Re: [atlarge-discuss] incorporation

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Abel and all fellow members,

  This subject has already been debated, discussed and many good
suggestions provided.  See Archives for this forum from last
May thru Sept...

Abel Wisman wrote:

> Since it is obvious that incorporation is by far one of the most, if not
> the most important action this organization requires taken I would like
> to have some information from those that are in a position to provide
> this (lawyers ,experienced):
>
> Can incorporation take place without by-laws in place, or can very
> simple and easily amendable by-laws be used.
>
> I know this will depend on the "where" we incorporate but it is my
> assumption on this moment that incorporation means more to the
> organization then by-laws. If nto then incorporation might be a long
> time away, seeing as that by-law creation will be a long lasting
> procedure.
>
> Though I favour the creation of by-laws before incorporation and in that
> same line to have the by-laws dictate the incorporationprocess as in
> where and how, I can also see that any "official" business with USA
> based partners is harder to commit without "offical" incorporation.
> It should be known that in several EU countries the gathering of people
> expressing the will to organize by law constitutes a "society"
> (Vereniging, Vereign, Societe), which obviously by the comments untill
> now is not the case in the US.
>
> A "society" is an organization that can be covered by a mission
> statement and the board members only, so that one can work on by-laws
> and such in relative calm.
> Also in the EU one has the difference between the "statutes" and
> "by-laws" where the by-laws are the "internal rules" that govern the
> organization and the statutes are the offical and law-binding "mostly
> standard" documents (i.e. mission statement, date of inc. terms of
> office and official address, minimum officers (Pres. Treas. Sec.).
>
> I am not looking for a way to railroad the membership out of voting on
> important matters as by-laws, I am just considering that if there is a
> possibility to incorporate now and go on about the creation of by-las
> over a nominal period of time, we might be able to work more prolific on
> other matters such as funding.
>
> I would be more then interested in the opinion of those that hold
> knowledge on this in several countries over the globe.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Abel Wisman
>
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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