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Hello lovely people. Here are some questions which I think are reasonable regarding BiCon 2001. I'd like to hear people's answers to them.

#1 Do you think that paying £2,200 to rent the accommodation for Monday night was the correct decision?

#2 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What alternatives were considered?

#3 Do you think that concealing this from everyone at the time was the correct decision?

#4 I have suggested that those of us - I'm one of them - who paid to stay elsewhere on the Monday night deserve at least an apology. Do you agree?

#5 Do you think that paying the full cost of the flight and other expenses for someone from Australia was a reasonable decision?

#6 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What financial planning was done that persuaded the team that it was affordable?

#7 What should 2002 and subsequent years do to avoid a similar situation in future?

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From:

lizw.livejournal.com

I've tried to set up a bisexual charity before, and it was a complete pain in the ass. I really don't recommend it - you lay yourself open to too much constitutional interference from the Charity Commissioners. For instance, they will only accept trustees who are not amongst the intended beneficiaries of the charity, which in the case of Bicon probably means people who aren't going to attend - this was the sort of headache that finally led me to give up when I tried it. The accounting requirements have been tightened up since then, too, and I have known them to leave really quite experienced treasurers tearing their hair out; one of my friends ended up paying a donation to her friendly local accountant's favourite charity to get him to do it for her.

From:

ciphergoth.livejournal.com

I agree; I would be opposed to BiCon becoming a registered charity.

From:

lovingboth

Yeah, but I think that there should be one somewhere if only to suck up some of the grant money that's only available to charities.

From:

softfruit.livejournal.com

Totally agree on that one.

Something that most of the community, what's left of it, doesn't seem to do anything like as much of as I'd like to see. But then I'm busy being smug about my successes under the guise of Manchester group on such things!

From:

lovingboth

which in the case of Bicon probably means people who aren't going to attend

I'd be surprised if that were the case, but experience tells me the Charity Commissioners have an infinite capacity to surprise.

From:

lizw.livejournal.com

They didn't want any of the trustees of the putative Bisexual Centre to use the facilities available there.

From:

lovingboth

!!! That's impressive, even for them.

Is Kevin Spacey forbidden from going to see something at the Old Vic, or even using the toilets, never mind acting there?