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From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Section 1.1 Business Offices
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:50:16
Message-Id: 20080421225004.5bef26ff@anaconda.krait.us
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Section 1.1 Business Offices by "William L. Thomson Jr."
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4 On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:03:44 -0400
5 "William L. Thomson Jr." <wltjr@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 12:12 +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
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11 > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
12 > > > While this section has provisions for business offices. Till there is
13 > > > the need, or more importantly the funds/revenue to be able to afford for
14 > > > such. I think it's quite moot and pointless to even be mentioned.
15 > >
16 > > I thought this whole point was a legal requirement from NM and that
17 > > our office was set to the location of our agent in NM. Aren't we
18 > > required to have an office in NM?
19 >
20 > As I read the requirements from here
21 > http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/corporations/pdf/charter/dnp.pdf
22 >
23 > Article Four: A New Mexico corporation must continually maintain a
24 > registered agent and registered office address.
25 > ....
26 > (2) Enter the name of the registered agent, who must be located at the
27 > registered office address.
28 >
29 >
30 > We don't need offices per say, as a registered office address. Which the
31 > registered agents address must be the same. Any registered agent we
32 > retain, will therefore be the registered office location for the Gentoo
33 > Foundation.
34 >
35 > The By Laws could be implying that, but do not clearly state that. So we
36 > should likely update them. To reflect that the Gentoo Foundation does
37 > not have official offices, just a registered address to meet legal
38 > requirements. No implication of Gentoo officials meeting at the offices
39 > or conducting any business at that location or others.
40 >
41 > Also maybe that the address might change as we change registered agents.
42 > But any legal filings will have to be updated to reflect that. So not
43 > sure the by laws need to spell out that aspect.
44 >
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46 Probably not.
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49 > William L. Thomson Jr.
50 > amd64/Java/Trustees
51 > Gentoo Foundation
52 >
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56 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
57 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees)
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