GOODF thread "WERE BANK MEETING 15/05/2015" has a video of a presentation by Peter. 3h 16m of tedious waffle, but more interactive than previous presentations. I think the title is wrong, and the event was at Nottingham on 23 May 2015. [As usual, my comments in square brackets.]
Some highlights:
21m 0s: A sucker has paid £92,000 VAT bill to HMRC with a WeRe cheque. Peter says HMRC haven't contacted him about this but, ten days after the chap submitted the cheque, HMRC said it had cleared. [Peter does not, of course, say he has paid this £92,000.]
39m 0s: [No, Peter, UCC isn't law in the UK.]
75 people/day are joining. Currently 550 on the new website.
1h 07m 0s: Peter will pass out envelopes for second month contributions, or £10 + £25.
About 15 people paid for chequebooks to Paypal, but Peter can't pay this back. About £2000 is frozen in there. People should claim back from Paypal.
Chequebooks cost Peter about £6.50, plus £2.50 postage.
1h 24m 0s: Question from the audience: I've had a problem with the cheques. But the payee has given me their bank details so I can pay it directly. Can I do that through WeRe Bank instead of using a cheque?
Answer: We are probably going to reduce the number per book from 50 to 25. [What Peter means is: no, you won't be able to do a direct bank transfer. Just like you currently can't pay with dodgy cheques.]
1h 32m 0s: Peter needs about £350,000 for a permanent base, server and so on. He can't borrow from a bank.
Website will have facility for suckers to enter amounts they are paying down their Promissory Notes.
1h 58m 0s: Peter won't register the bank as a company, or follow regulations, or pay tax. [Of course, if HMRC did want him to pay tax, couldn't he write a cheque?]
2h 06m 0s: Meeting face-to-face in meetings is important. Hitler started off like that.
2h 15m 0s: Q: Can my brother buy a house with a cheque? A: No. The cheques are currently only for public-facing debts, so they
can be used for paying off entire mortgages.
2h 40m 0s: Q: What's happening with insurance? A: We are getting streetwear made up: tee-shirts, badges etc. The Re logo is a rune with a lightening strike, like the SS used. All members will be given a certificate of 3rd party insurance for any vehicle. Wearing the badge or whatever will prevent any hassle at the roadside. [No it won't.]
2h 51m 0s: Q: Why do you need NI numbers? A: Because we are operating on the public side, not the private.
2h 54m 0s: References Quatloos "left-handed screwdrivers".
Peter has ordered another batch of chequebooks. Expected to arrive in a week.
Peter says a cash-free society would be bad. [But he want to replace pounds with Re units, and Re isn't available as cash.]
[As usual, Peter never made any claim that he ever honoured any cheques, ie paid out the money. Nor that he has ever tried to pay anything with a WeRe cheque.]