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* One member had experiencing with other organization to pursue charitable status. Too often group has revenue shortfall and seeks charitable status to solve problem. Suggestions: | * One member had experiencing with other organization to pursue charitable status. Too often group has revenue shortfall and seeks charitable status to solve problem. Suggestions: | ||
** File on time | ** File on time | ||
** Do not do biz with groups outside of | ** Do not do biz with groups outside of Canada | ||
** Political activities. What are boundaries? | ** Political activities. What are boundaries? | ||
** CRA must approve our objectives, but CRA can change their rules at any point which then could not be approved. | ** CRA must approve our objectives, but CRA can change their rules at any point which then could not be approved. | ||
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* Debate merits and shortcomings of charitable status for EBC | |||
* Anna: Felt that the presentation was biased and assumed board was in favour of charitable status. Concerns raised in Jan board meeting and committee meeting were not address and still remain for me. We should have set a quorum for the open house because i'm not sure we have done sufficient member consultation if 2 people attended. Can we post the presentation on website and have basic survey to get more feedback? | |||
* Nancy: I had 3 concerns before and feel satisfied now. 1) Amount of funds available to charities 2) 3) Administration of accounting and tax receipts. | |||
* Coreen: CRA as a political tool (not non-partisan) of current govt. Have concerns that we may be open to this. | |||
* Alex: EBC is currently a pretty good org. In future, org could change and not be as organized and the requirements for charities could get us in trouble. Also, this could change how we are perceived by community - shift away from direct... just dont want to become an ivory tower organization with layers between the organization and the community we serve. Want to pursue charitable status but want to engage the membership more before we do. | |||
* Schedule a vote on whether EBC should pursue Charitable Status | * Schedule a vote on whether EBC should pursue Charitable Status | ||
* Discussion notes: | * Discussion notes: | ||