I feel SIX is like a big brother that MICE looks up to so I would like to point out that SIX is lowering their port fees due to their success of membership growth. What a good problem, we're taking in so much money we'd like to drop our fees significantly. https://www.seattleix.net/pr20160930 As the MICE fee structure is still not implemented or even decided yet, I'd like to hit the beehive a little and see if there is any progress to that end. I am sure that MICE as a non non-profit could still take in money and then also spend that money without much challenge to avoid any serious taxation concerns, assuming the non-profit work continues to stall for more months or years (unless someone wants to share good news in this regard). Can the board set a goal or target for us to strive towards as an organization? Maybe we need a little tyranny to get things going in this regard? This can has been kicked down the road so many times, it's not even recognizable as a can anymore. :) Food for thought.
Non-profit filing will hopefully happen next week, if I get everything done with the MN Secretary of State's office in time. I am currently waiting for them to accept a filing, and then I need to request certified copies of the Articles of Incorporation. Otherwise, I'm out of the country for a couple weeks, so it'll happen when I get back. I have no idea how long the IRS will take or if there is a serious risk of rejection. I definitely think we need to figure some plan for fees. -- Richard
Thanks for all of your work getting this wrapped up Richard! s Shaun Carlson Director of Information Technology | Arvig ph: (218) 346.8673 | em: shaun.carlson@arvig.com On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:44 AM -0500, "Richard Laager" <rlaager@wiktel.com> wrote: Non-profit filing will hopefully happen next week, if I get everything done with the MN Secretary of State's office in time. I am currently waiting for them to accept a filing, and then I need to request certified copies of the Articles of Incorporation. Otherwise, I'm out of the country for a couple weeks, so it'll happen when I get back. I have no idea how long the IRS will take or if there is a serious risk of rejection. I definitely think we need to figure some plan for fees. -- Richard
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 04:32:05PM +0000, Justin Krejci wrote:
This can has been kicked down the road so many times, it's not even recognizable as a can anymore. :)
That's a great analogy. I can't wait until I can drop some money in. -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau@Geeks.ORG
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Justin Krejci
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Mike Horwath
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Richard Laager
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Shaun Carlson