Talk:Timeline

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Milestone Date Planned*/Achieved
Start publicising the chapter and getting supporters 29 August 2008
Close list of candidates, deadline for candidate statements, begin public questioning of candidates 13 September 2008
End questions, begin voting 20 September 2008
Finish voting, construct board 27 September 2008
Submit draft Memorandum and Arts to Chapter Committee, begin preparing application for Companies House 4 October 2008
Receive OK from Chapter Committee, Submit application to Companies House, Start accepting applications for guarantor membership, Begin preparing charitable status application to the HMRC 11 October 2008?
Receive notice of incorporation from Companies House, Announce AGM, Start processing applications for guarantor membership received up to this date, Begin negotiation with WMF, Submit charitable status application to the HMRC 25 October 2008?
Hold AGM 25 November 2008?
Conclude negotiations with WMF, sign contract ? (Possibly before the AGM, possibly after)
Receive tax exempt status ? (Possibly before the AGM, possibly after)
Open bank account Within a fortnight of receiving tax exempt status

*The further in the future a planned date is, the more liable it is to be changed.

I'd like to keep things separate even if they happen on the same day, so that we can mark them as completed properly. Just because we plan for them to all happen at the same time doesn't mean they will. --Tango 18:54, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
It just makes clear that everything except the first element of the list will happen after that first thing happens. In any case, that wasn't my main change in this. I've pushed the AGM as far forward as it could go. Possibly some kind of compromise would be better, but I thought representing the other extreme was worthwhile. It certainly doesn't need to wait for charitable status and the WMF contract. I'm also not sure dates are particularly useful beyond the election period since most of the events are outside of our control. --cfp 19:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)