Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
> Hi !!
>
> Correct me if i'm wrong, but right now it stands that LUGCal is getting
> involved in both the events, provided the funds permit. Talking of funds,
> how are we planning to go about raising the money ?
>
> A point was raised that someone could book the stall(s) in his/her personal
> capacity and then let LUG use/utilise it. Is that feasible and legally valid
> ? This needs to be checked out.
Yes it is legally valid but impractical to the point of being
impossible. If someone does get a stall in his/her own name he/she
immediately becomes personally liable for Rs.25,000 or Rs.35,000 from
his/her own pocket.
Also, when approaching sponsors, how do we represent ourselves if we
have no formal existance? If we do find willing sponsors, in whose name
do we finally get the check written? the individual who books the stall?
the owner of ILUG-CAL? any odd member? Would any reasonable sponsor go
ahead with writting checks to individuals? How do they show it in their
books for tax purposes?
To do anything that involves money, i.e. to do anything in the real
world, we need to have a bank account in the name of the organization.
As I said before, one first needs to EXIST in the real world before one
can DO anything in it.
Moreover, ILUG-CAL.org - the URL - remains the private property of an
individual - this means any efforts by the volunteers could, at least in
theory, later be usurped by the owner for personal gain. Of course,
this is a hypothetical statement - the list owner has never indicated
any such intention. Nonetheless, it is a valid argument for formalization.
On the other hand, the Lugers, except for a three, have not responded,
thereby indicating their lack of interest in formalisation as a Society.
There seems to have been enough interest to volunteer. Experienced
individuals, who have done this kind of thing before have stated that
sponsorship would be possible. There are individuals who are willing to
shoulder the responsibilities of all the logistic hassles. The only
thing missing is a legal entity in whose name we can move ahead.
I shall wait till this meeting - if it does come about - to see if we
have the will and the sense to do the right thing. We need atleast 7
individuals who are willing to meet at regular intervals - how often can
be decided by the group.
--
Raja Guha
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Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.D. He was a
pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city
until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian .... To him is
ascribed the sublime confession: Credo quia absurdum est (I believe
because it is absurd). This does not altogether accord with historical
fact, for he merely said:
"And the Son of God died, which is immediately credible because
it is absurd. And buried he rose again, which is certain
because it is impossible."
Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of
philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it.
-- C. G. Jung, in Psychological Types
(Teruillian was one of the founders of the Catholic Church).
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