Re: MCM - Digest V1 #177

["Villa Sunscape" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

to solve the multiple Dave/David problems please refer to me as "Lass"
Lass
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert P. Cashin <rcashin@juno.com>
To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: MCM - Digest V1 #177


> Hi Everybody,
> 
> >Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 07:55:31 -0500
> >From: Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>
> >Subject: votes
> >
> >  [as I said in my earlier message, YES should not mean that we 
> >necessarily
> >agree to ACCEPT the terms... only to DEFINE them. Some of the terms 
> >may be
> >conditional and among other things can say that we wait a while before 
> >AGA
> >decides. If Bob agrees to adopt this modification, then the MC should 
> >have
> >the ability to resubmit their votes. In general, calls for votes 
> >should
> >have a second, a chance for amendment, discussion and then a vote. We 
> >all
> >know that would take too long in our email forum, so can we be 
> >flexible here.]
> 
> Yes, I agree to this modification and had understood it this way all
> along. Remember, I said " Don't stop the negotiations, Dave L because we
> can always vote no on the proposal when it comes" Thanks for waiving the
> discussion and second on this but I will remember in the future. MC,
> please re vote on the modification.
> 
> Incidentally, Neil, we are still here. <VBG>
> 
> How did the printers respond to you? Did they get the next pub in the
> mail? Have they sent out a bill yet?
> 
> For those of you who haven't voted yet, please do so ASAP. What I
> expected to do on the time of response issue was either pick an average
> of the responses, or select a few that seemed popular and put them back
> for a final vote, so include some discussion with your response on this
> issue.
> 
> I'd also like to remind everybody to delete everything that is not
> relevant to your reply so the rest of us don't have to plow thru stuff
> we've already read, risking to possibility that we will skip something
> pertinent when we are fast forwarding thru old material. There was a fair
> amount of it in the last posting.
> 
> Steve Dixon responded to my inquiry. Basically he declined because it is
> not an area in which he has expertise. He did volunteer to review the
> contract but also indicated a possible conflict of interest, so I
> declined his offer. He expressed some thoughts on incorporation which I
> am copying here for information purposes. The SC was copied on his reply,
> so if I missed something which seemed pertinent, please feel free to add
> it.
> 
> Here is the quote from Steve
> 
> My first question is, has AGA really figured out whether it needs to
> incorporate as a 501(c)iii corporation?  10 years or so ago I looked into
> this for one of the charitable activities of my company and the only
> reason
> I came up with was the tax deductibility of the contributions, or dues in
> AGA's case.  Even if the annual dues were tax deductible, the fair market
> value of TAG or PAM would have to be subtracted from the dues to get the
> amount of the charitable deduction.  How important is this issue for the
> members?
> 
> As you may know, there is annual reporting and tax returns to file if the
> group is incorporated.  I don't honestly know if this amounts to much
> (perhaps Karen's husband would know), but its something to consider.
> 
> End of quote.
> 
> He volunteered to chat with me about the AGA and I am trying to arrange
> a convenient time to do it. If anybody else is interested in calling, my
> phone number is 814-838-6380 and I live in Erie, Pa which is in the
> Eastern time zone.
> 
> So far there has been no no votes on Bob McCaw. I suspect we will have
> two Bobs in the loop soon so please refer to me as Bob C and him as Bob M
> to avoid confusion. I already have to think twice when we are talking
> about Dave ( L or G? )
> 
> That's it for now, Bob C.
> 
> 
> 
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