[Koha-devel] Koha Foundation

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Greetings... I am back!

There are  lots of computers  that  get tossed here in the US .. A foundation 
would allow you to approach companies to  set these  in far away places and 
pick up the freight tab as a donation. Intel and other large US companies also 
donate stuff...  Bill and Melissa gates foundation donates stuff... although 
the thought of them donating boxes to run LINUX on might not seem 
appropriate...

Anyway bottom line...  having a foundation or non profit corp. in the US  you 
would be able to offer US companies and US citizens tax incentive for 
helping..

Sad to say ... most of the time if there is no tax incentive they will do 
nothing.



OK now for the  legal parts...


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If you are going to  incorporate in just one country II would incorporate the 
foundation in what  ever country would offer the best donations, as you will 
have to be incorporated in that country to offer the citizens the  tax 
benefit.  The US with the  abundance of  technology stuff here  seems to make sense. 
But you can also incorporate it in many countries just like you do a 
corporation for profit.




Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC 

See the Museum's Web Site at  www.smecc.org

We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. 
library  - please advise if you have anything we can use.

Coury House / SMECC
5802 W. Palmaire Ave.                          Phone    623-435-1522
Glendale Az 85301  USA


I also know many libraries in Africa that could be interested by such 
computers, with Koha (server or client -firefox-) installed.

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