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On Thursday 21 October 2004 12:21 pm, jpinkerton wrote:
Well -- it's nice to see that James has managed to overcome his natural
shyness ;-)
It's perhaps a good time for us to start a move towards a slight
"formalisation" of the spf community.
JPinkerton,
The way to go about an organization is to draw up bylaws and have the bylaws
approved. This is what I suggest: A few of you (like about 6) get together
and read the relevant portions of Robert's Rules. Then you hold a meeting,
and elect a president pro tem and a secretary pro tem. Then you resolve to
form an organization. Then you draw up and ratify bylaws. (You might want
to run them by us first so we get an opinion on it.) Then you do what the
bylaws say - elect a governing council, a president, or whatever.
I wouldn't worry about incorporation yet as you won't be handling money. If
you will, then you could probably do the footwork to get a corporation with
501(c)(3) status. You'll need to either get a book on that and follow it to
the letter, or get a lawyer involved at that point.
That initial group of 6 or so will quickly expand depending on the rules for
getting more members. You'll want to add rules for how you hold elections
over the internet, or whether you'll involve the internet at all.
With this formalized body in place, you'll have a legal entity that
represents a group of people. The charter (if incorporating) and bylaws
(either way) are going to be critical.
- --
Jonathan M. Gardner
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