ed c wrote:
--- On Fri, 9/17/10, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote: <...>
At the time I wrote my last email, I wasn't aware of PTFS's reaction because it wasn't in the same thread. Please try not to break thread. (ed c - you're one of those breaking up the thread.)
I'm sorry if my mail client is not up to your high standards.
Please don't get sarcastic. It's not a high standard. The metadata headers for threading have been around for 35 years, so it's a pretty basic error if a mail client can't use them. But the latest message appeared in-thread, so I don't really understand why the thread was broken previously. Oh well, I was just explaining why I hadn't seen PTFS's reaction in time. [...]
Indeed, charity law and non-profit law are not the same, so why ask me about US non-profit law when I criticised US charity law? Basically the problem there is it doesn't often exist.
Because you did so while referring to a 501(c)3, which is organized under non-profit law.
I feel the central Koha project body should be a charity. Is that even possible in the US?
"One of the weaknesses in U.S. payment systems is how easy it is to create bogus checks and deposit them at a bank," said Michael Herd, a spokesman for NACHA/The Electronics Payments Association, which sets rules for electronic bank transfers. -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7914159/ [...] And this is why there are no non-profit organizations based in the US, I guess?
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. :-) Having to watch your bank account closely and be cautious about who sees your cheques and transfer details is another overhead cost which I feel means the Koha community should seriously consider being based outside the US, in some country with a better banking system. Hope that explains, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. Webmaster, Debian Developer, Past Koha RM, statistician, former lecturer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire for Koha work http://www.software.coop/products/koha