikiJournalWikiwiki]].
=== Section 11. End of Term ===
=== Section 1. General Powers ===
(a) The ''Chair'' has full powers to carry out operations and policies, either directly or through a written delegation of authority. This also applies to ''Individual WikiJournalsWikiwikis'' unless these are in conflict with the consensus of journal wiki participants.
(b) The ''Chair'' may sign and execute any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the ''Board of trustees'' has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the ''Board of trustees'' or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'', or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed.
=== Section 2. Responsibilities ===
(a) The ''Chair'' shall see that the resolutions and directives of the ''Board of trustees'' are carried into effect except in those instances in which responsibility is assigned to some other person by the ''Board of trustees''.
(b) The ''Chair'' shall have general supervision of the affairs of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' and shall make reports to the ''Board of trustees'' to keep its members informed of organization activities.
(c) The ''Chair'' ensures that each new ''Administrative Board Members'' receives emails to the internal email list of the ''Board of trustees''.
=== Section 4. Expenses ===
The ''Chair'' may not be compensated for the corresponding efforts. The ''Chair'' may be allowed expenses, by resolution of the ''Board of trustees'', for attending meetings, if necessary. A public notice must be made at least 10 days at the [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|main talk page of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'']] before such resolution.
=== Section 5. End of Term ===
=== Section 3. Expenses ===
The ''Vice-chair'' may not be compensated for the corresponding efforts. The ''Vice-chair'' may be allowed expenses, by resolution of the ''Board of trustees'', for attending meetings, if necessary. A public notice must be made at least 10 days at the [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group|talk page of the main page of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'']] before such resolution.
=== Section 4. End of Term ===
=== Section 3. Removal ===
An ''Official'' may be removed by a majority of votes among people in an electorate as specified in [[#Section 4. Appointment of community-selected members|ARTICLE IV, Section 4d]], counting after at least 5 days of voting, following an entry at the the [[Talk:WikiJournal_User_GroupWikiwiki_User_Group|main Discuss page of WikiJournalWikiwiki]] by any registered Wikiversity user.
== ARTICLE VIII - FINANCIAL ==
=== Section 1. Dedication of Assets ===
The property of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes and no part of the net income or assets of this ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' shall ever inure to the benefit of any ''Administrative Board Member'' or to the benefit of any private individual other than compensation in a reasonable amount to its contractors for services rendered.
=== Section 2. Dissolution ===
Upon the dissolution or winding-up of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'', its assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of the ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' shall be distributed to The Wikimedia Foundation or another mission-aligned organization.
=== Section 3. Loans ===
No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the ''Board of trustees''.
=== Section 4. Treasurer ===
The ''Treasurer'' shall have the following responsibilities:
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<li>have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki''. <li>receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' from any source whatsoever <li>review the financial operations of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' and make financial reports to the ''Board of trustees'' at regular and special meetings, as well as keeping the public informed by keeping a specifically designated online page up to date.
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=== Section 5. Fiscal year ===
The fiscal year of ''WikiJournalWikiwiki'' shall be January 1 - December 31 of each year.
== ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENT ==
These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by a majority of votes of the ''Board of trustees'', counting at least 20 days after a written notice has been given to the following forums with intention to alter, amend or repeal or to adopt new Bylaws:
*The internal email list of the Administrative Board
*The main public email list of WikiJournalWikiwiki: {{nospam|wikijournalwikiwiki-en|lists.wikimedia.org}}*The main online Discuss page of WikiJournalWikiwiki: [[Talk:WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group]]
Proposed alterations can be drafted on a [[the WikiJournal Wikiwiki User Group/Bylaws/Proposed changes|"Proposed changes" subpage]].
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