I've been through that "fact-finding" with two groups in the past decade. The process of "fact-finding" isn't quite as easy as it sounds, and unless you've got some pro-bono legal advice it can get expensive very quickly. [wry] A financial manager ought to advise against spending that kind of money.[/wry] There are multiple sorts of not-for-profit status around, each state appears to have a state-level sort available, the IRS has one, the USPS has another (and those two do NOT necessarily overlap or even intersect) and I wouldn't be surprised to find some counties or large cities have one at that level. It just seems like a waste of time ... either now or later when someone has to tidy up the financial records of the USGenWeb so the Auditor will pass them. IRC that one needs to present 5 years worth of audited records to qualify for IRS NfP or 501(c)3 status. However if it keeps them busy to do a Fact-Finding, I suppose ... we can always quit, after all. Cheryl Connie Burkett wrote: > I don't like the idea of a Financial Manager, either. I would hope the "fact > finding group" will also research the possibility of filing for non-profit > without filing for 501(c3) which means there would be no need for a financial > manager. > > Let's keep in mind that this is just a "fact finding group" who will present the > Board with a list of the facts about non-profit that they've researched. > Something as important as whether to file for non-profit and which level of > non-profit should be a decision the entire membership gets to vote on, not just > the "Advisory" Board. > > Connie Burkett > Marion County > Taylor County > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Patricia Viellenave > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:05 PM > To: wvgen@rootsweb.com > Cc: sburow@swbell.net > Subject: Re: [WVGEN] [STATE-COORD] ANNOUNCEMENT - FinancialManagementVolunteers > Sought > > Well said Linda. > > We do not need a Financial Manager. > > How do we stop this sad state of affairs? > > Patricia Viellenave > Lewis & Upshur Co., WV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LCFlu@aol.com> > To: <wvgen@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <sburow@swbell.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WVGEN] [STATE-COORD] ANNOUNCEMENT - Financial ManagementVolunteers > Sought > > > >>Hi, All: >> >>What the heck is this? >> >>Financial Management? What (and whose) finances is this message >>referring to? >> >>As I have been saying for 10 years, all we are is a name/county on a >>list on the main WVGenWeb page. We all function independently and do >>our own sites. >>No one pays us. I have never understood a thing about the boards and >>committees and all the rest related to the GenWeb. But I do understand >>that they have never helped me buy rare old books to put on my sites >>or helped with procuring and typing the information. >> >>Lately, I have been sorry that I was such an over-achiever and put >>more than half a million free files online, which represent a chunk of >>my life, as well as my life-savings. Complete files and my own >>graphics have been stolen and posted on for-profit sites. And now we >>are being introduced to still another committee regarding financial >>management. >> >>Sick of it all..... >> >>Linda Cunningham Fluharty >>_www.lindapages.com_ (http://www.lindapages.com) -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.