On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Can you elaborate on the legal and practical differences between the new > India Trust and the India Chapter? > Dear Liam, Since I run a non-profit in India in my other life, I'll pitch in on one part of this: the legal differences between the India trust and the India chapter. There are three common ways of legally incorporating a non-profit in India: trust, society, section 25 company. The chapter is registered as a society, traditionally considered a more open incorporation structure, with members, elections etc. All these are specified in its by-laws. The program office is registered as a trust, which requires a minimum of two trustees to function. A trust does not usually have members; trustees can be appointed or elected (as per what's specified as the method on the trust deed). Check out the table at the bottom of the attachment [1] to get more details on this. Cheers Bishakha [1] http://www.ngosindia.com/resources/ngo_registration.php _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l