[Noisebridge-discuss] oscilloscope etc. over abundance

[miloh]

The oscilloscopes with Daniella's labels were left where they are on the
downstairs shelves.  There's plenty of space for them at the moment.  The
ones that went upstairs are working scopes that should be shelved and saved.

cheers,

-rma


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 03:01:00PM -0700, Christie Dudley wrote:
> > Hrm.  First of all, with a 501(c)3 charitable status (or even hoping to
> get
> > it), I believe we have legal restrictions on who we can give stuff to.
>
> Yes, once things are donated to Noisebridge, as a Public Benefit
> Nonprofit we have obligations on how we dispose of them.  It is possible
> for us to legitimately give or sell donations to others -- members,
> nonmembers, companies, and other nonprofits -- but we have to do so in
> specific ways.
>
> We haven't yet developed the necessary systems to do this properly.
>
> So, please don't take donations away from Noisebridge until we have
> figured out how we want to do it.  (Mostly this has to do with
> record-keeping and avoiding the appearance of self-dealing, IIUC.  But I
> haven't talked it over with our legal advisor, so my understanding may
> not be complete.)
>
> > Otherwise, this sort of organization could become just a huge tax dodge.
>
> Yes, in the worst case there are tax implications, but I'm more worried
> about our moral obligations to each other and our community.
>
> -andy
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