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On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 07:51:19PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 6:50 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 06:12:42PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> Yes, I would specifically like some information on the progress and |
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> next steps towards dissolving the Foundation. |
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As stated, taxes had to be fixed first which was the focus of the |
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Foundation this past year. Those elected will likely (I can't speak for |
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everyone) continue to push their agendas this year to dissolve or not. |
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> So what's happening with the progress of dissolving the Foundation? I |
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> think it's impossible to tell with the information currently |
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> available. |
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Maybe Alec (antarus) will answer this as it was his initiative, but his |
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response will likely be about resolving the tax situation first. |
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> Are you instead interested in the Foundation moving from a 501(c)6 to |
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> a 501(c)3 so that donations are tax deductible? If so, have you done |
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> anything to work towards that? |
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We are not a 501(c)6 and never have been. We also have never been a |
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501(c)3 as the original board members never completed the paperwork. |
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Yes, I have and continue to advocate for us becoming a 501(c)3. The one |
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issue we have to overcome is the "public support test" of donations |
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which can cause issues with the IRS granting such status. This is the |
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only barrier, IMHO, to keeping the foundation and Gentoo's autonomy |
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alive. |
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-Aaron |
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