AWL> An Unincorporated Association is like a
AWL> partnership with a flux of membership...

 RS> Pity you havent even established that Fido *IS* an
 RS> unincorporated association Alex. Just claimed it is. It 
 RS> aint.

What is it then Rod. If it was just a nodelist, I would be able to submit
an automated request for nodelisting (with PVT flag) and appear in the next
issue of the nodelist. I would also be able to subscribe the sysop echos
just because I wanted to...

AWL> It has no separate (legal) existance, but can be treated as
AWL> an entity as a short-hand for the individuals who make it 
AWL> up. Any suit is against those individuals, but the 
AWL> Membership List is what determines who is and is not a party 
AWL> to the action...

 RS> Pity thats nothing like Fido Alex. Any more than a list of 
 RS> people who choose to meet the requirement to turn up on 
 RS> saturday mornings for a game of whatever is. 

If that list of people start calling themselves "The Outer Brisbane
Sunday Players" (or FidoNet) they are an association. If they aren't
incorporated...

 RS> They are at no legal risk of some dork like you declaiming 
 RS> that Saturday doesnt suit him, so it has to be some other 
 RS> morning instead. 

But if "some dork" insists that they change venue to one that is
wheelchair accessable, then the HREOC can (and will) gently explain that
they have no choice...

 RS> Because he is perfectly free to have a group of people who 
 RS> prefer to do it on Sunday morning instead if he wants to do 
 RS> that. So there goes THAT silly argument up in flames too.

But I'm not talking about changing mornings (or whatever) I'm asking that
an existing technical concession (PVT flag) be granted to me. Total
"hardship" to FidoNet 4 bytes...

...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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