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Re: Scenario C prerequisites (Re: Upcoming: further thoughts on where

kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) Wed, 29 September 2004 22:49 UTC

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gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com (Gene Gaines)  wrote on 22.09.04 in <1207701419.20040922172208@gainesgroup.com>:

> It appears to me that IETF qualifies for this status easily as

But we're not interested in this status for the IETF.

We don't want to incorporate the IETF.

What is under discussion is incorporating a separate organization whose  
mission is supporting the IETF.

> a technical, memberhhip organization, not operated for private

Neither the IETF, nor this possible new organization, has any (formal)  
membership.

> I spoke briefly with a U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expert
> who told me informally that IETF appears to qualify easily for
> non-profit, tax-exempt status.

Well, given how far your model seems from the one discussed here, that  
seens worth nothing whatsoever.

MfG Kai

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