<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Not that I know of. I am told that Allison Randal is leading the OSI effort to assist non-profits. I am merely making sure you all know about their interest in helping.<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 19, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Radcliffe, Mark <<a href="mailto:Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com" class="">Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I am counsel for OSI and I am aware of the initiative which is mainly informational. I think that it could be helpful, but I would not expect too much. Have they made a specific proposal?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sean Roberts [<a href="mailto:seanroberts66@gmail.com" class="">mailto:seanroberts66@gmail.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, December 19, 2014 12:37 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tax-affairs@lists.openstack.org" class="">tax-affairs@lists.openstack.org</a>; Jonathan Bryce; mark Collier<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Tax-affairs] OSI offer of help<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">OSI, Open Source Initiative, has offered to help the Foundation. They have a working group investigating IRS recent rejections of open source non-profits. Find the GM contact information below. Let me know if I can provide any further help.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 732px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Patrick Masson<br class="">General Manager, Director & Secretary to the Board<br class="">Open Source Initiative<br class="">855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270<br class="">Palo Alto, CA 94301<br class="">United States<br class="">OSI Phone: <a href="tel:%28415%29%20857-5398" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">(415) 857-5398</a><br class="">Direct Phone: (970) 4MASSON<br class="">Skype: massonpj<br class="">Em: <a href="mailto:masson@opensource.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">masson@opensource.org</a><br class="">Ws: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opensource.org_&d=AAMCaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=-eW2cMa97_vapVbs3HoXRA&m=3JUGeTus5P9ELLeMB9EPJC_YbjvcJxKApo50phqOGt4&s=Av8lFEaTkPx8V5ylX9xv_328xSKKwozoKj_j_rN00eE&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.opensource.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">~ sean</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font color="#008000" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Please consider the environment before printing this email.</font></span><font color="#008000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><font color="#808080" size="1" face="Verdana" class="">The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. 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