[MLB-WIRELESS] Structure vote at the April 12th meeting.

[Craig Mead - Sydney Wireless Access Group]

|| This has literally just been put up.
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|| ** This is not finished yet. **
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While I understand you still said this is a work in progress....I am merely
commenting on the following points

| "Objective - Free Public Broadband"

There are many definitions for "Free".
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=free

Which one are you basing your network on?
A "free" in the no money sense, is not possible, people need to buy
hardware.

| "Have a bank account with cheque withdrawal by signature of Treasurer and
either the President or Secretary. "

Who's name is the bank account going under? (AFAIK) Unless you are a
company/organisation/association you have to sign up for personal bank
accounts, you can get accounts in joint names, but if someone then leaves
the "board" (or whatever your term for the head group is) this account will
need to be closed and re-opened every time the positions change (each year
is very likely)


|  "Members cannot be held liable for damages or losses."

Have you had legal advice on this statement?

Yet again, (AFAIK) all users on the network will be held responsible for
their own actions unless the group is incorporated in some form (and in this
case you legally require Public Liability Insurance,  and unless someone is
personally going to foot the bill, you will have to consider membership
fees). Unless whoever is writing this document is willing to state that
he/she/they are claiming sole  responsilibity for everyones actions on the
network, I very highly doubt this statement is correct.

It's like writing a document and signing it saying "No matter what law I
break while driving on the road, I do not hold myself legally responsible"

A judge will laugh at you and you'll be a rather large spot of bother.

nb: I am not agreeing/disagreeing with anything said or trying to start an
arguement, I just highly advise you check into the above points.

Regards, Craig Mead


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