Our Chapter pays its own way and so why do we have to pay to belong to a Sydney based organisation ?
The Fellowship of First Fleeters was formed in Sydney in 1968. It has always been the parent body of each of the Chapters. As the parent body it keeps the central repository of records, a library, meeting rooms, it publishes a newsletter and maintains a web site and insurance coverage. It offers discounts to members on Fellowship activities – not all of which are based in Sydney. The parent body is also a company limited by guarantee and so the corporate liability of the members is limited to the contribution that members would have to make if the fellowship was ever wound up for insolvency. Members therefore gain the benefits and protections of being part of a corporate structure. It is the parent body that complies with legal obligations – like making sure that the organisation is registered as a charity so that fund raising (like raffles) can occur. Without this compliance anyone who seeks to raise money from someone who isn’t also a member of the organisation might be guilty of an
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