-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Noy schrieb: > Considering this aim, we found that using an online service would be the > most efficient method to obtain incorporation. After an comprehensive > search, Turuk and I have settled one which we think suits our needs best; > > http://www.incfile.com/ > > We have been quoted a price of $395 USD for incorporation as a > non-profit organization with several advantages. It includes the entire > registration process, toll free support and expedited filing in Texas. > We can expect our status to be obtained within a week. The individual > who would be responsible for registering our project in incfile also has > significant experience in this field, so this should be a fairly smooth > process. If we follow down this path, our project requires the creation > of an established government structure, which we would file in Texas > (for simplicity sake.) According to the law; > > /The Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act and the Texas Business > Organizations Code require a nonprofit corporation to have at least > three directors, one president, and one secretary. The same person > cannot be both the president and secretary. Officers and directors must > be natural persons./
Okay, I'd say: get it going! Short question: do you have a definition of the tasks associated to the posts at hand? Just assume that I am not well into the whole company stuff and don't know about the tasks each has to do. > The President and Secretary has defined roles under law, but I would > propose that the third director be nominated as a treasurer to ensure > financial matters are handled properly. The Texas law also requires us > to hold regular meetings, but this should not be a problem given our > present organizational structure. I suggest we use developers as a > voting group if we need to adjudicate issues and for appointments. It > does not need to be a stringent voting system. I think we can use a > simple acclamation system unless there seems to be real deadlock over an > issue or appointment. If we have to define a fixed system for solving stuff I'd propose this: The issue has to be brought up on the dev-ml. After this every developer (developer is defined as in "every person that currently has commit access") has the right to "vote" on the proposal. To have a proposal accepted at least one of the directors has to be for it and the majority of votes has to be for it. At least three votes have to be sent in supporting the subject. (Example: * 5 votes overall, 3 pro, one of those a "director": accepted * 2 votes overall, 2 pro, two directors: not accepted * 3 votes overall, 3 accepted, no director: not accepted * ... This way we would have a specified voting systems for cases where it is required. Voting could take place either in the (logged) irc chan #wesnoth-dev or on the ML, probably the ML would be the better solution. > Now non-profit incorporation does not immediately include tax exempt > status; our tax rate will only drop to 15% (the corporate tax rate for > an organization making less than $10,000 a year). Exemption requires > what is called 501(c)(3) status, which costs an additional $1,000 USD. A > 501 filing does not need to occur simultaneously with incorporation, it > is common for groups to do so sometime afterwards. Nevertheless we > should consider it as soon as possible to ensure obtain the maximum > benefit. I suggest that we might consider soliciting donations for this > stage. What exactly are the additional benefits of "501(c)(3) status"? It is basically a case of zero tax on all income we have (currently ads on the website as well as GSOC mentor money), right? Beside this people donating stuff can claim this on their very own tax (and we don't have to pay taxes on this money either). For a scholarship with students from outside the US we still have to withhold/pay taxes, right? > I'd like to get moving on this as soon a possible, so unless anybody has > some immediate concerns as to why we shouldn't go down this path we > should start implementation by monday of next week. We would need to > appoint the three positions asap, so let me nominate two individuals > right now; David White for President and Turuk as a director and > unofficial treasurer. Dave is an obvious choice for that position. Turuk > has the best understanding of our legal status in the U.S. (having > experience in this field and working in preparation of this proposal) > and is among the most consistent individuals in dispensing his > administration duties. Basically I'd say: get it going. Though I would also like to know the formal requirements we will have to fulfill after being incorporated. That is stuff like "how do we have to handle finances?", "which formal things do we have to send in regularly?" as well as "how often do we have to send in formal stuff?" What are the other things we will have to handle before we can be incorporated? Once we are incorporated please tell me the lovely stuff so that I can update eg the data at google (company adress, stuff like this...). Cheers, Nils Kneuper aka Ivanovic -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpfqkIACgkQfFda9thizwUf0wCdE5xCASkFw5zfozWnELMX+vlF XGIAoJND/01ieUVCmqkVoTuNpnSK5HAp =s2Px -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
