[hackerspaces] AGMs?

[ITechGeek]

I can image the IRS agent saying "I didn't know our tracking numbers had
that many digits now" they are probably so backlogged (=

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On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the offer. That would be a useful check. We filed the
> simplified application and have most of the paperwork prepared for the full
> application (which backs it up). We have a fiscal sponsorship to cover us
> during the certification process. We filed our application at the end of
> November.
>
> I'm about to inquire as to where we are in the process today. We're
> getting a bit antsy about our status as we're starting to write grant
> applications to develop some neighborhood outreach and education programs.
>
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 11:28 PM, ITechGeek <itg at itechgeek.com> wrote:
>
> Here is how HacDC's meetings are run:
> http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Category:Meeting_Minutes
>
> If interested, I can see who has the paperwork HacDC filed for 501c3
> status and probably get you a copy.  I believe we were selected for
> additional review as well (Hackerspaces seem to have gotten swept up in the
> whole Citizens United Progressive/Conservative groups filing for non profit
> status en masse),
>
> I think our non profit status was approved into 2013 (and filed in like
> 2009).
>
>
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> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks - the Tampa space model looks good.
>>
>> It's easy to say to say "go with simple"; it's another creature when
>> you're still learning the
>> IRS rules regarding non-profits and want to make sure that everything is
>> as it should be.
>>
>> My previous non-profit experience was in a different country, we have two
>> people in the group with the appropriate business/admin background, and
>> this is the first US non-profit that any of us have started. Hence the
>> questions.
>>
>> -- Shirley
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Bill Shaw <bill at funwithbots.com> wrote:
>>
>> Tampa Hackerspace adopted MIBS Simplified Rules of Coordinated  Consensus
>> through Chaos
>> http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/MIBS_Simplified_Rules_of_Coordinated_Consensus_through_Chaos
>>
>> Here was our annual meeting agenda
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v8I3t1-iZCzck_bqOWTmUZOYNnVHSwMNlqKaKtfJjjM/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Meetings run really well with this structure.
>>
>> Bill Shaw
>> Tampa Hackerspace
>> http://tampahackerspace.com
>>
>> On Sun Feb 01 2015 at 9:29:59 AM Shirley Hicks <
>> shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
>> |Good morning everyone,
>> |
>> |Our Birmingham makerspace is approaching another milestone, the planning
>> and running of our first |annual general meeting (AGM).
>>
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