Does Rik have any costs involved in the monthly meetings he holds?

Alternatively Software Freedom Day might like the money.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:32 AM, David Kirk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Sometime in the distant past we had an Installfest and we had a few
> dollars left over.  Nobody wanted to take responsibility for the money, so
> I was left holding it and from then on I was the unofficial Treasurer.
>
> We used the money for our regular meetings and I set up a bank account at
> Westpac.
>
> The money has been sitting in the bank for several years now untouched.  I
> get a statement every 6 months.
>
> I went to the bank over the weekend to change my address and they wouldn't
> let me update the account because we haven't proved any documentation like
> our last meeting minutes or some other stuff that I can't provide because
> 'CLUG does not exist'.  They need this documentation to comply with AML
> (anti money laundering) rules.
>
> There is about $470 in the account and it earns about 3 - 4 cents per
> month.
>
> I don't think we are likely to have any more installfests and CLUG doesn't
> have any income.  The only expense we might have is our domain name.  This
> is currently funded by Discount Domains.  I'm not sure we even need to keep
> that.  Have a look at http://clug.org.nz.
>
> I think we should close the bank account and maybe donate the money
> somewhere.  Does anyone have any suggestions or objections?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>
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