[ELECTRON] Important news from the CCA

[Alan J Munro]

Hi, 
this is a real abuse of trust by these people - 
I think you should name and shame the people responsible! 

alan

On 3 Jun 2014, at 14:24, Martin McGrath wrote:

> All,
> 
> Recently the CCA received a court summons for a group who had used the
> Electron club room as the registered address of a company they had set
> up. The group in question had been using the room some time ago, but
> apparently not in recent history, there was no contact details on any
> of their bookings**.
> 
> The CCA are happy to allow members to have postal mail delivered to
> the Electron Club room, but not happy for this address to be used for
> anything else, including but not limited to the registered address of
> a company.
> 
> If you are currently using the address for anything other than postal
> mail please contact me off list.
> 
> Secondly, from now on when signing out the keys to the room CCA
> reception will be checking that you are on the members list I provide
> to them, and asking for ID. This isn't surprising, and has in fact
> been they way the process has been described on the EC FAQ since
> before I joined:
> 
> http://electronclub.org/doku.php?id=faq
> 
> "How do I get into the room?
> 
> A list of members will be kept at CCA box office/reception downstairs.
> Members will bring some proof of identification and sign for and
> collect keys to the club from CCA reception. Members will also need to
> sign in and out of the building for fire regulation purposes, so
> please remember to sign out and return the keys when you leave!"
> 
> As a reminder, the membership list I provide to the CCA is generated
> from the mailing list. So if you have provided your name (first name
> and surname) when signing up an entry is added to the list. Those who
> have not provided a full name are not added to the list.
> 
> Only members wishing to sign out the keys for use of the room are
> required to provide ID. If you simply want to attend an event someone
> else is running you just turn up as usual. Note that people signing
> out the keys are responsible
> 
> In the past I've sent out emails to all individuals who had not
> provided their names explaining this, and had some responses. If you
> are in doubt as to your status on the list, please email me directly
> and I'll check your details.
> 
> Please keep in mind that the CCA provide us with the use of the space
> at no cost.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Martin
> 
> ** Please refer to my previous message about the importance of
> creating calendar entries as specified in the instructions:
> 
> http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/2014-May/002806.html
> 
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