`<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>In switzerland, any three people</div><div>can found an association by stating that they do so and creating a bylaws document. no fees. no official registration necessary. only if substantial money is handled or if there is profit, the association has to talk to the swiss irs.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_association?wprov=sfsi1">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_association</a></div><div><br></div><div>I'll be glad to help :)</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>tobi<br><br><div>Tobias Oetiker<div><a href="mailto:tobi@oetiker.ch">tobi@oetiker.ch</a></div><div>062 775 9902</div></div></div><div><br>On 16 May 2017, at 15:47, Doug Hughes <<a href="mailto:doug@will.to">doug@will.to</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>Having done this once before, if done in the USA, NJ and DE are
somewhat preferred states for ease of such 501c3 incorporation.
lowest fees, smallest hurdles, etc.</p>
<p>If NJ.US is acceptable/chosen I'm very proximate to Trenton and
could facilitate any in-person matters.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/16/2017 9:22 AM, Theo Schlossnagle
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<div dir="ltr">My experience here is limited to the United States
for approaching these problems. I don't mean to indicate that
it is the right solution, but I can only speak of what I know.
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<div>A legal entity must hold the assets. That can be a person,
or a trust, or an corporation or a community*, etc. Community
here is defined in such a way by the IRS that I don't believe
we would ever quality (and it's never worth arguing). Given
the history of "things" I would steer away from an individual
and I feel that given unknown nature of assets required to
operate and our weak starting point that a trust is likely not
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<div>What I would suggest is us setting up an corporation here
in the US, setting a purpose and a missions statement (that
includes education and science as we do those and they are
eligible for non-profit status), elect 5-7 board members
(who will be legally responsible for the entity) come up
with a small operating budget (< $10k USD) and apply for
non-profit (501(3)c). This process would take a few
hundreds of dollars.</div>
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<div>Then we request that OmniTI donate the appropriate assets
related to OmniOS. This organization can take donations
(from basically anywhere) and apply them to operational
costs to forward its mission. There is a chance that this
organization could be denied non-profit status as the IRS is
(sadly) a bit odd when it comes to approving that for
initiatives for the public good if their around open source
software. I don't see that as a specific risk, it only
means that donations made are not tax-deductible.</div>
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<div>The gating factors here is can we get 5-7 people willing
to participate as legally responsible board members (I am
not a lawyer, but the risk is very lower here as there is
very little money involved).</div>
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<div>Back to my first point, if there is a better avenue
outside the United States for this, I would love to be
educated about it.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Theo</div>
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