[AGA-sc] RE: [AGA's and ACA's non-profit status]

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

The info from Fred at ACA is good info to have but it is a
bit unsettling for one reason. ACA received tax-exempt
status under the terms that AGA was supposedly refused, as
a charitable, educational organization. If ACA can get that
status, I don't see why the AGA can't also. I don't think
there is a fundamental diff in how we operate.

I strongly believe, and Fred at ACA seems to confirm this,
that we need a specialist, a professional at tax-exempt
status, to guide our application, or at least it's
preparation. I don't think a lay person will know just
which additional forms might prove helpful to the case we
have to make, or what wording on them might prove the most
promising.

Given that we've already tried this once and it didn't work
out, I suggest that the Board consider hiring someone to
consult. That's not a formal motion, that's a suggestion
for the sake of discussion.

sh

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