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The Hackspace Foundation 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on the evening of '''Wednesday the 27th of July''' at '''8pm'''. The venue is unfortunately still TBD. It should last less than an hour. | The Hackspace Foundation 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on the evening of '''Wednesday the 27th of July''' at '''8pm'''. The venue is unfortunately still TBD. It should last less than an hour. | ||
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===General Resolution: Transfer of UK Hackerspaces assets=== | ===General Resolution: Transfer of UK Hackerspaces assets=== | ||
| − | We currently hold a some assets which are for the benefit of all UK hackerspaces. (This includes around £500 in cash, and the hackspace.org.uk domain.) We'd like to formalise the plan to transfer these to a new entity which can administer them and other funds, to remove any conflict of interest that London Hackspace has holding them. | + | We currently hold a some assets which are for the benefit of all UK hackerspaces. (This includes around £500 in cash, and the hackspace.org.uk domain.) We'd like to formalise the plan to transfer these to a new entity which can administer them and other funds, to remove any conflict of interest that London Hackspace has in holding them. |
=== Special Resolution: Adoption of new Charitable Constitution=== | === Special Resolution: Adoption of new Charitable Constitution=== | ||
Revision as of 22:49, 4 July 2011
The Hackspace Foundation 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on the evening of Wednesday the 27th of July at 8pm. The venue is unfortunately still TBD. It should last less than an hour.
Attendance
The meeting is open to paid-up members only, and your membership status will be checked on entry. We'll probably go to the pub afterwards, which non-members are welcome to attend afterwards, but we're not going to make it a big thing.
Agenda
If anyone is likely to have an issue with any of the items on this agenda, we would strongly advise you to get in contact with Russ or another director beforehand.
Special Resolution: Change of company name
We intend to propose to change the name from Hackspace Foundation to London Hackspace Ltd. in order to:
- Clarify that this company is primarily involved in the running of the London Hackspace
- Resolve the confusion which sometimes arises from us not having the word "limited" in our name
General Resolution: Transfer of UK Hackerspaces assets
We currently hold a some assets which are for the benefit of all UK hackerspaces. (This includes around £500 in cash, and the hackspace.org.uk domain.) We'd like to formalise the plan to transfer these to a new entity which can administer them and other funds, to remove any conflict of interest that London Hackspace has in holding them.
Special Resolution: Adoption of new Charitable Constitution
We will be voting on adopting new Articles of Association which will make it possible to register the London Hackspace as a charity. It will also be greatly modernised and include the first stage of the transition to One Click Orgs.
This should be complete and available to members at least a week before the meeting.
Election of directors
Two existing directors will have to stand for re-election. All members are eligible to stand for election as directors.
Note: I (Russ) would like to note that there are 8 spaces on the Board of directors, of which 6 are already filled. If more than two applications are received for the position of Director, they will have to go head-to-head in a vote after the AGM which will significantly increase our administrative burden. So I'd prefer it if people didn't go to town applying for the post of director. If you still want to apply, please e-mail me.