Ah ... hmmmn .. you noticed that did you ... w-e-l-l ...
I'm assuming everyone noticed that, and that's why you haven't received any applications for membership. Everyone assumed we couldn't join because of the bank account issue.
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.
So, the best option would seem to be to ignore the informal requirement for chapter membership and allow people to join the company for free (which can be done at any time), then we can hold an AGM with no problems. After that, once we have a bank account set up, people can become supporting members as well. What we do about people that choose not to become supporting members, I don't know - the same issue applies to people that don't renew their chapter membership after a year. Can the board revoke someone's company membership for something like that, or would that be a seriously questionable justification? (If memory serves, the articles require a cause to revoke membership.)