Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-17 Thread Daode
Lisa Moore li...@us.ibm.com wrote: |Steffen, | |Actually, it is point of fact. The Unicode Consortium was incorporated in |1991 as a not for profit 501 c (6). In 2012, the US and State tax |bodies approved our becoming a not for profit 501 c (3). That change |means that donations to

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-17 Thread Asmus Freytag
I seems this post is a bit inappropriate for this forum in its content and given its rather bizarre immaturity of interaction with other member, seems altogether more fitting for a kindergarten playground in . It would be nice if such posts could be kept off this list. A./ On 9/17/2013 8:15

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Philippe Verdy
Is the Unicode Consortium allowed to receive dedicated grants like a public foundation under US law ? And if so, how does this conform with the UTC working policies ? I suppose that the Henry Luce Foundation (HLF) will monitor the progresses (to provide payments) but will it influence the agenda

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Daode
|status changed to become a non-profit charity foundation dedicated to |wordlwide promotion of education and culture. Thanks. Oh -- that would be adorable! --steffen ---BeginMessage--- Is the Unicode Consortium allowed to receive dedicated grants like a public foundation under US law ? And if

RE: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Michel Suignard
Sorry to say but a lot of nonsense in your message. For status of the Unicode Consortium please refer to http://www.unicode.org/consortium/consort.html Unicode has always been a member based nonprofit organization and was always welcoming grants of any sort to help its work. Many experts and

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Philippe Verdy
Please stop, I've enough replies about the Unicode Consortium status. But my questions about consequences of **dedicated** grants remain as it affects how you'll organize works and manage it, within a limited timeframe. We've not seen this discussed before and nothing is found on the website

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 9/16/2013 2:05 PM, Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: But this may be a sign that the Unicode Consortium is about to have its own status changed to become a non-profit charity foundation dedicated to wordlwide promotion of education and culture. Thanks. But this should be clear, and some

RE: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Michel Suignard
Again look at the encoding proposals. For example, many have been sponsored by SEI. Funds were disbursed to experts doing the ground work. They are all dedicated by definition. Of course it is easier to get traction for an encoding proposals when there have been some source of funding. What is

Re: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 9/16/2013 3:01 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote: Please stop, I've enough replies about the Unicode Consortium status. But my questions about consequences of **dedicated** grants remain as it affects how you'll organize works and manage it, within a limited timeframe. We've not seen this discussed

RE: Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Unicode in Support of Encoding Tangut

2013-09-16 Thread Lisa Moore
Hey, Michel, let me correct the history here. The Unicode Consortium was originally incorporated as a 501 c (6) not-for-profit. In 2012, we converted to a 501 c (3) not-for-profit. The conversion was approved in 2013, but the IRS counted the date of filing as the conversion date. The