Re: [Fsfe-uk] AFFS

[John¹]

On Sunday 01 March 2009 12:34:21 Adam Bower wrote:
> No, but I am asking how this works practically given that we (currently)
> only know of one member which is (apparently) you and that have the
> other memberships ceased and therefore terminated or are they just in
> arrears to be reinstated when dues are received? I am certainly not
> suggesting that the association is wound up by people who are
> non-members. Can the current members make this decision without quorum
> and the association being in breach of its own rules?

To the best of my recollection, having been in a similar case many years 
ago the surviving members can agree to either suspend the rules, or adopt 
a new set. 

That does however involve the surviving members being put in touch with 
each other, and with their being clear as to how and why the situation 
came about, in the first place and as yet there has been no clear 
explanation of who it was who decidedto terminate the memberships of those  
who paid by means other than Direct Debit or Standing Order. And I'm not 
at all sure that I'd want to hand any assets or monies over to those who 
see that as a solution to not following the rules. 

If those who made the decision to terminate the memberships of the majority 
of the membership had explained why they felt that action needed to be 
taken at the time, then perhaps they may have carried the membership with 
them, however it seems that there are a number of former members who feel 
somewhat aggrieved, and I cannot for one understand why it was done at 
all, by whom, and what their exact status was when they did it. These 
questions need to be asked and answered before going any further, as 
whilst I agree that cock-up, incompetence or lack of time or interest may 
well have been the prime causes. Does any one want the same thing to 
happen to any new body, however it may arise, using the current monies and 
assets of the AFFS, or otherwise. Officers of unincorporated societies 
have both duties and liabilities, allowing the same level of cock-up, 
incompetence or lack of time or interest, to prevail twice is to compound 
a folly and the liability!

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John Seago
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