<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">+1 from Mark Lucas<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 21, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Daniel Morissette <<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">We are still missing the votes of Anne, Mark and Frank.<br><br>Daniel<br><br><br>On 13-08-16 3:18 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Board,<br><br>Following up on the great exchanges on this question in the last week or<br>so, and since we seem to have come to a consensus, let's go ahead with a<br>formal motion to approve the decision.<br><br>MOTION: It is decided to change OSGeo's IRS non-profit application to<br>ask for 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) status (instead of 501(c)(3)) and to<br>mandate Daniel Morissette (Treasurer) to work with David Atkin our<br>Attorney to proceed to get this approved by the IRS. The choice between<br>c4 and c6 will be left to David's advice.<br><br>And I start with my +1<br><br>Daniel (OSGeo Treasurer)<br><br>P.S. See for reference below the summary of our plan which I had sent to<br>this list 2 days ago.<br><br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [Board] Update on non-profit status plan after board meeting<br>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:21:49 -0400<br>From: Daniel Morissette <<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>><br>To: OSGeo-Board <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><br>Board, and all OSGeo members,<br><br>Here is a quick update on the 501(c)(3/6/4) status discussion at the<br>board meeting that just ended. Please see for reference the responses<br>received from our attorney earlier today that were forwarded to this list.<br><br>The consensus among the board members present at the meeting is that:<br><br>1- We are going to stop seeking 501(c)(c3) status given the<br>complications that this implies (running two orgs, etc.) and since the<br>charitable donations from individuals have never been and never will be<br>a significant part of our revenues<br><br>2- Once we give up on 501(c)(3), we can switch our current non-profit<br>application to either 501(c)(4) or c501(c)(6) and operate with a single<br>organization and maintain most (all?) of our current activities. Our<br>attorney is confident that this status would be grented to us<br>retroactively to the date of our original c3 application.<br><br>3- About deciding between c4 or c6: they seem to provide the same<br>benefits to OSGeo in the end, so we'll let our attorney advise on which<br>one he thinks is better.<br><br>We will keep the floor open for discussions on this important question<br>for the next 2 days, to leave time to everyone to read our attorney's<br>responses (see other threads) and to bring up questions and comments.<br><br>After the end of those 2 days, if we still agree on the above plan then<br>I will make a formal motion on this list to confirm the decision and<br>then I will proceed to execute the plan with David, our attorney.<br><br>Note to all board members: please keep an eye on the list on the next<br>few days to ensure that we can come up to a decision quickly.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Daniel (OSGeo Treasurer)<br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br>Board@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Daniel Morissette<br><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">http://www.mapgears.com/</a><br>Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br>Board@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>