Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2010, at 5:25, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote: 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? Yes. The laws vary by state though, I believe. "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. I have had trouble with cash in Europe so it isn't just the US. I won't get into but I couldn't even get gasoline and train tickets with cash or credit in 2 different European countries. I am not really advocating for the USA but I don't think your particular concerns are reasons not to do it there. Edward 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 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha