Re: [gentoo-nfp] Section 1.1 Business Offices

[Ferris McCormick <fmccor@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:03:44 -0400
"William L. Thomson Jr." <wltjr@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 12:12 +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
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> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM, William L. Thomson Jr.  wrote:
> > > While this section has provisions for business offices. Till there is
> > >  the need, or more importantly the funds/revenue to be able to afford for
> > >  such. I think it's quite moot and pointless to even be mentioned.
> > 
> > I thought this whole point was a legal requirement from NM and that
> > our office was set to the location of our agent in NM. Aren't we
> > required to have an office in NM?
> 
> As I read the requirements from here
> http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/corporations/pdf/charter/dnp.pdf
> 
> Article Four: A New Mexico corporation must continually maintain a
> registered agent and registered office address.
> ....
> (2) Enter the name of the registered agent, who must be located at the
> registered office address.
> 
> 
> We don't need offices per say, as a registered office address. Which the
> registered agents address must be the same. Any registered agent we
> retain, will therefore be the registered office location for the Gentoo
> Foundation.
> 
> The By Laws could be implying that, but do not clearly state that. So we
> should likely update them. To reflect that the Gentoo Foundation does
> not have official offices, just a registered address to meet legal
> requirements. No implication of Gentoo officials meeting at the offices
> or conducting any business at that location or others.
> 
> Also maybe that the address might change as we change registered agents.
> But any legal filings will have to be updated to reflect that. So not
> sure the by laws need to spell out that aspect.
> 

Probably not.

> -- 
> William L. Thomson Jr.
> amd64/Java/Trustees
> Gentoo Foundation
> 


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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees)
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