Talk:Bylaws

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Bylaws of MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group (MWStake).

Name, Location, and Applicable Law

The name of the corporation will be MediaWiki Stakeholders Incorporated (hereinafter “the Corporation”).

The principal location of the Corporation will be in the State of Pennsylvania at an address to be established by a resolution of the Board of Directors OR at a specific street address.

The Corporation will be governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania and the United States of America.

Purpose and Activities

The purpose of the Corporation is to preserve and promote MediaWiki as open-source collaboration software for the benefit of all users.

The Corporation will engage in activities to support this purpose:

  1. Maintenance of MediaWiki and its extensions;
  2. Cooperation and liaison with the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.;
  3. Promotion of best practices and a healthy ecosystem for MediaWiki and its users;
  4. Advocacy for third-party users of MediaWiki; and
  5. Education for users of Mediawiki.

The Corporation does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit, incidental or otherwise.