[TriLUG] Upcoming vote on TriLUG non-profit status

[matt at noway2.thruhere.net]

As was mentioned earlier this morning, I am not a tax professional or an
attorney.  I do have a limited amount of experience with filing the forms
to establish a business from helping my wife start up her tie dye clothing
company.  I am willing to do research on the requirements, put together
some documentation and co-ordinate with a tax professional.

I do have a thought regarding some inexpensive, or pro bono help.  It
occurred to me that this might make an interesting case study project for
an undergraduate accounting class, being a real world example rather than
one of the canned examples that are normally used.

Per Alan's suggestion, I will try to listen to the previous discussion.  I
think I do so while I perform my duties at work.

> It sounds like we need to:
> 1) have someone from the "Pro" side volunteer to do the necessary
> paperwork to setup the 501(c)(3)
> 2) have that person document the ongoing requirements that would be
> imposed upon the SC
> 3) weigh the pros and cons with that information
> 4) put that to a vote at the meeting
>
> matt at noway2.thruhere.net, would you be interested in tackling (1) and
> (2) with the basics I laid out above, and writing up something
> marginally more formal (such as a wiki doc)?  I'm glad to help vet the
> plan myself, and will put out a feeler to see if I can find a pro bono
> tax professional for a final audit, if necessary.
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
>