If you're interested in creating an entity to help support the conference you want to run, then I say: do it! There are future endeavors that may even be able to find value in supporting or being a part of that supporting entity. But trying to make it an umbrella for EVERY possible thing that comes up in the future is not something I think is a mission I can support.
Mixing it in with the ownership of the domain, my tax liabilities, and the direction of the larger community is a different issue though, and one that the group does not seem to cohesively support, myself included. None of us would be here having this conversation today if that's how this movement had started. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM, rachel young <[email protected]>wrote: > > Exactly why do people want to set up a charitable organization? What would >> it get us? >> > > Charitable organisations mean something different in some countries. In > Canada, a charity is only one type of non-profit organisation, and is one > that is more a stringent structure because it can issue tax receipts for > donations. A corporation can still be a non-profit (one that operates for > self-benefit and that redistributes surplus towards its goals) without being > a charity. > > I admit that I've been skimming some e-mails in the last few days. Did > someone recommend an actual charity? Or do you mean to ask why people are > interested in forming a non-profit? > > I am in favour of forming some sort of organisation, traditional like a > non-profit (but not a charity, I don't think we need charitable status) or > co-operative, as a way of formalising all of us as a cohesive industry, as > long as it is still a legal entity in some form. > > The domain purchase is only one issue. There has been talk of a conference > (which I still dig), leveraging our collective buying power, etc. These are > all things that one cohesive body could do, and since there has been/could > be money involved, it would keep it all legal and with checks and balances. > Alex is the most awesome person to manage the domain issue, but I do worry > if managing the funds could have any sort of negative taxation impact on > him, which of course none of us would want. Forming a separate legal entity > could solve/avoid just such an issue. > > >> The buying of the domain was the first time that money has come into the >> equation and that was an anomaly IMO. >> > > So then, what if something else comes up that involves money? How many > times will there be an exception? Who knows if there will be a next time, > but there also wasn't a first time until the domain issue came up, so it is > possible. > r. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
