Hello all,
This afternoon @ugne and I had a meeting with Madeleine the lawyer.
We spent most of the meeting on two things:
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Clarifying some legal terms that are needed to understand the statutes, e.g. démembrement, usufruit, nue-propriété, cession des parts, copropriété forcée etc.
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Explaining some of our more complicated questions
We agreed on the following next steps:
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She will look at our table with questions, and write some quick answers.
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For the more complicated questions she may call the notary to get some clarifications.
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She will work on the statutes and make amendments (in tracked changes) to change some of the clauses so that they better fit our way of working (e.g. voting).
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She will get back in touch in the course of next week, sending us the table, the statutes with track changes and her work sheet (so that we can keep an eye on our budget).
I have taken notes of the things she explained. I could easily type this out, but I prefer to wait until she comes back to us, so that I don’t spend time that isn’t needed.
All this should get us a whole lot closer to finalising this task.
Here’s a rough overview of what I think we need to do afterwards:
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Look at the answers and amendments, and do a final iteration.
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Make a two-pager “statutes for dummies” in which we explain the key terms, the essence of what’s in the statutes (GA, Conseil de Gestion etc) and a separate section on certain implications that everybody who joins must understand.
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Once we have a stable version of the two-pager and the amended statutes, we can start discussing it at the plenary.
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Once we reach consent, we are in principle ready to launch the société simple. The practicalities should be rather simple: sign the document, register it in the BCE and something else the notary will take care of.
@ugne would you be ok to take care of the agenda for Thursday’s meeting, or would you prefer I do it?
@alberto would you possibly be available for that meeting?