Hi Sue, I am sure the eloquent Fred will be along here soon with a very practical response. As an apolitico, I can say that I find incorporation as non-profit to be beneficial in terms of protecting our work, in creating an "immortal" entity that can function regardless of the coming and goin go hosts, SCs and even ASC's and that incorporation lays the ground work for grant support.... These are just my thoughts....I am sure there are many more opinions. The rest of your questions are things we can all address IF the majority of responses are in favor of non-profit incorporation. If the majority says no....well, then there won't be any discussion because the people will have spoken. Nancy ncole@coffey.com Assistant TNGenweb Coordinator Bledsoe County http://www.tngenweb.org/bledsoe Rhea County http://www.tngenweb.org/rhea On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Susan Wilson wrote: > Gee, just adopted a county yesterday (Marshall) and already I'm having to > ask questions. Could someone explain the *practical* reasons why this is, > as some people have said, necessary at this time? I'm not asking for > political reasons, at least not right now. I need to understand what > benefits, in very practical ways, would accrue from incorporation. How much > would it cost? Where will the money come from? (Oh, I'm tempted to ask -- > "is there any more, and could I have a grant, please?" but I won't. :-)) > What are the practical reasons we *must* do this? Incorporate how? What > kind of structure are we talking about? Would there be a board? Would > there be elections? What's the time frame? > > If all of this has been answered already, just forward the stuff to me. I'm > off to put the finishing touches on my revamp of Chester County SC, so I can > get to work on Marshall County! > > Su Wilson > County Coordinator, Chester County SC USGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scchest2/scchester.htm > > I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me! > >