Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Thanks for the offer Frederick. I'm sure we'll take you up on it. We'll collate a list of questions and nominate someone in the UK to be the sole point of contact Regards Brian On 27 January 2016 at 10:02, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 01/27/16 10:02, Jez Nicholson

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Does anyone know a friendly accountant? A CIC pays tax on profits just as any company does. You may have to pay corporation tax on membership fees, donations, etc. 'income' that isn't spent, aka 'trading profit'. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/ctmanual/ctm40145.htm On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 at 23:14

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Hi, On 01/27/16 10:02, Jez Nicholson wrote: > Does anyone know a friendly accountant? I'm sure the OSMF accountant would be willing and able to comment on these things (and as long as this just adds an hour or two to OSMF bill it would be totally ok to involve her). I can either forward a list

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Hi Dudley, Why? If an organisation wants to be a member, why shouldn’t it have a say in how OSM UK is run, including being nominated for and electing members to committees. I’m quite comfortable with requiring an individual to be nominated, which we can consider not allowing to be delegated,

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Brian wrote: >On legal structures, please read Rob's excellent summary before the >concall. I've read it and my conclusion so far, and I'm still not clear on >some things, is that we shouldn't go for unincorporated society (unlimited >liablity for officers) or charity (we don't have a charitable

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Hi Brian I think we should have "ordinary" members with full voting rights. Another class of membership should be for "organisations". They should be required to nominate an individual to represent them. Their voting rights should be limited so they cannot vote for committee membership or

[Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Hi everyone Don't forget this is scheduled for 8pm Wed this week 27 January 0800 22 90 900 Pass code 33224 We'll pick up on Rob's summary email i.e objectives;legal stucture; constitution If we can I'd like to start discussing: Name (not what it will be - but a mechanism for choosing one)