Lee Adams

1.6306808 - no reply to any of my emails, not on original thread.

1) The plan is to let the charities commission handle that.
2) If an organisation has wholly charitable objects, then it is a charity. If it has a turnover of less than £5000 a year, then it can be an unincorporated charity.

 bagb uses objects similar to, say, the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, then it becomes a subjective opinionof which is more worthy. If what bitcoiners do now shapes the society of the future then an argument can be made that this is more important.

Talk to Iain who runs the bitcoin London meetup. He is trying to organise something like this at the moment.

So there are no plans to earn a wage from this. It would be done with people's spare time. Eventually members could vote a proposal through to employ someone, but unlike existing organisational structures the democracy would be rapid.

Hi,

What structure did you have in mind for this group?

I am trying to start a charity (Bitcoin association of Great Britain) which would have it's leading object as the advancement of education for organisations who wish to incorporate bitcoin.

There is another thread started concerning this with a video of me talking about it.

I have attended all the most recent London bitcoin meetups (highly recommended) and have had a lot of enthusiasm for this but limited support. Let me know if you are interested in sharing ideas?

My ideas are all on github, search for BitcoinAssociationofGreatBritain or bagb org uk

Lee.

Hi Guys,


Thanks for your interest in this.

BAGB's mission would be to help organisations use bitcoin in the UK. It's vision is to be a shining example of how to run an organisation using bitcoin. The aim is to get bagb registered as a charity with the charities commission.

We currently have 2 committed people willing to be founders, but another 2 have dropped out (it appears bitcoin people do not have much time at the moment). As we need at least 3 people this has stalled. I have also found that I am too busy to rustle up more support in this idea.

Much more is available on github; look for BitcoinAssociationofGreatBritain

Lee.

Babel

Got my forum help desk reply from someone in the Czech Republic. I did not understand a word, even when they replied in English!

Yup, I am also obsessed:

bought bitcoin - yes
sold bitcoin - yes
used bitcoin - yes
donated bitcoin - yes
bought bitcoin off  a guy in a pub - yes
bought beer with btcoin - coming soon
mined bitcoin - no not interested
paid someone to mine bitcoin on my behalf - I think so
 

EDIT:
Earned bitcoin - No, but looking to.

Yes...and an accountant. Disclaimer IANAL.

OK, maybe not, but possibly. If you are making a profit, then who knows if your tax regime will come after you, even if you do not touch fiat.

future

What an utterly weird restriction.

Hi,

I am looking to start the Bitcoin Association of Great Britain. It will be a charity with a mission to help UK Organisations accept bitcoin.

It's address is https://bagb.org.uk