[Board] Update on non-profit status plan after board meeting

[Daniel Morissette]

Board, and all OSGeo members,

Here is a quick update on the 501(c)(3/6/4) status discussion at the 
board meeting that just ended. Please see for reference the responses 
received from our attorney earlier today that were forwarded to this list.

The consensus among the board members present at the meeting is that:

1- We are going to stop seeking 501(c)(c3) status given the 
complications that this implies (running two orgs, etc.) and since the 
charitable donations from individuals have never been and never will be 
a significant part of our revenues

2- Once we give up on 501(c)(3), we can switch our current non-profit 
application to either 501(c)(4) or c501(c)(6) and operate with a single 
organization and maintain most (all?) of our current activities. Our 
attorney is confident that this status would be grented to us 
retroactively to the date of our original c3 application.

3- About deciding between c4 or c6: they seem to provide the same 
benefits to OSGeo in the end, so we'll let our attorney advise on which 
one he thinks is better.

We will keep the floor open for discussions on this important question 
for the next 2 days, to leave time to everyone to read our attorney's 
responses (see other threads) and to bring up questions and comments.

After the end of those 2 days, if we still agree on the above plan then 
I will make a formal motion on this list to confirm the decision and 
then I will proceed to execute the plan with David, our attorney.

Note to all board members: please keep an eye on the list on the next 
few days to ensure that we can come up to a decision quickly.

Thanks

Daniel (OSGeo Treasurer)