On Sunday 01 March 2009 10:55:41 John¹ wrote: > On Sunday 01 March 2009 10:45:01 Adam Bower wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 03:00:50PM +0000, Marc Eberhard wrote: > > > I have stopped paying my subscription to AFFS when it failed to > > > invite members to an AGM. As far as I remember it was a requirement > > > for AFFS to hold at least one annual meeting. So the situation might > > > be really tricky in legal terms. I also have not received any > > > information from AFFS until August > > > > I believe (from memory) that to reach quorum the AFFS constitutuion > > (which AFFS is now well outside of) requires 20 members to be present > > at a meeting. Is there any practical way around this requirement given > > the current rules and state of the organisation? > > Having served on other bodies I believe that there is, I'll see if I can > find the information from a national body that I sat on when > it 'transferred its engagements'. From memory it would require that the remaining paid up members be able to contact each other to sign an agreement, I'll see if I can get the bank to forward a message to those who may still be members, if I am the last one it simplifies matters even more. > > > > I don't know if I'm still a member with outstanding fees or no > > > member anymore. > > > > This indeed is something that needs to be answered, Is it possible > > that re-opening membership could provide a practical solution to > > gaining quorum and holding a meeting? It also makes me wonder what > > would happen if we couldn't reach quorum? We also have the situation > > that people are being asked to pay membership fees and attend a > > meeting for what may turn out to be a decision to wind up AFFS. > > > > Is it more practical to wind up AFFS and then restart with a new > > organisation that has similar aims but a much more simple constitution > > and rules or try to reboot AFFS and drastically change the > > constitution which has proven to have effectively crippled it and > > caused it to drift into the state that it is now in? > > There does remain the question of the funds in the AFFS Bank account, > I'm not sure that the present members would wish to allow them to fall > by default to the government, (as a dormant account), and they are, in > part, donations, some of them sizeable, intended for specific purposes. > > However, your is a positive contribution to finding a way forward. > > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > John Seago > GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/
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