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

["David Lass" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

My two cents worth is that I agree -- I think the problem my dear departed
friend Joe Cushing had and why he didn't put it all together is that he was
a real estate attorney, and was probably over his head on the non profit
stuff. It is apparently very specialized and arcane.
I agree that we need to find someone, and that it needs to be someone who
specializes in npi status.
David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] RE: [AGA's and ACA's non-profit status]


> Friends, aquantances, or folks that will only charge a
> nominal fee -- all of these are good ways to go before
> resorting to a regular hire.
>
> But even tax experts that don't regularly due non-prof tax
> stuff, tend to beg off of the non-prof stuff -- it's a
> specialty.
>
> So anyone that knows the right kind of expert, or knows
> someone that knows someone . . .
>
> sh
> --- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:
>
> > Tim Cincotta is beginning this process for DFWAPC and has
> > a friend who
> > specializes.
> >
> > Just adding that $0.02.
> >
> > Cheryl
> >
> > S. Hieber wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > > =====
> > > It's the contest that started international competition
> > in aquascaping
> > > planted aquaria! AGA's 2004 Aquascaping Contest is open
> > for entrees:
> > >
> > >  http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi
> > >
> > > Novices and experts alike show their skills. Past
> > winners have been
> > > novices and experts, too. You can view all the entrees
> > at The 5th AGA
> > > Annual Convention. Details/Registration at
> > www.aquatic-gardeners.org &
> > > www.gwapa.org
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> >
> > -- 
> > Cheryl Rogers, Membership
> > Aquatic Gardeners Association
> > http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org
> >
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>
> =====
> It's the contest that started international competition in aquascaping
> planted aquaria! AGA's 2004 Aquascaping Contest is open for entrees:
>
>  http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi
>
> Novices and experts alike show their skills. Past winners have been
> novices and experts, too. You can view all the entrees at The 5th AGA
> Annual Convention. Details/Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org &
> www.gwapa.org
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