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Re: BricksWest™ 2003 : The Beginning : Part 1
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Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:12:10 GMT
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"Matthew Gerber" <Matthew@BlockType.com> writes:
> 1) I am in the process of creating a limited liability corporation to run
> the event under, shielding myself (and any one else) from liability for any
> aspect of the event. BricksWest will now be a presentation, and trademark,
> of the LLC.
Good idea.
> I will be using the LLC as an umbrella for several other ventures as well.
What sort of ventures?
> As a business entity, certain aspects of the business (especially financal)
> will be kept strictly private.
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> 2) Even under the guise of the LLC, the goal for BricksWest will be to break
> even. During the last event, this was for my tax liability. Under the new
> LLC, it will be an attempt to avoid any bad feelings in the community, as I
> don't think anyone should profit from an event created, staffed and run by
> volunteers. If there is any budget surplus, however, rest assured that it
> will be held and used for future BricksWest events.
I think that in order to avoid the bad feelings you mention, a brief
financial statement after the event would be a good idea. It should
list the total income and expenses, and any amount over or under
budget. It would not need to be very detailed, but secrecy here would
be a Bad Idea.
> 3) We will begin the core organizers mailing list from scratch, so I will
> need each person volunteering to help staff, plan or present at BricksWest
> to contact me at admin@brickswest.com.
[...]
It's not clear to me how much commitment is necessary for this. Some
people will be able to offer considerably more time than others. I
trust you are taking this into account?
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| Greetings! It's time to begin planning the fun and excitement that will be BricksWest 2003! I would like to take the following approach to planning: unhindered public discussion here on the public group, followed by active planning on our private (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest) !
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