[plug] MEMBERSHIP FEES - official word from Prez of Vice on fees

[Chris Cornish]

---Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.smileys.net> wrote:
>
> Gary Allpike wrote:
> > With regard to fees -
> > * Does PLUG have a bank account to deposit these fees ?
> 
> Yes, AFAIK. Ask named when he returns from Land of Long White Cloud.
> moneyd ($d? David Campbell, anyway) may know - fees live in his PLUG
> cashbox at the moment.
> 
> > * Who is responsible for managing this account ?
> 
> I think moneyd, officially, although it may have been set up by named.
> 
> > * Who are the signatories ?
> 
> Pass.
> 
> > * What mechanisms exist for reporting usage of the account ?
> 
> Pass. Since we're having procedure, I would expect account
statements to
> be tabled at now-required AGM.
> 
> > * Has PLUG applied for non-profit status - and if not, who is
going to do
> > the taxation paperwork ?
> 
> AFAIK, "we" are a non-profit association.
> 
> > I guess in summary, there need to be provisions put in place to
handle the
> > money situation, I also believe they fees should be set by absolute
> > majority at a meeting.
> 
> They were. Unanimous agreement of all present, actually, about thirty
> people at the time.
> 
> > I have also briefly browsed the web site, and can
> > find no minutes of any meeting where it was decided to charge a
> > membership fee effective from the 9th March, or any mention of
membership
> > fees.
> 
> Talk to Ian about website (mailto:ian.kent at pobox.com, off top of
head).
> 
> > If PLUG wants to start handling money, I would like to see all the
proper
> > checks and procedures put in place prior to ANY money being handed
over.
> 
> Oh, no!!! Too late... (-:
> 
> >> Erm, these fees, maybe I've missed something recently . . .   
are they your
> >> actual membership fees for PLUG, applicable to all including
lurkers, or
> >> what?  I'd haveta post youse a cheque or something.
> 
> Regular attendees are expected to pay, mailing-list posters not AFAIK,
> lurkers definitely not AFAIK.
> 
> >>> How much is payable? about $10 for normal ppls $5 for students /
> >>> pensioners and $50 for  corporats (not me im normal )
> 
> No "abouts" about it.
> 
> -- 

sorry i ment EXACTLY 
> I wouldn't touch ActiveX with a 10-foot polecat.
> I might, however, let one loose on the developers.
>  --cddukes at eos.ncsu.edu
> 

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