Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Home
Bill Sconce wrote: The discussion was about Inc. Incorporating as GNHLUG, Inc. Nobody would do that either. A voluntary association or not for profit corporation under NH law is in many ways a corporation and the corporations laws generally apply, but technically it is not a corporation

Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-14 Thread Ben Scott
I tossed out an idea at the meeting which, if not well-received, was at least not immediately tossed back. For the benefit of those who weren't there: I propose incorporating our non-profit under a name other than GNHLUG. For the sake of discussion, let's call this organization "NH Linux Ween

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Bill Sconce
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:20:13 -0400 Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nobody in their right mind would > register/form GNLUG as an LLC so I don't know why there is a > discussion of GNHLUG, LLC. The discussion was about Inc. Incorporating as GNHLUG, Inc. -Bill (The LLC came from me as

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread David J Berube
I second it. David Berube Berube Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] (603)-485-9622 http://www.berubeconsulting.com/ Bruce Dawson wrote: Ben Scott wrote: On 8/14/06, Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... I find this matter very tiresome and assume that someone will simply go file the papers and t

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > On 8/14/06, Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >> I find this matter very tiresome and assume that someone will >> simply go file the papers and the malcontents can complain in >> the wilderness to their heart's content. ... > Tongue-in-cheek: Given that we don't have a d

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/14/06, Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... I don't know why there is a discussion of GNHLUG, LLC ... The only time I've seen mention of "GNHLUG LLC" is in Bill Sconce's post. I suspect this is Bill's error. I find this matter very tiresome and assume that someone will simply go fi

Re: Legal issues with incorporation

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ed Lawson wrote: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:26:29 -0400 > Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Not me! The duly appointed treasurer has them (who I'm not sure >> is still aware that she's the treasurer.) > > Sounds like negligence to me. And no effort to assure the funds > were invested to

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Ed Lawson
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:44:17 -0400 Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim's comments/scenario, according to my notes: > 1. GNHLUG is a corporation. > 2. Someone (Martha's, say) lets GNHLUG LLC. have a meeting upstairs. First, I suspect I will regret not keeping a personal promise

Re: Legal issues with incorporation (was: Summer Summit 2006 Notes)

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > On 8/14/06, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think GNHLUG still has $35 to its name. > It does?!? You've been hoarding funds, then! ;-) Not me! The duly appointed treasurer has them (who I'm not sure is still aware that she's the treasurer.) I haven't checked wit

Legal issues with incorporation (was: Summer Summit 2006 Notes)

2006-08-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/14/06, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Agreed, completely. We need to seek professional advice on this one. Professional?! Fortunately, in our case, "professional" does not have to mean "costs us money". Aside from Ed Lawson's generous help over the years, some others options

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > On 8/14/06, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think because wikis (and mailing lists) LOVE never-ending discussions >> about how the law works ... > > ... as do face-to-face meetings, as I believe our meeting this past > Saturday demonstrated. We burned an hour (p

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/14/06, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think because wikis (and mailing lists) LOVE never-ending discussions about how the law works ... ... as do face-to-face meetings, as I believe our meeting this past Saturday demonstrated. We burned an hour (plus or minus) speculating about

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 14, 2006, at 11:44, Bill Sconce wrote: like Debian is the organization we all know and love and the legal entity is SPI. That distinction would/might defuse some of these concerns. We might also talk to the folks at SPI to see how they structure things. Legal code reuse, if you will.

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/14/06, Rob Lembree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'll point you to this, and then await Ed's input: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_the_corporate_veil My understanding of Jim's comments was, essentially, that: (1) Corporations are expected to have insurance (2) Not carrying i

Re: Fearless leader

2006-08-14 Thread David J Berube
I vote for Ted as well. Take it easy, David Berube Berube Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] (603)-485-9622 http://www.berubeconsulting.com/ Star wrote: I think that both of these nominations make a ton of sense. Add my vote to the "Yay" column! On 8/13/06, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Fearless leader

2006-08-14 Thread Star
I think that both of these nominations make a ton of sense.Add my vote to the "Yay" column!On 8/13/06, Ben Scott < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Apparently, David Berube has been forced to curtail his involvement in GNHLUG due to health reasons.  This is unfortunately; David is anenthusiastic and inte

Apologiy for mis-posting

2006-08-14 Thread Python
Ben notified me that I had posted my mini-drive question to the wrong list. I've fixed the contact name so that I should not make that mistake again. (Thanks Ben.) On a more positive note, I think Ted and Ben are excellent choices to lead us. -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp

RE: Fearless leader

2006-08-14 Thread guy Pardoe
Our thoughts for David from the Mondadnock area, for his health. And I second that nomination... Guy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:57 PM To: GNHLUG Organizational Issues Subject: Fearless leade