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> Dostrow has been looking into relocating the Foundation to someplace |
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> where we either actually have somebody, or that doesn't care whether we |
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> do or not. Any results there? |
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First chance I'm getting to respond...sorry about the delay. Unlike New |
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Mexico which actually requires that an officer of the corporation hold |
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state residency Delaware only requires that a "Registered Agent" hold |
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residency in the state, and hold the same address as that listed in the |
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articles of incorporation. The legal requirements to be a Registered |
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Agent in Delaware are to maintain a street address and office located in |
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Delaware and be open during normal business hours for the purpose of |
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accepting service of process according to 8 DEL.C. § 132. This is |
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consistent with other corporate friendly states such as Nevada and |
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Tennessee. |
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What this effectively means is that in order to relocate to Delaware we |
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would have to pay a management firm to maintain a shared office space, |
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mailing address and phone number in the state. A copy of our Articles of |
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Incorporation would have to be stored at this location and presentable |
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for inspection by anyone who asks for it. |
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There are several such management firms out there. The most basic of |
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them only provides the above services, other extras include conference |
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rooms usable for corporate meetings, fax services, etc. I am compiling a |
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list of reputable firms and will present it to the board in the coming |
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weeks. |
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A full list can be found at: |
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http://www.state.de.us/corp/agents/agts.shtml |
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Thanks, |
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Daniel Ostrow |
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Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees |
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Gentoo/{PPC,PPC64,DevRel} |
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dostrow@g.o |
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