2008/7/30 Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com>:
> That would be superb. Alison could you possibly make an official request
> asap?
Seconded. This sounds like just the solution we need.
> Once we've done that I hope there will be no delay in starting to accept
> memberships, and if by some unfortunate circumstance we still haven't had an
> AGM at that point, the immediate calling of one.
Charity status takes a while, there are lots of checks to go through
before you get the rubber stamp. I see no need for a bank account in
order to hold an AGM, though - people can either pay their membership
fees in cash, or even better, arrange a system of deferring fees until
there is a bank account. The AGM needs to be held pretty soon anyway,
and I really don't like Alison's idea of holding a mini-AGM and
deferring everything to an EGM. AGM's are held annually for a reason,
they shouldn't be deferred.
What's the latest on the Companies House records inaccuracies? It's a
really serious matter, I'd really rather not see the chapter and,
potentially, the board getting fined...