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I just phoned the co-op, and I've been told that our application has been accepted, and that they'll have a sort code and account number for us on Thursday.

Only three months later than planned, but hey, better than nothing.

Congratulations and well done! That's fantastic.

Unfortunately, it seems the planned AGM date clashed with Easter and had to be push back (ironically, my first proposed date for the AGM clashed with Christmas and had to be pushed back!), so it's still going to be ages until we get an AGM. If we bring it forward a week, it clashes with the chapter meeting in Berlin, which means we won't be able to have full attendance (unfortunate, but perhaps not a deal breaker). Bringing it forward a fortnight seems impractical (probably possible, though, if we really want to). It seems there isn't a good option, we're at the point of trying to find the least bad option.

I shall have to get my membership form in once I have money :-) I am very pleased that this much progress has been made, the last thing to tick off the list is the tax exemption and we will be a proper proper chapter :-) Though anything beyond this is pretty much uncharted waters in terms of a chapter in the uk :-)