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We have an internal governing document being drafted by the [[Freegle Structure]] working group. Please join that group if you would like to be more involved in this aspect of your organisation. | We have an internal governing document being drafted by the [[Freegle Structure]] working group. Please join that group if you would like to be more involved in this aspect of your organisation. | ||
One area under consideration is whether we should consider becoming a charity. Have a look at the page [[Charitable Status]] for some Q & A about this. | One area under consideration is whether we should consider becoming a charity. Have a look at the page [[Charitable Status]] for some Q & A about this | ||
We have adopted a [[Financial Management and Controls]] document to enable the opening of a bank account. | |||
The question of trademarking the name Freegle is also a recurring topic of discussion. An interesting article to read about other's experiences on this can be found at [http://www.beneschlaw.com/pubs/xprPubDetail.aspx?xpST=PubDetail&pub=2485] | The question of trademarking the name Freegle is also a recurring topic of discussion. An interesting article to read about other's experiences on this can be found at [http://www.beneschlaw.com/pubs/xprPubDetail.aspx?xpST=PubDetail&pub=2485] | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 6 January 2011
Freegle has been formed as a collective of groups. We are still very new in terms of our national organisational structure as we are building ourselves democratically (and all that consultation can take a long time!).
We have an internal governing document being drafted by the Freegle Structure working group. Please join that group if you would like to be more involved in this aspect of your organisation.
One area under consideration is whether we should consider becoming a charity. Have a look at the page Charitable Status for some Q & A about this
We have adopted a Financial Management and Controls document to enable the opening of a bank account.
The question of trademarking the name Freegle is also a recurring topic of discussion. An interesting article to read about other's experiences on this can be found at [1]
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