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On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 18:03 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> I'm quite keen not to be a signatory since I'm not in the US. |
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> Capital One (in the UK) already have my personal data as until |
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> recently, I had an account with them. |
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That's fine I didn't even bother asking in detail about having out of |
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country officers or trustees on file. It's likely best we just avoid |
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that entirely, till we need to cross that bridge. |
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> Point to ponder ... |
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> Should only trustees be signatories or should we permit officers to |
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> operate the account too? |
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Well our treasurer has to have authority. Not sure if we want to require |
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President or VP as well. I don't see a point to having secretary on |
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file. We might keep 1-2 trustees on file as a backup. That way someone |
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can help add/remove people in the absence of others. |
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> Trustees serve as officers today but that may not always be the case. |
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> Indeed, it may be desireable to split the roles. |
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The roles should be split. Trustees should oversee the officers. |
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Officers make the will of the trustees happen. They do not think or act |
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on their own. Trustees rarely act, but pass their will on to the |
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officers to make it happen. |
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At least that's my take. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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