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Re: w00t! Fund Drive for LUGNET Servers
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lugnet.admin.finance
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:02:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.finance, Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.finance, Scott Arthur wrote:
> > I have just added a small amount to your "fund drive". I was happy to
> > make a donation, but I expect I'd be {happier} if LUNGET published
> > accounts. That way we could all see what the future holds...
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> Ya, I think the future holds public disclosure of this sort of thing,
> especially if we turn LUGNET into a Non-Profit Organization.
This is intriguing. Not to go too far off-topic,
but would turning LUGNET non-profit make our donations
(at least for those of us in the United States) in
the future tax-deductible?
Because if so, that's very, very cool. I'm not sure
where the place to discuss all the implications of such
a move would be (this seems the logical place) but I
for one find it interesting.
all best
LFB
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| (...) I'm no tax expert, let alone a lawyer. But I'm not sure that Lugnet would fit under the 501(c)(3) definition -- a "charitable, educational, religious, literary, or scientific". And given that words in legalese don't mean what they mean in (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| (...) Ya, I think the future holds public disclosure of this sort of thing, especially if we turn LUGNET into a Non-Profit Organization. (...) In a perfect world, it certainly could, as you say in the short term. The monkey wrench, however, is that (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, FTX)
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