Organizing as a 501c3 would limit political involvement. As far as I
know the only advantage to being a 501c3 is those who give to the
organization can deduct their giving from their taxes.
On 2014-12-02 17:23, trent shipley wrote:
The issue of either making the group a charitable organization or a
professional organization comes up from time to time. There seems to
be very little actual support for either option. My impression is the
core members of PLUG are very happy with it as an informal association
of individuals. Putting together a charity or charity with lobbying
rights (like if you wanted to advocate more CS education dollars)
would involve starting another group.
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have been a lurker and attendee of meetings on and off since the mid
90s.
I attended my once every several years meeting 2 months ago. Before
you read
this whole message, know that I am not trying to put anyone out or
agitate
in any manner.
I have learned a bit about the group with these discussions which were
launched after a message from Lisa. Some members do not get it in my
book.
And from looking at one of the comments, I think der.hans bounced her
from
the email list (I think her comments were getting redundant and that
is I
guess in his power). I met Lisa once, probably 10 years ago at a
function
hosted at a site on 12th St and Northern. My impression was that she
was
nice and knew her stuff. I am not to say if she is right or wrong with
her
complaints, but I see no way for her to bring her complaints to the
leadership of the group. A public message list I believe is the wrong
way to
go but really one of the only avenues through the website.
I know nothing of how the group functions or who the leadership is. I
can
obviously guess and probably guess correctly because of how long I
have been
on the list. This group is a volunteer group and not everyone will
participate and usually only a handful of people will want to take the
bull
by the horns and lead. However, leadership information should be
posted on
the website if you want to call this a group. Examples of things that
would
be helpful...
1. List of names of the leadership committee
2. A path for members to suggest directions for the group to the
committee
3. A path for members to send complaints to the group for the
committee to
review and address as necessary
4. Minutes for any committee meetings
5. A way to nominate people to be on the committee
6. An election cycle to populate the committee
From looking at the posts on the mailing list and the website, the
group
comes across as a hobby site of 1 or 2 people (old boys club) who
manage
every meeting and what goes on. That is fine by me, but if the group
wishes
to be able to address some of the concerns that were mentioned in the
messages over the last couple days, they need to publish a structure
to
abide by. I don't see how the group could consider something like an
801c3
filing without that structure. It is like putting a cart in front of a
horse.
I appriciate this group, specifically the mailing list which has
provided me
help in the past and allowed me to help others. I want to see this
group get
better and meet the needs of its members and that is why I provided my
2
cents.
Thanks,
Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
Phoenix Internet
https://www.facebook.com/gilljr
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