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On 10/11/2013 01:45 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
> 
> To what extent do criteria differ for a 501c3 compared to a 501c6 ?

IANAL

a c3 is an org related to charitable and public interest work. donations
to it are tax deductible, and it is limited from participating in
certain types of political operations

a c6 is a business league - such as chamber of commerce. Donations are
not tax deductible, but they can do more politically.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29#501.28c.29.286.29

AIUI - The c3 is the harder one to obtain, because of the tax-exemption
provided to monies coming in - hi money laundering!

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Monty Taylor [mailto:mordred at inaugust.com]
>> Sent: 11 October 2013 19:43
>> To: James E. Blair
>> Cc: elections-committee at lists.openstack.org
>> Subject: Re: [Elections-committee] Table of voting systems comparisons
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/11/2013 01:27 PM, Monty Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/11/2013 01:24 PM, James E. Blair wrote:
>>>> Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey all!
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to learn more about this from wikipedia, you should check out:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_systems#Compliance_of_selected_s
>>>>> ystems_.28table.29
>>>>>
>>>>> The TC/PTL elections use Schulze. STV would be IRV in this table.
>>>>
>>>> Browsing the lists of election system users on wikipedia, a couple of
>>>> US tax-exempt orgs stand out:
>>>>
>>>> LOPSA: A 501(c)(3) using Meek's STV
>>>> http://governance.lopsa.org/LOPSA_Bylaws#Election_of_Directors
>>>>
>>>> SPI: A 501(c)(3) using Schulze
>>>> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2003/2003-01-06.wta.1/
>>>>
>>>> It seems unlikely that we would be breaking new ground as a
>>>> non-profit with either of these.
>>>
>>> I believe this is an excellent point and excellent precedent.
>>> Considering that Delaware law allows us to explicitly define our
>>> voting mechanism (which makes the Delaware portion itself moot) - I
>>> would think that existing precedent of non-profit boards using
>>> Schultze should give us the ground cover we need to be more confident
>>> on both stated concerns around use of Schultze.
>>>
>>> That that has been in effect for them since 2003 and should be AMPLE
>>> time for issues to have arisen.
>>
>> As a followup, I have found that the XBMC Foundation, which is an Open Source 501c3 registered in the state of Delaware uses Condorcet
>> for their elections.
>>
>> IANAL - but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that perhaps there actually is precedent for us to use the voting mechanism that we want
>> to use.
>>
>> Monty
>>
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