[Board] OSGeo vs 501c3 status - inpur required

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Yes. I'm open to the idea of a subsidiary down the road, but I don't want to jump in and do it now, esp. when our books and overall tax liability are still in a bad state -- let's fix first things first?

-mpg



On Nov 9, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:

> Thank you Michael for being the first to jump in.
> 
> Does this mean that you'd want us to try to qualify as 501c3 without the sponsorship program, even if that means having to chop off other small bits here and there that don't qualify for c3 (thinking of some FOSS4G related stuff that pushes us in a grey area).
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On 12-11-09 3:50 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>> We really need to discuss this as a group - failing that, though, due to time, I think everyone should weigh in on this.
>> 
>> I'm against forming a taxable subsidiary at this time: I don't think our current business plans justify the work right now.
>> 
>> -mpg
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Board,
>>> 
>>> Maybe my mail from yesterday was too long and you missed the question targeted at you. So just in case here it comes again, and please let me know what your preference is if you have one, or if you don't know then it's okay to say so, but at least acknowledge that you read this email.
>>> 
>>> Our deadline to respond to the IRS is next week. I'll try to get another extension from them, but we need to make a decision on which way we go soon in order to craft a response.
>>> 
>>> So the question we need to ask ourselves now is:
>>> 
>>> "Do we want to maintain the project sponsorship program and setup a taxable subsidiary for it, or do we drop the project sponsorship program completely?"
>>> 
>>> I think the taxable subsidiary is manageable, but to justify it, we'd need to put more efforts in the project sponsorship program since at this time it is mostly dormant. (OpenLayers and GRASS are interested but I've kept them on hold, and GDAL is... well, quiet)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Unless I hear back from other board members with a strong position one way or the other, I am planning to continue trying to qualify as a 501c3 foundation with a taxable subsidiary for the project sponsorship program and whatever other taxable activity we may have in the future.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Daniel
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