On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:42:15 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Sam,
> FOAD
FOAD? What does that acronym mean? You won't have to lower yourself
to spell out the F word if you think I am savvy enough to guess what it
stands for.
> Registration isn't required for personal use, remember? Registration is
> only supposed to be for commercial use. I thought of paying the money,
> but with the experience of others to guide me I really didn't think it
> would be money well spent. Even Michael has said the money doesn't come
> from personal users but from commercial contracts...
Yes, I remember all that and I remember also Michaels comments.
> Since I do run a NFP organization, I've been thinking of filling in that
> form.
There is a catch if you charter your organization as a NFP organization
under the provisions of IRS code 501.C. The bugaboo is that you will
not be allowed to use your organization's name to endorse political
candidates or political parties. Also there will be many other
restrictions on your organization's activities. Of course you will still
have the freedom to voice your own personal opinions about partisan causes,
but you will not be allowed to do that in the name of, or in behalf of an
officially chartered NFP 501.C organization. Suppose you were to find
yourself in a situation in which a strong political leader wanted to
support your cause. You might in turn want to support the politico, but
if you were to do that in the name of your 501.C organization you would
run afoul of the IRS rules. Believe it or not, the IRS *will* be out to
get you.
> BUT ... you still failed to get the nitty gritty of the message, didn't
> you???
> The problem is with Arachne and what happens if a page isn't allowed to
> "fully load" or if download is terminated for any reason. That was the
> reason for the message, not complaining about the ads.
I did understand your main point and it is a good one to make. My reply
to your message concerned how you might be able to deal with only a part
of the problem. So I am part of the solution, not part of the problem.
<snip>
Regards,
Sam Heywood
