On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Drew from Zhrodague > <[email protected]> wrote: > > A non-profit status usually means you'll accept funding, or > provide a > > service/function for payment. Does NLUG need funding, and for what? I > > suspect producing distro DVDs, literature prints, and possibly > > PCs-for-the-poor, linux training class space rental, I dunno. > > At the very least, NLUG needs $20/year to file its annual report with > the state, in order to remain a corporation. I don't know of any > other mandatory costs. Since I run another nonprofit in the city > (Nashville 2600), I'm in a position to know what the barebones costs > are. > This is excluding the filing you should be doing with the charitable solitiations and gaming board. Also there are federal requirements. I am assuming you file your own 990. If NLUG became a non profit again, it would probably behoove this organization to network with the center for non profit management. There might be cross training opportunities/open source outreach potential there. > In the past, NLUG has done a run of Tshirts/polos. That is another > possibility, if people would like to have NLUG-branded clothing to > wear about the community. (Excess above cost goes back to the > corporation.) Howard has a good resource for embroidered polos. > This is a good idea. I might need to talk to howard about embroidery for my non profit/public charity in madison,tn. Andrew > -Tilghman > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
