On Sat, August 16, 2008 17:15, Thomas Dalton wrote:
There seems to be some confusion here. You seem to be
suggesting that
you can become a member of the company without being a member of the
chapter (becoming a member of the chapter is impossible due to the
lack of a bank account). The website says: "For Supporting members,
there is also the option of membership of the Company." That suggests
you do need to be a member of the chapter to join the company. Which
is it?
Ah ... hmmmn .. you noticed that did you ... w-e-l-l ...
Company law rather precludes us making membership of the non-profit
Company conditional upon anything else, although there was an early
decision of the Directors that we might well conclude that someone who was
not a member of the Chapter (ie supporting member) was not a fit person to
be a member of the Company. Generally it was felt to be in the best
interests of the organisation as a whole that anyone active on the Company
side (including being a member) should also be a supporting (Chapter)
member although it cannot be a 'compulsory' issue.
Alison