[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
:-(
--
Alec Clews
Personal <alec.clews at gmail.com> Melbourne, Australia.
Jabber: alecclews at jabber.org.au PGPKey ID: 0x9BBBFC7C
Blog http://alecthegeek.wordpress.com/
> 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
>>
>> --
>> ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson |
>> `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia |
>> (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 |
>> _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au |
>> (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au |
>
> _______________________________________________
> Melbourne-pm mailing list
> Melbourne-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pm
More information about the Melbourne-pm
mailing list