[wellylug] Very Important: Meeting of 13th Feb 2005

[Steven Mulvay]

I am in  favour of this move if you are sure that incorporation is not
compulsory. 

Cheers,
Steve 

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:00:32 +1300 (NZDT)
wellylug-request at lists.wellylug.org.nz wrote:
> If the LUG is wanting to have charitable status, which I presume it
> would want to do, then it would be necessary to register with the new
> Charities Commission some time after July this year.  While
> registration is voluntary, it looks like most of the major funding
> bodies (trusts etc) will require recipient organisations to be
> registered with the Commission before they can get funds.  My
> understanding, however, is that a group will not have to be formally
> incorporated in order to register with the Commission.  This may
> offer an alternative route that we may want to explore/ add into the
> mix.
> 
> Colin