Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread Miark
On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around all of this - really! If L.Ron Hubbard can write a newspaper column describing just how to create a religion, then turn around and actually DO it, why

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread et
On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:33 pm, Miark wrote: On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around all of this - really! If L.Ron Hubbard can write a newspaper column describing just how to

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread Miark
Will Wheaton played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek, The Next Generetion. I'm can't remember who played Horseshack. Welcome Back Kotter aired loong before ST:TNG. Miark On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:40:51 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:33 pm, Miark wrote: On 17 Jan

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread et
yep, but WW is a Mandrake user On Sunday 19 January 2003 03:55 pm, Miark wrote: Will Wheaton played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek, The Next Generetion. I'm can't remember who played Horseshack. Welcome Back Kotter aired loong before ST:TNG. Miark On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:40:51 -0500 et

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread robin
et wrote: yep, but WW is a Mandrake user Hence all those OT Star Trek posts, perhaps. I hated Wesley Crusher (stupid name, stupid person) but started to like Will Wheaton after reading his blog. Sir Robin -- Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 06:33, Miark wrote: On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around all of this - really! If L.Ron Hubbard can write a newspaper column describing just how to create a

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 06:40, et wrote: On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:33 pm, Miark wrote: On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around all of this - really! If L.Ron Hubbard can write a

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-17 Thread Vahur Lokk
On Thursday 16 January 2003 20:02, you wrote: Mandrakesoft is GPL with everything it does except on the commercial software disks and the club downloads. Thats what I thought. If you folk have checked other distros lately, ... ...Forget it. Yess And, yes, if I did something to

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Vahur Lokk wrote: On Thursday 16 January 2003 20:02, you wrote: Mandrakesoft is GPL with everything it does except on the commercial software disks and the club downloads. Thats what I thought. If you folk have checked other distros lately, ... ...Forget it. Yess And,

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-17 Thread Sharrea
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:02, civileme wrote: snip Mandrakesoft is GPL with everything it does except on the commercial software disks and the club downloads. Yes, and these people who are saying otherwise, notably only since recent discussions at various websites concerning MandrakeSoft's

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-17 Thread Ben Reser
If you folk have checked other distros lately, I think you will find that few if any are as mature as this one in as many areas. I might think of making my own distro using Mandrake as a base if this one goes bust, but switching to any of the others? Forget it. I am here cause this one was

[newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-16 Thread et
As I understand it, in some states at least, just not making a profit is not enough to quailfiy as a non-profit. this is generally to prevent companies from being able to claim non-profit and still be competing with companies that are required to make a profit ( some might even claim unfairly).

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-16 Thread civileme
. From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] non-profit?? Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:55:16 -0500 As I understand it, in some states at least, just not making a profit is not enough to quailfiy as a non-profit

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-16 Thread Dennis Sue
On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:55 am, et wrote: I would also ask if someone on newbie with a 24/7 connection and a mail server might be willing to start a backup newbie mail listserver, on the off chance that oneday we wake up and find this one gone to the way of the courts. Does anyone know

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-16 Thread Joeb
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:02:19 -0900 civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arrrggghhh!!! A not-for-profit corporation may or may not be tax exempt. The Boy Scouts for example, are NOT tax-exempt. Contributions to the Boy Scouts are not deductible from your taxable income. The essence of

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

2003-01-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around all of this - really! If L.Ron Hubbard can write a newspaper column describing just how to create a religion, then turn around and actually DO it, why can't we? (I can see it now - instead of doing the Catholic Father, Son,