Re: [wg-review] SME constituency?

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:59:37PM -0500, Joanna Lane wrote:
> > Given that a sole trader cannot not join a Chamber of Commerce (which
> > represents only limited companies/ corporations)
> 
> <I don't believe that is true in the US.  Moreover the ICC web site says
> that individuals can be accepted as members.>
> 
> Kent,
> My comment refers to UK sole traders and I stand by my statement, but you
> raise an interesting point.
> Would it be correct to say therefore that a US sole trader may join the BC
> through a Chamber of Commerce, whereas a UK sole trader cannot join any
> constituency?

My point was that it may be possible for UK sole traders to join the 
ICC directly.  In any case, I believe that a UK sole trader could join 
the BC directly.

> > and I am not aware of any
> > other associations that represent sole traders, the only part of the BC's
> > charter that I have found that may be applicable is:-
> > <snip>
> > b. Any legally recognized for-profit business enterprise that has been
> > delegated a domain, that uses the Internet to conduct for-profit business
> > and that has been in business for at least one year. >
> >
> > If I am a sole trader, can I join the BC?
> 
> <Is a sole trader a "legally recognized for-profit business enterprise"?>
> 
> I am not here for a test. I am simply trying to help us reach consensus by
> identifying issues that need further consideration and clarification in and
> with respect to IDNH in particular. On the face of it, this seems to be one
> of them. With the greatest respect, it would be more helpful if you could
> answer my questions instead of throwing them back at me.

I'm sorry, didn't mean to seem snide -- it just seems to me that the
answer to your question was obvious -- I would be astounded if the BC
rejected sole traders, *as I understand the term*.  The goal of the BC is
not, as the conspiracy theorists would have it, to exclude any form of
legitimate business. 

But I don't know for *sure* what a "sole trader" is, so if it in fact
doesn't meet the definition of a "legally recognized for-profit business
enterprise", then it wouldn't be let in.  And, in fact, you are in a 
much better position to answer that question than I am.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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