On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We're looking for advice (desirable, but not
essential) and someone to
sign off on the application (a legal requirement). The former we may
be able to get for free (as you say, you can usually get 30 minutes
free advice, although I don't know if that applies to corporate
matters), the latter I would expect we need to pay for whoever we get
(it involves writing something down - I believe that almost always
results in a fee). Since we need someone to sign the application, we
may as well try and make it someone that can offer useful advice as
well. Also, we're likely to require legal advice at some point in the
future (WM DE have been sued what, 4 times so far? And that's just
issues that have actually gone to court), so it would be good to have
a professional to turn to and not need to find one in a hurry.
We can afford reasonable set up costs, the board can fund them out of
their own pockets and get reimbursed out of the first membership fees.
We have 28 people interested in being supporting members. Assuming
half of them actually sign up and a membership fee of £10 (both
conservative estimates), that's £140 straight off. I think the
application itself costs £30, that leaves £110 to pay a solicitor -
hopefully there will even be something left over for travel expenses
(I'm just guessing what they're likely to charge - none of their
websites seem to include minor details like costs...). I'm happy to
sub the chapter £140 for the few months it will take to get the fees
in.
One presumes WMF's offer to assist with setup costs may still stand as well?
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Sam
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