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We need to start coming up with the bylaws for official membership. As long |
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as the bylaws that we come up with are restrictive enough, we can design it |
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such that the membership is not overcome by a corporation as was feared |
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before. As long as we do this within the bylaws, then we can still file for |
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a 501(c)(3). This would be most beneficial over any other 501(c) filing, |
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since donations would be tax deductable. This may not mean much to the |
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person donation $10 or $50, but in the future if some corporation wanted to |
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donate $10k, $20k, etc.. then it will mean a lot to them. Major RFC here.. |
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Before we can file for this we need an Employer ID Number (EIN), which I have |
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mentioned before. This is a simple form (IRS Form SS-4), and if none of you |
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mind I can go ahead and get that filed. |
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Cheers! |
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-Corey |
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Corey Shields - Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~cshields |
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