[sac-board] Re: Incorporation, yes or no

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:02:00 -0700, Rotramel, Rick (AZ77) wrote:

> It seems an incorporation entity as a "Tax-Exempt, Non-Profit
> Corporation" with the IRS as Joe & Peter suggested may solve our legal
> problems for protecting the club and it's officers from liabilities.
> (Let the insurance company handle it.)
> 
> My question: Can any "SAC old timer" remember why we didn't do this? Was
> it because: "Keep It Simple Stupid" or, "not wanting to do the annual
> paperwork"?
> 
> If the club wants to host large star parties, the "legal entity" thing
> begins to make more sense.
> 
> Who really wants the hassle of the waiver process?

To major problems with incorporating, (1) rewriting the constitution and
(2) money.  The biggest would be (1).  Our current constitution is not
appropriate for incorporating.

If we believe obtaining signed releases is a pain, maintaining our
incorporation is also going to fall flat too.  And incorporating won't
help us if it comes to trial.

What might help is incorporating the Arizona Messier Marathon as a entity
separate from SAC.

        -Paul

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