Re: Other 501c3s?

2007-08-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 25, 2007, at 08:44, Ted Roche wrote: Bill: What's the workload like to maintain the IRS paperwork? We have a bookkeeper, but as we don't earn enough extra money to put us over the magic threshold ('extra' gets plowed into the scholarship fund), I understand her paperwork load is

Re: Legal entity types

2007-08-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 26, 2007, at 04:20, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: If you wanted to apply for a 3, fine, but USENIX's lawyer was saying it was harder to get, The (3) is harder to get, as you really have to prove that you really do have a charitable/educational/etc. mission, as compared with a (6) which

Re: Other 501c3s?

2007-08-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 25, 2007, at 09:57, Ted Roche wrote: I'll be interested in learning more about the benefits and implications of GNHLUG being taken under the wing of Learning Networks Foundation or UVCIA. As I understand it a new 501(c)(3) effectively doesn't have the choice of striking out on its

Re: Other 501c3s?

2007-08-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 26, 2007, at 23:01, Ben Scott wrote: Are you sure? The web page says 501(c)(6): Well, that's a good question. I asked specifically at the last board meeting about 3 vs 6 - either the webpage is incorrect or we have some confused governance. I'll clarify on Wednesday. -Bill

Re: Legal entity types

2007-08-28 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 02:14 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: On Aug 26, 2007, at 04:20, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: If you wanted to apply for a 3, fine, but USENIX's lawyer was saying it was harder to get, The (3) is harder to get, as you really have to prove that you really do have a

Re: Legal entity types

2007-08-28 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/28/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will admit that GNHLUG is where just about everything is free, but USENIX does a lot of good work I don't think anyone was disparaging USENIX; just pointing out that many of their activities are different from ours, so their legal