[MLB-WIRELESS] [Fwd: November 2002 Annual General Meeting]

[Robert Graham Merkel]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:09:26PM +1100, Clae wrote:
> At 12:09 AM +1100 11/11/02, Adrian Close wrote:
> >On 7 Nov 2002, James Healy wrote:
> >
> >> I know most people on the list aren't members, but just as a FYI..
> >
> >Pardon me, but since when was membership anything other than membership of
> >this mailing list?
> 
> Since we became an incorporated assocaition in June.
> Mind you, that's not about participation in the network per se, which 
> as far as legally possible will be open to all.  It's about 
> supporting and voting on the direction of the group as a whole, 
> member discounts, nifty membership cards, etc.
> 
> > I've been on this mailing list for a while now (since
> >before we had meetings) and I've never seen anything official about
> >members needing to be specially blessed.
> >
> >> and before anyone asks, afaik, you can become a member on the night, but
> >> since membership has to be approved at a committee meeting, you wont be
> >
> >Say what?!!  "Approved at a committee meeting"?!!  If this is case, it's
> >the only organisation of its kind I know of to require such approvals.
> >Normally, you front up to the membership secretary and sign up on the
> >spot.  How bizarre.
> 
> well, as it's aprt of the standard model rules we adopted from 
> corporate affairs victoria, my guess would be that it's pretty 
> common.  and it's not about vetting "worthwhile" members, it's just a 
> procedural thing, so we can keep our books nice and clean for the 
> gummint.
> 

Just to agree with Clae, this is quite standard for incporated 
voluntary assocations.  Nothing at all unusual here.

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                                           Robert Merkel
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