I do not have any commitments from the  large companies yet. If I do get some that are willing to donate and are nationwide i will let them know of the other state LoCo's and how to contact. <div> On 9/29/07, Anthony Yarusso <<a href="mailto:tonyyarusso@comcast.net">tonyyarusso@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Sandlin wrote: >  OK, with all the discussion around here about how to handle > donations and any type of income I am a bit confused. So are we not > to include Ubuntu's name in something if we set up a non-profit > organization? Here is why I ask. >  I anjoy getting old computers, getting them working and giving them > to my daughters school. After I started doing this I have received > requests from other schools for help in getting some computers. I > don;t mind at all. So after I realized the demand was out there I > approached a couple of larger companies about donating old > computers. That is when I was asked if I was a non-profit org or > not. This would give them the tax right off they wanted. So my > thinking if to start such an organization for this task. Then > whether I was giving Ubuntu computers of refurbished windows systems > it would be getting the message out that Ubuntu was envolved in > helping our local community. Just a thought. If it is a problem > doing this then I will come up with a different name and still do > the same thing. I just saw it as a win - win situation. >  So if this is not an issue, who would I contact about getting > permission to use the Ubuntu name. If it is an issue I would still > like to know if i could name it something else then advertise that > is was run by the Alabama LoCo. > I do not want to start yet another debate on whether Non profit orgs > are good or bad. In my case it is good whether Ubuntu's name is used > or not. I was just wondering where we stand on this issue. > > -- > Jason Sandlin > > > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam</a> > <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al </a> Would be a question for <a href="mailto:trademarks@ubuntu.com">trademarks@ubuntu.com</a>.  The general policy is at <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy">http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy </a>. Can you release any names of corporations that have been willing to help?  Any tips from what you've learned?  I'm getting into something similar. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/ve1KlAIzV4ebxoRAt2DAKCop3b0jY8NRxM77EAzDAD+UC8iqQCgzv/c 4sFE9Wau3utubMiHM58p3Lk= =nYlG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- loco-contacts mailing list <a href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com"> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a> </blockquote></div> -- Jason Sandlin <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam</a> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al</a>