[atlarge-discuss] Needs and priorties for non-profit incorporation was: Re: [atlarge-discuss] No quorum

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chris and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  You do not need a mission statement to file for 501 c3 status.  You
do need a charter.  You must be developing bylaws and be able
to show that clearly.  And you must have articles of incorporation.
So Chris, you priorities are backwards if 501 c3 status is desired.

NameCritic wrote:

> I know this is sounding repetitive at this point, but first comes the
> mission statement, then bylaws, then articles of incorporation. These things
> have different names in different places such as mission statement might be
> called statement of purpose, but the meanings are similar and the above is
> the natural order of progression as I understand it. I would like to motion
> that the panel select one panel member to chair a wg-mission so that work on
> that can begin and interested members can join that list or they can be
> selected by the panel or by the whole membership, however you like, as the
> final version will have to be ratified by the membership anyway.
>
> To clarify the actual motion. I motion that the panel select a member to
> chair a new discussion list wg-mission and that the chair of wg-mission find
> an amenable way to choose from a group of interested members to join. I
> suggest it be limited to a specific number of participants, preferably no
> more than 12, so work on it can be done within a specific deadline. Then to
> have that mission statement draft created by the wg posted on a website for
> the members to view and comment on so it can be sent back to the wg-mission
> for completion then it can be submitted for ratification by a vote of the
> membership.
>
> I welcome those that wish to second it but want to add changes to it as well
> as those that agree to it in whole. I just want to see us establish a
> purpose before we proceed to other things that might not fit that purpose.
>
> Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> To: <james.love@cptech.org>
> Cc: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] No quorum
>
> > Jamie writes:  << Danny, did you bother to vote for any of the panel
> members?
> > >>
> >
> > Nice way to duck the issue Jamie.  You and your fellow panelists were
> elected
> > with a mandate to draft the bylaws for this organization.  You haven't
> done
> > so, and continue to demonstrate no inclination to ever do so.  Without a
> > Charter to guide organizational activities you are even more illegitimate
> > than ICANN.  As this last no-quorum incident reveals, there is no
> > accountability at the Panel level.
> >
> > Do your job and draft the bylaws.
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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