[Osmf-talk] OSMF Articles of Association - Discussion on Revision for 2013 AGM

[Michal Palenik]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 06:30:25PM +0100, Henk Hoff wrote:
> 2013/3/13 David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>
> 
> >
> > I'm struggling to see how someone who is not a member of the Company as
> > defined by the Companies Act can have any voting, or other rights, which
> > the Companies Act confers upon members, but as you say lets see what the
> > "legal experts" say.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> In the Articles of Association we define how we want to be governed.
> Amongst others: how we make our decisions.
> Voting rights are not limited to "members" according to the Companies Act.
> We can define another group of persons and give them specific voting
> rights. As long as we're clear who that group is, what they can vote about
> and how the vote can take place. There is a lot possible, as long as we're
> clear on what we want.
> E.g.: "active community members" is vague. When are you a community member
> and when are you considered active?
> 
> If we want to, it's even possible to point to a specific traffic-light and
> say that the what the signal is on a specific date/time is a
> yes/undecided/no. As long as it is clearly written down in the AoA what the
> procedure is.

in several ngos i am in, we have two member types: "regular" and
"waiting"

regular members have all the rigths
one can become regular member after waiting period (in one ngo it's
6months, in another 2 years)

waiting members do not have some rights (voting rights, keys from our
hackerspace, eligibility for some funds, ...)
i assume waiting members would not have to be disclosed due to comapnies
act.

m

> Henk

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