Hi April,
Thanks for stepping up and tracking this - a few things:
the articles and bylaws do not need to be the same thing - we planned to
submit the bylaws as a legal document, whereas our articles are a
working document that guides us in day to day operation
When you, Julio, Matt, and I were breaking off tasks the night of the
board meeting, below is what I wrote for question 8 if you recall. Did
you mean to re-delegate this? Would like feedback from folks on the
language:
(a) a detailed description of the activity, including its purpose and
how each activity furthers the organization's exempt purpose.
-educational classes and workshops indended to provide a free platform
for community members to share knowledge on topics of mutual interest in
a safe, clean environment, in the interest of educating the community;
-recurring meetings organized by sudo room members and other
community-oriented groups sponsored by sudo room members related to the
development and execution of projects benefitting the public and/or
advancing specific areas of knowledge within the scope of sudo room's
mission;
-formal and informal work sessions where sudo room members and their
guests use shared equipment located in sudo room to execute projects
otherwise out of reach of individual community members, and in the
process bring in share knowledge related to these projects with others.
(b) when the activity was or will be initiated.
-most events occur on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis on days
determined to be most convenient for the volunteers hosting the specific
activity or activities;
-requests for hosting of specific activities requiring exclusive use of
space or other sudo room resources may be made by community members
subject to approval by other members on a weekly basis;
-the use of most tools and other resources in the course of members and
guests of members executing independent science and technology related
projects is permitted without formal procedure prior to beginning work
so long as such projects are not in conflict with sudo room's mission.
(c) where and by whom the activity will be conducted.
-sudo room events occur within areas leased or otherwise legally
permitted for use by sudo room, its members, their guests, and any other
organizations established for public benefit and having a sufficiently
compatible mission to warrant use of sudo room resources.
-every activity undertaken at sudo room must be sponsored by a member or
members who take responsibility for planning and execution.
On 2014-11-01 16:07, april glaser wrote:
Hi all,
We started working on the state tax exemption form, because the federal 501c3 is way less
urgent. We need to send in our state info by Nov 6. Wrote it all out for clarity. There
are two roles that need to be filled, one organizing our fundraising data and one bottom
lining the copyedit and final review. PLEASE STEP UP & HELP OUT :)
I'd also love some help researching amendments and updating them. The state taxes
form attached is for reference. Feel free to also reference our brain dump ether pad:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudo501c3 [2]
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 6
Thanks,
April
HERE'S A LIST OF WHAT WE NEED TO FILL OUT IN THE FORM:
--Fill out Questions 8 (Whitney is working on question 8)
--Fill out part III, financial data (Max, can you bottomline this page, if not, let us
know asap)
--must include copy of receipts and expenses-- like bank transaction data
--Fill out part IV, list all officers and trustees (wrangle names and addresses of board
members)
--Fill out part 6, number 1 describe fundraising
--part 6, number 3 lease information
WHAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FORM:
--Rental and lease agreement
--Articles and bylaws (most updated)
--Any form signed by Sec. of State, and we should have already filled out the information
form, SI 100 and if CT-1 or other forms were filled out, we need to include that in our
submission as well
--$25 check (from Sudo Room, payable to Franchise Tax Board)
--Copy of receipts and expenses (transaction history)
--AND EVERYTHING WE ATTACH MUST INCLUDE ORG NAME AND STATE ID NUMBER (C3617428)
DELEGATED ROLES:
WHITT
Question 8
Fill out part 4
Vicky
Document wrangler (SI-100, CT-1)
Poke Matt to make sure we have them
Make sure all roles are moving along and SHIP IT!
April
Reconcile bylaws and articles
NEEDS help -- if people are open to helping research for past amendments, please let me
know
Max
Financial data -- fill out part 3, side 4
-must include copy of receipts and expense -- like bank transaction data
NEEDS A PERSON TO BOTTOM LINE, YOU?
Fill out part 6 describing Sudo Room Fundraising, number 1 and 3
--get a copy of the lease
Who can do this?
FINAL COPY EDIT AND REVIEW, WHO CAN DO THIS?
We need someone to read the whole form and review all attachments, check 100 times make
sure it's good to go
Who can do this?
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