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

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 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 (plus or

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 with her

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 to

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 file

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 defined

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

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

Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-13 Thread Ted Roche
Folks: Thanks to all for their participation in the summit yesterday. I've started some notes on the wiki at: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/ SummerSummit2006Notes Please edit/correct/append and fix. Thanks! Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC

Re: Summer Summit 2006 Notes

2006-08-13 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/13/06, Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted: Thanks for writing that up; those of us out in the hinterlands find your effort and this information priceless. And those of us who were there, do, too! Not only is my memory not perfect, I believe a permanent record of our proceedings