[Members] [Fwd: Re: [Board] organizational purpose]
Peter Saint-Andre
stpeter at jabber.org
Mon Feb 12 15:32:05 CST 2007
FYI.
I am now writing up a proposal about this for consideration by the
membership...
/psa
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Subject: Re: [Board] organizational purpose
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:08:03 -0700
From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org>
Reply-To: XSF Board <board at xmpp.org>
To: XSF Board <board at xmpp.org>
References: <45D0D515.3050002 at jabber.org>
Further data points:
1. The Internet Society (which runs the IETF) is 501(c)(3):
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/incorp.shtml
2. OASIS is 501(c)(6):
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/bylaws.php
The status of the W3C is unclear.
Peter
Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> In researching the process of gaining tax-exempt status for the XSF, I
> discovered that our Articles of Incorporation [1] say that the purpose
> of our organization is "the promotion of common business interests" in
> accordance with Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. I don't
> know why the organizers of the JSF chose "business league" under Section
> 501(c)(6) instead of "scientific organization" under Section 501(c)(3),
> but IMHO the choice was unfortunate, for several reasons:
>
> 1. As far as I can tell, the XSF is not really promoting common business
> interests among its members as defined under Section 501(c)(6).
>
> 2. The XSF does not require dues from its members, which appears to be a
> requirement of Section 501(c)(6).
>
> I think it would be best to amend the articles of incorporation to
> define the XSF as a scientific organization under 501(c)(3) instead of
> as a business league under Section 501(c)(6). I can provide a detailed
> proposal about this for voting on by the membership. But we'd need to
> have a special meeting about it, because we really should approve any
> change in the next few weeks so that I can file another certificate of
> amendment to the articles of incorporation with the State of Delaware.
>
> Peter
>
> [1] http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/docs/JSF-Articles-Of-Incorporation.pdf
>
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