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[LUG]Re: Funds, charities, clubs, membership and associated shenanigans..
- To: Simon Avery via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: [LUG]Re: Funds, charities, clubs, membership and associated shenanigans..
- From: John Harris via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:32:16 +0100
- Cc: John Harris <john@xxxxxx>
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Thank you Simon, I take that as good experienced advice. I would be
surprised if the total costs exceed even £200 a year and I'm sure we can
treat that as petty cash in a pot without any accounting oversight.
Anyone interested can see where we spend it just by looking at DCGLUG's
web presence.
John.
On 17/10/2025 16:12, Simon Avery wrote:
Just chipping in to agree with everything Gordon says.
I'll also recommend not going down the charity route as was suggested
earlier - completely unnecessary and adds a huge amount of legal
requirement, responsibility and just plain boring work. As someone whose
family started a successful charity that took over all our lives for
three decades and is still going strong without us, I can say I have a
little experience in this, and in watching what was one a fun and
enjoyable thing turn into something that was at times extremely bitter
and divisive.
A small lug does not need any kind of formal arrangement and I strongly
recommend fighting to keep that. Focus on what brings you together,
linux, and only that.
Keep it small, keep it loose, keep it friendly.
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