2008/7/30 Tom Holden thomas.holden@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...
On Wed, July 30, 2008 02:06, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/7/30 Tom Holden thomas.holden@gmail.com:
That would be superb. Alison could you possibly make an official request asap?
Seconded. This sounds like just the solution we need.
As Paul has mentioned, we are discussing whether this option could work (there might be a side issue in that the money would not have been donated from a UK resident, for instance) but we shall see where this useful offer leads.
On Wed, July 30, 2008 02:06, Thomas Dalton wrote:
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...
You and me both! Appropriate people have been contacted and asked to ascertain what has gone amiss (so far it seems to be CoHouse web interface not doing what it says on the HTML!) and should be sorted / clarified asap.
On Wed, July 30, 2008 02:06, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Charity status takes a while, there are lots of checks to go through before you get the rubber stamp.
Whilst it isn't ever a "rubber stamp" sfaiaa, there are a number of hoops to jump through. Back at the start James did most of the preparatory paperwork and, hopefully, much of it will still be valid for whatever the current forms require.
Alison
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