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Only Member Left in Corp - Can I Take It Over?
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Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#1 - 2014-12-11 16:35:28 UTC
I joined a very small corp about six months ago. Shortly after joining, the other members just disappeared. No messages; nothing since I joined.

Do I have an option to become CEO of the Corp? I recall an earlier post about this type of situation, but can't find it. If I remember responses to that post, a petition could be sent to CCP to do so. Is that correct? If I do become CEO, what becomes of the Corp assets? I have no idea what they are since no one told me, but I do know I'm still paying 7% tax on some of my activities.

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Lister Dax
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-12-11 16:42:20 UTC
Just send a petition about it and a GM will sort it out. Or just leave if there aren't any assets. I assume you would be made CEO and have all roles to access any corp assets.
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#3 - 2014-12-11 17:02:55 UTC
3 ways:

1) if you have any shares call for a vote to replace the ceo. any share holder can do this at any time.

2) contact the ceo if you have an outside e-mail. see if he/she will give you the corp. In addition drop him/her an eve-mail, they could be logging in when your not around and you may not have the roles to see this.

3) file a petition, explain politely to the gm's the situation. if the ceo has been unsubbed for a certin time they will most likely assist. but don't quote me.

and

4) leave the corp and make your own.

if it has no assets its typically easier to just start your own corp then to take over a dead one. but if you like the name.. shrugs

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Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#4 - 2014-12-11 17:11:21 UTC
I have no shares. No mention of such when I joined.

CEO is not responding. No one is responding.

There was a POS. Probably long gone.

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Louise Beethoven
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2014-12-11 17:12:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Louise Beethoven
What did you do to p*ss them all off?
Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#6 - 2014-12-11 17:13:57 UTC
Louise Beethoven wrote:
What did you do to p*ss them all off?



lol They begged me to join for over a month! Once I did, within a week everyone (probably 3 plus a couple of alts) were gone.

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Lister Dax
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-12-11 17:17:17 UTC
Petition it, seems your only hope Leia.
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2014-12-11 18:20:01 UTC
Find a new corp. Don't waste your time trying to fix a broken one.
Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#9 - 2014-12-11 19:05:39 UTC
Antillie Sa'Kan wrote:
Find a new corp. Don't waste your time trying to fix a broken one.


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Moac Tor
Cyber Core
Immediate Destruction
#10 - 2014-12-11 19:19:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Moac Tor
When the current CEO leaves the corporation, then they must select a successor. So I take it the current CEO is still in the corporation, in which case there is nothing you can do unless you have shares as mentioned above.

Lister Dax wrote:
Petition it, seems your only hope Leia.

Filing a petition won't achieve anything except for wasting the GMs time.
Skywalker
TEMPLAR.
The Initiative.
#11 - 2014-12-11 20:39:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Skywalker
Hey, leave it, start a new corp you are welcome to apply for membership in S.C.A http://sca.rocksIdea
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#12 - 2014-12-11 21:43:53 UTC
Moac Tor wrote:
When the current CEO leaves the corporation, then they must select a successor. So I take it the current CEO is still in the corporation, in which case there is nothing you can do unless you have shares as mentioned above.

Lister Dax wrote:
Petition it, seems your only hope Leia.

Filing a petition won't achieve anything except for wasting the GMs time.


GMs will not replace a CEO except under very strict conditions. One of them is if a "Replace CEO" shareholder vote is unable to obtain at least a 5% voting record.

Straight-up, don't bother. Its not worth the time.

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Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#13 - 2014-12-11 22:08:53 UTC
Looks like I have the answer. Thank you to those who stepped in with advice. Much appreciated!

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Warde Guildencrantz
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-12-11 22:21:16 UTC
Make a new corp. Call it SECURE TRANSPORTS. <- with a dot

done.

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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#15 - 2014-12-11 22:32:08 UTC
Make a new corp, but give it a misleading name.

If your goal is to provide secure transport, something like "Wormhole Death Squad" works better, as it will confuse people that might think "haulers, great, these are harmless prey"

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Iain Cariaba
#16 - 2014-12-11 23:25:20 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
Make a new corp, but give it a misleading name.

If your goal is to provide secure transport, something like "Wormhole Death Squad" works better, as it will confuse people that might think "haulers, great, these are harmless prey"

Misleading names huh? Glorious Revolutionary Forces of Highsec? Cause the name 'Gankers R Us' was too blatant, or was it taken? I'm going to go for taken. Blink
Ned Thomas
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2014-12-11 23:47:50 UTC
"Harmless Haulers Easy Prey" becomes a merc corp in 5, 4, 3, 2...
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2014-12-12 00:28:46 UTC
I do recall that thread too.

And I do also recall the answer of the GM on the same question:

They do not intervene and you only have the normal options to become CEO.




So I would just leave the corp and for the next one do some good research what you join. As a corp that small amd that dies off that quickly should already have had the doomsday signs hanging around them.

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Serene Repose
#19 - 2014-12-12 04:36:08 UTC
No. You can't take it over. You're eternally at the mercy of a digital ghost.
If you try to vote it out, it'll always make the vote a tie!

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#20 - 2014-12-12 05:26:07 UTC
Quote:
As a corp that small amd that dies off that quickly should already have had the doomsday signs hanging around them.


Surprisingly the two leaders were grizzled vets, one going back to 2006.

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