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On Wed, 2021-07-07 at 10:26 -0400, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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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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> > > |
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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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> > |
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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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You seem to be entirely ignoring the fact that someone actually has to |
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do the accounting and paperwork. Just because Robin is spending |
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the little time he has on it doesn't mean we have to force him into |
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doing it forever. And all the research we've done before proves that |
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there are no other good volunteers capable of doing it, and commercial |
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accounting services would eat a significant part of Gentoo's donations |
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(definitely more than what the 'most expensive' umbrellas charge). |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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