I think the point that i was subtly trying to make is that there aren't any people willing to go through the trouble of setting this up. I imagine it would take more than one or two people to do, and all of the logical choices seem rather busy.
It occurred to me that if Michael wanted to send me a check, I do cash accounting of my business, so if he does accrual accounting, he could get the money "off his books" when he writes the check (which I presume he could do), and I wouldn't receive the funds till I cashed the check (which I know I can do).
Bill
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Martin [iso-8859-1] B�hr wrote:
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:34:32PM -0500, H. William Welliver III wrote:
It makes life easier if you are a non-profit looking for funding in that there's incentive for someone to donate. In all other respects, a non-profit is as much or more work to set up and run (due to all of the filings you typically have to make in order to prove you are a non-profit and aren't making a profit). I doubt that it's all that different in other locales.
it is very different over here.
apart from the things mentioned (a charter and founding members) we need a yearly membership meeting (which can happen at the pike conference) to elect officers, make a financial report and decisions whcih require membership voting (depending to the charter)
if we are to set up a foundation, it would make the most sense to do so in sweden since most of the core developers are there. but then we need at least one swedish volunteer to research the exact legal requirements.
greetings, martin.
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