And I stress again, WMUK v1's Epic Fail was not
scoring charitable
status. Board elections, CRB check requirements etc are utterly
trivial compared to this one.
I'd say a key point of its failure was that it didn't get membership
sorted out so there was no accountability. Had there been a membership
body able to replace the board then the board would either have had to
get on and sort out the problems (I very much doubt they were
insurmountable - there are 1000s of charities in the UK and they all
managed just fine) or they would have been replaced by a board that
would. If the new chapter can sort out membership, then the community
can take charge and see to it that things work out.
PS Why couldn't v1 get charitable status? All it requires is one
letter to HMRC... I thought the problems were with bank accounts.