Re: [gentoo-trustees] last minute meeting points

[Kurt Lieber]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:43:57AM -0400 or thereabouts, John Davis wrote:
> "Is the foundation currently incorporated, and if so, what is its
> corporate structure?
> If it's not incoporated, is there any particular state where most of the
> members or trustees are located? Would people be adverse to doing it in
> Delaware?"

Delaware historically has had friendlier laws for corporations, which is
why a majority of large companies who are incorporated within the US choose
Delaware

http://www.companiesinc.com/whereto.asp

That's one random google link -- feel free to google for others.

> Are we sure that we want to go the 501(c)(6) route, or would we like
> [Redacted] to give us more information on some other NFP statuses?

As Nick said, I think we want/need some legal advice on whether or not we
can establish a 501(c)(3) sub-organization that will allow us to take
advantage of the tax benefits offered to those kinds of organizations.
  
> Kurt, do you have some information on the conference call system at your
> workplace? I will need to forward [Redacted] the phone number and password
> (if applicable).

[Redacted]

--kurt