[Noisebridge-discuss] oscilloscope etc. over abundance

daniela Steinsapir danielast at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 22:28:22 UTC 2009


 Thank you!

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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:24 PM, miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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