From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FA1113933E for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:26:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 092B9E09C2; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 527F4E09C0; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:26:50 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:26:47 -0400 From: Aaron Bauman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-nfp , Gentoo Elections Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-nfp] 2021 Trustees election Message-ID: References: <0b4c895018c93be369b1d534fe393f2f5b6952ea.camel@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6xM57/EqvBS7Mt0+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: 81a4f806-0825-43cb-aef0-a7fe775599b1 X-Archives-Hash: 97cfe745cc20ff06a8af6cb7f657812c --6xM57/EqvBS7Mt0+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 07:51:19PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 6:50 PM Aaron Bauman wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 06:12:42PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: >=20 > Yes, I would specifically like some information on the progress and > next steps towards dissolving the Foundation. > As stated, taxes had to be fixed first which was the focus of the Foundation this past year. Those elected will likely (I can't speak for everyone) continue to push their agendas this year to dissolve or not. >=20 > So what's happening with the progress of dissolving the Foundation? I > think it's impossible to tell with the information currently > available. > Maybe Alec (antarus) will answer this as it was his initiative, but his response will likely be about resolving the tax situation first. =20 > Are you instead interested in the Foundation moving from a 501(c)6 to > a 501(c)3 so that donations are tax deductible? If so, have you done > anything to work towards that? > We are not a 501(c)6 and never have been. We also have never been a 501(c)3 as the original board members never completed the paperwork. Yes, I have and continue to advocate for us becoming a 501(c)3. The one issue we have to overcome is the "public support test" of donations which can cause issues with the IRS granting such status. This is the only barrier, IMHO, to keeping the foundation and Gentoo's autonomy alive. -Aaron --6xM57/EqvBS7Mt0+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEmv7M5qd5RX+UB+cwV6vTrTwY1fAFAmDluaYACgkQV6vTrTwY 1fBo9QgAns7+I7H1umy1avKhU4xzobDaeS/lmIsMA5Z9Cxx8zT4dtbavvKOueIOH G5+HTPw1jlKqvw/zC3FvYVx/gm+eyJNfkQVvoXfo8gMAl8S4ymAkk4dj6Xg+V45a J5v6ZUi06HiDQ/uvd9Bekaq/kQY3GiGnj+GBDBhCKW1kp34Q3SdW+wEo/UyAkqhL T8pTP9n6rRKcT6p8js+kxra8CWRaQIRV4QEP3kjeoZTgnMPu6ERHu8+HNOqDHbpM VGlJjJQZMXfxn+7AbYVjDlMnKQswi6FxtnC/xI1VXdx5GCWwttDFxh71rrf4igmK alGLeM4KzG39u0vG7kDUVX7nlrFWpA== =s+8K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6xM57/EqvBS7Mt0+--