>> Alison I have just spoken to my next door
neighbours daughter who works in a bank and >she says that there are special
exceptions.> >> > Problem is triggering them. In most cases you need some kind
of hold> > over the bank such as having a large existing deposit you can
threaten> > to withdraw. For something like WMUK 2.0 saying no is the easy
option> > so they are going to do that unless you are a complete walk through in>
> terms of meeting requirements.> > It strikes me that the first and most
pressing objective of the board> should be to obtain charitable status, for which, as
we have seen so> clearly, a bank account is necessary. Accepting directors aged
under> 18 (and therefore without credit ratings) seems likely to place> additional
obstacles in the path towards charitable status.> > I agree that having directors of
16 or 17 would be a "nice to have".> I don't think it's important
enough to compromise the most important> aim of the project.>
I would have to
agree with Sam Korn. What i would suggest is this. Firstly
have people over 18 year olds, and that meet all requirements get the bank
account. Then after everything is dealt with, we can then look towards
having 16 and 17 year old directors in the future. I do feel that it is in the best
interests of WMUK not to have 16/17 year old directors at this time. We have
enough problems to deal with at this moment in time as an unfortunate result of
the way UK banking works, we don't need to add to those difficulties. I hope
you understand this :)
Seddon
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