PS - the kerfuffle over the ACS doing this recently was all about the detail within the consitution, not the fact that they were aiming to become a company limited by guarantee - as there's nothing inherently bad with doing that. As ever, the devil is in the details.
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 13:58, Robert Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > It's worth considering a "Company Limited by Guarantee" instead of an > Incorporated Association. > > The former is registered direct with ASIC -you get an ABN. You can as > part of the registration have the "Pty Ltd" requirement removed. > > The latter is registered under a state (you get a business number), and to > trade in other states must apply for an ARBN from ASIC (and then you have > compliance at state and federal levels to manage). Some states had > requirements that you had to have an office (or official address) in the > state that you were registered in, and even a public officer living in that > state. > > Both can be registered as non-profit with the ATO, both can have a > constitution to suit the requirements (no payments to members, etc), both > can register as a charitable organisation if your constitution and purpose > are suited to it. > > I've helped deregister an Incorporated Association to replace it with a > Company Limited by Guarantee. Happy to discuss with anyone interested in > how this works (can supply various example documents/etc as well). > > Regards, > > Robert > > On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 13:09, Warrick Mitchell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi David and Terry, >> >> In AusNOG 2018, David in his closing remarks talked about moving AusNOG >> towards an incorporated association with members. >> >> Since then we had AusNOG 2019 and I believe there were some remarks about >> this moving forward (however the slides are not up on the ausnog site to >> refer to for the closing remarks) and as I understand it three of the >> directors of AusNOG resigned and have not been replaced yet. >> >> So do we have an update on what's happening with AusNOG as an entity? It >> feels like it's stalled on the highway... >> >> In 2020, it was announced there would be no AusNOG conference at all, due >> to COVID-19. >> >> David mentioned a conference in September 2021, but what's the plan if >> travel restrictions / border closures are still in place? >> >> Perhaps we should consider having a conversation with our NZ cousins and >> running a virtual conference together etc might be an idea? >> >> Cheers, >> Warrick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> >
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