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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Tax return and accounting discrepancies
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:38:02
Message-Id: AANLkTinTVouybOcbeKAC28KTsQpDsO5iRf7BYHjHqNAN@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Tax return and accounting discrepancies by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 00:01 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> sorry, i didnt mean bylaws, but rather the charter, or whatever
4 >> document that describes the non-profit.  it used to say we needed 7
5 >> trustees, but it has since been changed to 5.
6 >
7 > No worries, but again a legally entity does not require a
8 > board/trustees, but officers. If the charter did not make provisions for
9 > officers, then that could be the source of the problem :)
10 >
11 > I think you might mean the articles of incorporation vs charter? The
12 > articles seem to state a requirement of 3.
13
14 there it is. the correct phrasing doesnt really matter as to the
15 correctness of my original point ... if we are legally obligated to
16 provide X people, then filling an empty seat with any eligible person
17 is better than leaving it empty.
18
19 obviously i havent read the documents to the level you have as ive
20 trusted things to "just work"
21 -mike

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