What would happen if Br. John was unable to be a part of TOTJO?

So I have just been doing some thinking in my free time and I was wondering, as Br. John is the founder of TOTJO, does he still retain all ownership or is there some form of safety net as this is a recognized charity? Like lets say something were to happen to Br. John, what would happen to TOTJO? Would Jestor become the owner like some kind of will? Or would the charity as a whole, the board members or whoever is in charge take over?

- M

Very good question since there is much misunderstanding and plenty of not knowing how about these things work. A non-profit Corporation does not have owners but often has members (as we do). Nobody owns The Order. Nobody can. It cannot be left in a will. As the Founder I do have a few privileges that were put into the Charter. I have the right to be a Member of The Council and the right to be Senior Pastor. I have one vote the same as any other Council Member. I do not and cannot control The Order.

If I resigned or ceased to have any part in The Order someone would be elected by The Council to be the President and they'd probably elect a new person to be on The Council to replace me. By law the minimum number of The Council is three. Currently we have six. I'm only counting Voting Members.

Nowadays I handle governmental and legal affairs and I'm the Treasurer as well as the President. For all practical purposes we have three presidents (or chief execute / operations officers) - just not in name - Jestor handles Membership Relations, Alexander is in charge of The Clergy and I already said what I do. It's something I'd like to do - actually have three co-presidents as that most accurately reflects the positions and duties.

I imagine my local pond turning to blood and the moon boiling into the ether. Don't leave us Br. John!

But more seriously... is there a back up plan, so like, if you went into a coma for an extended period or something, someone could pay our internet bill, etc?

Besides me, two others have full access to our PayPal account.

Br. John wrote: Besides me, two others have full access to our PayPal account.

Sweet. Please don't go into a coma anyway though :woohoo:

I find it oddly humorous and a bit scary that we are talking about ways in which Br. John would be offed.

Manu wrote: I find it oddly humorous and a bit scary that we are talking about ways in which Br. John would be offed.

I'm not going to pretend I haven't thought about conquering TotJO and parking my flag on it :whistle:

Snowy Aftermath wrote:

Manu wrote: I find it oddly humorous and a bit scary that we are talking about ways in which Br. John would be offed.

I'm not going to pretend I haven't thought about conquering TotJO and parking my flag on it :whistle:

Aha become the Sultan instead of the Sultan, its a tried method , but failed often :laugh: