[Melbourne-pm] The end of an Association

Alec Clews alecclews at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 01:24:57 PDT 2008


I think we only have about $40

:-(


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> From: Scott Penrose <scottp at dd.com.au>
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:16:07 +1100
> To: Jacinta Richardson <jarich at perltraining.com.au>
> Cc: Melbourne Perl Mongers <melbourne-pm at pm.org>
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] The end of an Association
> 
> 
> I love the idea of spending it on the SGM. Maybe as part of the April
> meeting, if the April meeting is the first at the pub, maybe it buys
> the beer :-)
> 
> Scooter
> P.S. Only if it is about $100, if we have say $300, maybe we should
> give some of that to OSDC.
> 
> On 09/03/2008, at 1:29 PM, Jacinta Richardson wrote:
> 
>> As Scott said, this stuff is not dissolving Melbourne Perl Mongers,
>> just
>> removing the legal association status.  Everything will continue
>> exactly has it
>> has been for the last year or so.  Regular members are unlikely to
>> notice any
>> difference at all.
>> 
>> 
>> Scott Penrose wrote:
>> 
>>> The next step is closing up Melbourne Perl Mongers - which will
>>> require
>>> a meeting. I will get back to you with arrangements once I have
>>> read the
>>> fine print.
>> 
>> I understand that what is necessary is to call a Special General
>> Meeting.  The
>> agenda (things to be voted on), date, time and place should be
>> announced at the
>> time the SGM is called, and the notice has to go out with 21 days
>> notice.
>> 
>> At the meeting the issue(s) are put to a vote and if the majority of
>> (financial)
>> members agree to dissolving the association, then that's that.  I
>> believe that
>> the public officer then needs to tell the government body which
>> handles
>> associations that it's been wound up, and to correctly deal with any
>> remaining
>> assets of the association.  Likewise bank accounts will need to be
>> closed.
>> 
>> If I understand matters correctly, the association has about $100 in
>> cash and no
>> other assets.  We could easily solve the problem of dealing with
>> this asset by
>> spending it on the SGM.  ;)  Alternately we can vote on what to do
>> with it at
>> the SGM.  If we aren't going to spend it, I'd suggest giving it to
>> the Perl
>> Foundation, which *probably* fits within the rules of what we're
>> allowed to do
>> with it.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Jacinta
>> 
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