>From my experience in other organizations, you can not open a business
account unless you are a "business"  That is a legal term and requires a
legal document.  Probably the best way for you to do it is to get a
lawyer/dancer to help you, or ask one of the umbrella orgs t ie. CDSS to
help you be one of their groups.

Merle

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Carol Geisler <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi, I've been trying to open a business bank account and ran into the
> problem that we are not legally established as an organization. I
> understand we could become a corporation, but in speaking with the bank,
> all we would need to be is an unincorporated association. Has anyone done
> this? It's not like we have money to pay a lawyer, so I'm looking to see if
> I can find the forms online or through another group that has already done
> this. We are not looking for non-profit status. Just a way to open a
> business bank account. I would also be interested in organizers who opened
> a personal bank account and how they handled the tax consequences.
> Thanks for any comments,
> Carol Geisler
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