Re: plant sales

[krandall@world.std.com]

At 06:31 AM 8/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Can we come to some agreement on the plant sales concept?... or agree on a
>date by which we decide and a process to come to conclusion?  or does the
>idea again die on the vine?
>
>I would like to get back to David Lass with a status report. And get this
>settled while I still have some energy/enthusiasm to do the necessary
>followups with FAN.
>
>Summary points:
>AGA does not compete with commercial sources
>Provide hard to find plants as service to members
>Later, decide on list of hard to find plants
>Determine if we first have to have tax status before we "sell" anything new
>  (note: we already sell books). If yes, then allocate money to make this
>happen (BTW, getting non-profit tax status has many advantages).


I KNOW we shouldn't even be doing what we're doing without being
incorporated.  I don't know whether the sale of a few things on the side
threatens that non-profit status.  I know that the local symphony has to
have a sister, for profit corp. set up to handle the sales of T-shirts,
recordings, mugs, etc. that are sold.

I feel completely differently about our little local club with 100 members,
and $1,000 in the bank.  They government doesn't care about us, and we
can't afford the paperwork to stay incorporated.  AGA is a completely
different animal nowadays.  We're creeping up toward the 1000 member mark,
and we have enough money that sooner or later, it is bound to attract
attention.  I think we _need_ to incorporate.

As far as the plant project is concerned, I'm on the fence.  It could be
neat if it really worked, but I'm not sure it will.  

Karen