Habari Syndicate is kind of catchy :) -- Randy Walker
On Jul 27, 2009, at 16:29, Blake Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have better answers now to some of the questions asked. The > particulars are determined by the state in which we form. I'll quote > specific law from Delaware, but you might reasonably expect to find > similar law in other states. > > First of all, there is no restriction on the citizenship of the > incorporators: > Delaware Title 8, Ch 1 I, S 101 (http://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/ > c001/sc01/index.shtml): > Any person, partnership, association or corporation, singly or jointly > with others, and without regard to such person's or entity's > residence, domicile or state of incorporation, may incorporate or > organize a corporation > > Furthermore, there are no restrictions on the citizenship of board > members Ch 1 IV, S 142 (http://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc04/ > index.shtml): > The board of directors of a corporation shall consist of 1 or more > members, each of whom shall be a natural person. > > (natural person = a human, not a corporation, partnership, etc) > > the requirements on naming come from S 102: > The name of the corporation, which (i) shall contain 1 of the words > "association," "company," "corporation," "club," "foundation," "fund," > "incorporated," "institute," "society," "union," "syndicate," or > "limited," > > Given the above, can I call a vote to begin the process of forming a > membership corp? > > --Blake > > On Jul 21, 4:02 pm, rick c <[email protected]> wrote: >> Assuming there's no problem with non-US citizens as members, I'm +1 >> for a membership corporation with 501(c)3 status. >> >> Rick >> >> On Jul 20, 6:01 pm, Blake Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Jul 20, 4:22 pm, Matt Read <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> I have no idea how your corporate laws work, so do whatever seems >>>> the >>>> best and I'll go with it. I assume the is no restrinctions on the >>>> "members" of the whatever it's called, in terms of >>>> citizenship/residence. >> >>>> Also one question. How does the name registration work down >>>> there? I >>>> assume just "Habari" would be rejected as a name, although that's >>>> by >>>> Canadian laws, so who knows... >> >>>> I'll will help pay for any expenses setting this up will incur, so >>>> again, do what seems best and I'm on board. >> >>> As far as I understand, there are no restrictions on who can be a >>> member. >> >>> We would have to look into state law to see if there are any naming >>> restrictions. I have formed an LLC in Minnesota, and had to file an >>> "assumed name" form in order to operate under a name which was not >>> just the owner's name. But, that was only a requirement for sole >>> proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, and LLCs. I >>> believe that when creating a corporation, you just need to have >>> "Co." >>> or "Inc." in the name. >> >>> --Blake >> >>> --Blake > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
