Re: [UG-ADMINS] User Group Non-Profit

Chris Cornutt is the man to talk to about the paperwork, but IIRC we went ahead and used a Lawyer-In-A-Box service like Legalzoom, though we had the benefit of already having money in the bank.

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On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ligaya Turmelle wrote:

> Did you do the paperwork yourself or have someone else do it for you? 
> And if it was someone else, mind telling me how much you paid for it.
> 
> PHPWomen has wanted to go 501(3)c for years. I tried to do the paperwork 
> myself and just got confused. When I checked things like legalzoom, iirc 
> it would cost ~$800 to have them do it.
> 
> I am curious to see how you handled it.
> 
> Lig
> 
> On 2/26/13 11:45 AM, Daniel Cousineau wrote:
> > DallasPHP is in the process of finalizing our non profit status, though were mainly doing this as DallasPHP technically owns and runs Lone Star PHP.
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > 
> > On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Patrick Schwisow<[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > 
> > > John,
> > > 
> > > Perhaps you could elaborate on why you think this would be a good idea for
> > > SDPHP. If your situation warrants it, do it, but the consensus seems to be
> > > that it's not worth the effort for a "normal user group". I'm curious to
> > > hear reasons why it would be helpful.
> > > 
> > > -Patrick
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Richard Lynch<[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Unless you have a driving need to be a NPO, it's just a lot of useless
> > > > paperwork.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > 
> > > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, John Congdon<[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I am considering making SDPHP a non-profit organization.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Has anyone else done this for their group?
> > > > > If you have thought about it, but have not done so, was there a reason?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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