Membership Fees
Brian Prangle
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Until we have agreed the membership fees by resolution at our first meeting membership will have to be free. It's important to sign up with greg marler as you won't be able to vote at that first meeting if you haven't been a member for at least 30 calendar days prior to the date of the meeting.
Membership fees will have to be decided by resolution at that first meeting and we will have to give everyone notice of the resolution, so it's necessary to start the discussion now
First Draft Resolution:
Membership fees will be:
- Members £5 per annum
- Associate members: 2.1 SMEs (annual turnover< £5m) and public bodies £50 per annum 2.2 Corporate for-profit organisations (annual turnover>£5m) £500 per annum
Ian Caldwell Fri 6 Jan 2017 2:40PM
How do you "sign up with greg marler"?
RobJN Sat 7 Jan 2017 12:16PM
I've put the sign up form online. This is for normal members (people). For non-voting associate members please use the email address rather than the form. You can find all the details on http://osmuk.org/
RobJN Fri 6 Jan 2017 2:51PM
Ian, we are going to put the form online so that Greg's work is kept to a minimum. Will do that tonight/this weekend.
Poll Created Fri 6 Jan 2017 2:55PM
Brian's recommendation should be put to vote at the first meeting Closed Mon 9 Jan 2017 2:01PM
That went well. Thank you to everyone who voted and/or commented. We've got good support so this will go formally to the first meeting where I expect it to pass.
To gauge opinion, I propose that we accept Brian's recommendation (of £5, £50, £500) and take this to a formal vote a the first meeting (note: the vote here is non binding)
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Agree | 100.0% | 8 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 0 |
8 of 8 people have participated (100%)
RobJN
Fri 6 Jan 2017 2:56PM
I'm happy with this Brian :smiley:
Paul Oldham
Fri 6 Jan 2017 4:36PM
As a potential SME member that sounds about right to me.
Robert Whittaker
Sat 7 Jan 2017 12:49PM
With the proviso that we clarify which fee level larger non-profits / charities should pay as associate members.
Gregory Marler (former Director)
Mon 9 Jan 2017 1:26PM
OSMF Membership is currently £15/year, so it's not too much to be a member of both.
Later I'd like to have a discussion on joint-membership options with OSMF. E.g. if one-way, the local chapter only has to pay £12 per member.
Paul Oldham Fri 6 Jan 2017 4:34PM
So that I'm clear we're talking about membership of the CIC? As well as voting rights does that also impose any obligations on members? Like, for example, liability for any debts?
Robert Whittaker · Fri 6 Jan 2017 2:37PM
I assume the founding directors are already members, so we don't need to officially sign up anywhere. Is that right?
Re the fees resolution, that sounds ok to me. I'd suggest mentioning charities / not-for-profit organisations somewhere in 2 (presumably in 2.1) so that it's obvious where they fall.