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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You're probably right that it's not hard to acquire
one, but once we do so are we not obliged to put in Business Activity Statements
and the like? I mean, we'll have to do it at some point anywhere, but it
doesn't make sense to waste someone's time doing such paperwork before there is
actually any chapter activity to justify it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Craig</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-------------------<BR>Craig Franklin<BR>PO Box
1093<BR>Toombul, Q, 4012<BR>Australia<BR><A
href="http://www.halo-17.net">http://www.halo-17.net</A> - Australia's Favourite
Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=liamwyatt@gmail.com href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">Liam Wyatt</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=b_duke@bigpond.net.au
href="mailto:b_duke@bigpond.net.au">Brian Salter-Duke</A> ; <A
title=wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
href="mailto:wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia-au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [personal] Re: [Wikimediaau-l]
Chapter Update Request :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally, I'm not so sure that applying for an ABN is actually that
difficult - I've not done the research yet (bit busy with the final fortnight
of my thesis!!) but from anecdotal evidence it is a matter of filling in a
form and ponying up the cash. Given we're already registered as an
organisation it shouldn't be too hard to get the office of fair trading to
recognise us. As boring as it is, I maintain the conviction that getting
tax-deductability is absolutely crucial to our long-term success.
I'll take this one on as my personal responsability to follow through unless
anyone else wants to :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Best, </DIV>
<DIV>-Liam</DIV>
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