Excellent comments. I agree. Teresa Rahn Sharon Howell <[email protected]> wrote: However, we do not have any > legal tax status and would have to pay taxes on anything we raised. I have > discussed this with a couple of people and our options if we want to raise > funds are to get our own 501c(3) tax status which could take a year or > more > (it has taken that long for some other non-profit's, it could be less), or > find a historical society or other existing non-profit to take us under > their umbrella for the purpose of raising money only. Being a treasurer for a state-wide 501c(3) organization, I can tell you that exacting records need to be kept. There also needs to be a formal, structured board of directors, etc. Even another organization would require that there be at least a formal committee to run INPCRP. Raising money to pay for the supplies used would be great. But the one thing that has made INPCRP work so far, it that it is a loose group of people with no formal structure. Each individual is able to join in for what time, or experiences, they want. And if someone wants to drop out, there are no consequences. While structure has its place, I would hate to see the good feelings and volunteerism of this group be dropped because of having to have officers and other formal goings-on. I wonder if any of the $40,000 that the man will have to pay for vandalizing the Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin will be used to reimburse those of you who supplied the materials to fix the stones? Maybe if we continue to volunteer our labor, but bill the city or county or whomever for the materials, then more judges would fine offenders. Sharon Howell ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version)