[Board] Legal Entities for OSGeo

[Paul Ramsey]

That's all well and good, but
(a) we've been earning money for many years in a USA organization, so
the tax status will affect if that organization owes back-taxes,
presumably
(b) we'll continue to earn money via FOSS4G in whatever jurisdiction
we earn it and that will have tax implications in whatever
jurisdiction that is
So, the legal status of the international organization has to be settled.
P.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Landon Blake
<sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just read Arnulf's post about OSGeo as a global organization, and
> the appropriateness of persistently pursuing tax-exempt status for the
> OSGeo in the US. Arnulf invited us to send our comments here, and I'm
> taking him up on that invitation.
>
> I really appreciate his comments, which made me think about the issue
> in a new way. I agree wholeheartedly with the concept in his posting.
> It would make sense to have OSGeo members here in the US pursue legal
> status for some branch of the OSGeo if that is needed, and not
> restrict our global organization to the legal requirements for that
> status. Perhaps the ball could be carried by the California Chapter,
> or by the North American Chapter (do we have a North American
> Chapter?).
>
> At any rate, I wanted to voice my support for Arnulf's line of
> thinking and offer to support any effort to have US members of OSGeo
> handle the issue of organizing some legal body for US tax issues.
>
> Landon
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