Hi from Montreal,

I would like to help with incorporating FSFC as a non-profit and registering
it for charitable status.

After reading the archives I see there has been some talk about this years
ago. I also see there was some back and forth about the constitution and
mission.

About whether there should be an organization at all: it's not obvious to me
which charitable groups in Canada do anything like what the FSF does in the
US. I saw a post on the list suggesting to go through Creative Commons
Canada, but that may not be ideal [
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F
].

As for specific initiatives, I think the first baby step is to get
incorporated and registered to accept charitable donations. Do you think the
incorporation documents and charitable status registration will require lots
of details on the mission? I have only done this kind of thing for regular
corporations which only need vague or high level constitutions.

Either way, these seem to be administrative details. If anyone knows of
significant roadblocks please let us know about them.

Can we organize a meeting for introductions of active members and to figure
out where to go next?

Thanks! Eagerly,

Chris
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