Comments on: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi http://www.davecole.org/blog/2005/03/26/sic-transit-gloria-mundi/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Anonymous http://www.davecole.org/blog/2005/03/26/sic-transit-gloria-mundi/#comment-7 Anonymous Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:56:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=27#comment-7 I don't want to comment on the bulk of the proposals, most of which are good, but one thing caught my eye: <br/><br/>"We need to position, in a geographical sense, our services like the copy shop and anything else in that line to pick up more trade from the public. If Kinko's on Chancery Lane can make money charging 10p/copy, we can undercut them. "<br/><br/>This, I think, would be illegal; it would violate our charitable status. The Union's commcerical facilities (like the Copy Shop)qualify for chairtable status only if and to the extent that they exist to serve SU members' interests. That a few cheapskate City bankers and King's students use our copy shop as well is a de minimis exclusion.<br/><br/>Howevere, if we actively solicit regular clients, then I think we'd be in a lot of trouble.<br/><br/>Aly I don’t want to comment on the bulk of the proposals, most of which are good, but one thing caught my eye:

“We need to position, in a geographical sense, our services like the copy shop and anything else in that line to pick up more trade from the public. If Kinko’s on Chancery Lane can make money charging 10p/copy, we can undercut them. “

This, I think, would be illegal; it would violate our charitable status. The Union’s commcerical facilities (like the Copy Shop)qualify for chairtable status only if and to the extent that they exist to serve SU members’ interests. That a few cheapskate City bankers and King’s students use our copy shop as well is a de minimis exclusion.

Howevere, if we actively solicit regular clients, then I think we’d be in a lot of trouble.

Aly

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