+1 to the idea of finding a way to get the money to Rik to use; he's long been a champion of Software Freedom Day and has been holding meetings consistently even throughout all the turmoil of the quakes.
-jim On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Nick Rout <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <davidrk...@gmail.com> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
