Drupal Brighton - joining the Drupal England & Wales meet via google hangout from the new skiff!

Tonight in Manchester there is the first in a series of meetings being held about a Drupal England & Wales Association.

We will be joining the meeting via google hangouts in theskiff (newskiff/basketmakers side as BrightonPHP in other side) and watch the google hangout of the meeting, it's 6.30pm-9pm. I suggest we have our mic off and text questions / only put mic on when asked ;)

Here's some info from http://groups.drupal.org/node/285888

Event Details

In case anyone missed it - here's the registration page for tomorrow's meeting in Manchester:

http://dewmeetupmanchester.eventbrite.com

Here's the registration page for the Google Hangout where we'll stream the meeting:

https://plus.google.com/events/c7envbfl1c8kncbmvm8g20q9m40

Trying to involve everyone online and off-line at the same time is going to be really difficult, so what we might do is delegate someone who's physically there to represent the online attendees and field questions and comments on their behalf.

Proposed Agenda

Proposed agenda for tomorrow's meetup in Manchester, I've drawn these topics from discussion points that have come up in the comments on this thread, and added other points that also need discussion.

Please feel welcome to add other topics here if you think they should be part of the agenda.

Scope

• What will the association do initially?
• What might we add in future?
• What activities can we rule out?

Legal entity type

• Pros and cons of different legal entities?

Governance

• What do we need by law?
• What practical requirements do we have?

Membership

• Personal (free? paid?)
• Organisations?

Voting

• online?
• in person voting at event?
• proxy voting?

Financing

• operating costs?
• sources of income?

Funding events

• pay for large expenses directly?
• provide budget to organisers?