[ELECTRON] Electron club fundraising etc

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It's easy to become an association - all you need is a secretary -  
BOB, a treasurer - Simon and a chair - Nina....? and a constitution -  
paragraph of the basics which is already there. It could be a kind of  
dormant association like a sleeping giant that only had to be woken  
for some urgent need ie Broadband. I like the fact that the Electron  
Club is a group of disassociated individuals/groups working mainly on  
their own projects but on occasion the status of a properly  
constituted association could be useful?


Paula Larkin
Development Worker
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Document 7
Glasgow, October 2009



On 15 Jun 2009, at 11:19, makerfair wrote:

> I am inclined to agree that the work involved in becoming a proper  
> charity is probably not justified as things stand. There are other  
> charities and organisations around that can be lead partners on  
> grant applications for instance if we ever get to that situation.
>
> However, some grants would be available to us with a lower level of  
> admin: if we had a constitution and a bank account. For instance  
> that would be enough to allow us to get city council funding, if we  
> were so minded.
>
> Regards
> Nina Baker
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> --- On Mon, 15/6/09, Andrew Back <andy at smokebelch.org> wrote:
>
> From: Andrew Back <andy at smokebelch.org>
> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Electron club fundraising etc
> To: "Discussion list for the Electron Club" <members at electronclub.org>
> Date: Monday, 15 June, 2009, 10:59 AM
>
> On (10:52 15/06/09), Mark Bryars wrote:
> >
> > Would it be worth the electron club registering as a charity so  
> we could
> > claim tax back from donations etc etc, or is that all to much  
> like hard
> > work?
>
> As I understand it, a *ton* of hard work. Hannah (of the Green  
> Mappers)
> could, I'm sure, offer more of an insight...
>
> Much as it would be very handy, putting aside all the work required  
> it would
> mean the EC became a thing with a bank account, secretary,  
> constitution (or
> similar), board, mandated meetings with a quorum required etc etc.  
> IIRC
> that is - I could be wrong. Anyhow, all the sort of suff that has been
> avoided so far.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
> -- 
> Andrew Back
> a at smokebelch.org
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