[svlug] Church of Linux?

[Paul Reiber]

:-) I've been wondering whether anyone would bring up the issue of
whether SVLUG itself should organize as a church.

I've gotta say... though it's somewhat compelling, I don't think it's
a good idea; I'm not pushing for things to go that direction, in case
anyone's wondering...
-pbr


On Dec 1, 2007 3:09 PM, Warren Turkal <wturkal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2007 2:51 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen
> <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's actually not that crazy.  Think about the tax benefits too!
> > Don't religious organizations pay nearly no taxes?  Our god could be
> > the GNU :-)
>
> The pay nearly no taxes unless they get improperly involved in
> politics. You also have to have a fixed meeting place, I think. Check
> out [1] for more info. I think it would make much more sense to setup
> SVLUG as a public charitable organization.
>
> [1]http://www.irs.gov/charities/churches/index.html
>
> wt
>
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