I do not have any commitments from the large companies yet. If I do get some that are willing to donate and are nationwide i will let them know of the other state LoCo's and how to contact.
On 9/29/07, Anthony Yarusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jason Sandlin wrote: > > OK, with all the discussion around here about how to handle > > donations and any type of income I am a bit confused. So are we not > > to include Ubuntu's name in something if we set up a non-profit > > organization? Here is why I ask. > > I anjoy getting old computers, getting them working and giving them > > to my daughters school. After I started doing this I have received > > requests from other schools for help in getting some computers. I > > don;t mind at all. So after I realized the demand was out there I > > approached a couple of larger companies about donating old > > computers. That is when I was asked if I was a non-profit org or > > not. This would give them the tax right off they wanted. So my > > thinking if to start such an organization for this task. Then > > whether I was giving Ubuntu computers of refurbished windows systems > > it would be getting the message out that Ubuntu was envolved in > > helping our local community. Just a thought. If it is a problem > > doing this then I will come up with a different name and still do > > the same thing. I just saw it as a win - win situation. > > So if this is not an issue, who would I contact about getting > > permission to use the Ubuntu name. If it is an issue I would still > > like to know if i could name it something else then advertise that > > is was run by the Alabama LoCo. > > I do not want to start yet another debate on whether Non profit orgs > > are good or bad. In my case it is good whether Ubuntu's name is used > > or not. I was just wondering where we stand on this issue. > > > > -- > > Jason Sandlin > > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al > Would be a question for [EMAIL PROTECTED] The general policy is > at http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy. > > Can you release any names of corporations that have been willing to > help? Any tips from what you've learned? I'm getting into something > similar. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG/ve1KlAIzV4ebxoRAt2DAKCop3b0jY8NRxM77EAzDAD+UC8iqQCgzv/c > 4sFE9Wau3utubMiHM58p3Lk= > =nYlG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- Jason Sandlin https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al
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