<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Dudley Ibbett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dudleyibbett@hotmail.com" target="_blank">dudleyibbett@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Having had a quick look for AoA on the web I wouldn't say it is very common. I have yet to find an example. The proposal begs the question as to why would anyone want to be a member under the Act (i.e. having your address on the register) . What would be the point?</div>
</div></blockquote></div><br>I'm not a attorney nor do I have any familiarity with UK laws. However searching for relevant documents, it appears to me that if you want to be a member of OSMF, we need to provide OSMF with our name and address. Looking at Amnesty International United Kingdom AoA [1] I see the same requirement. If any organization would want to keep membership anonymous, they would be it.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Personally I don't have a problem with registering as long as there is limited liability to me as an individual if OSMF closed its doors. Unless we have good legal advise that membership does not require giving name and address, then the only alternative is to organize in a country with different membership requirements.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">[1] <a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_19446.pdf">http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_19446.pdf</a><br><br clear="all"><div><br>
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