[Ubuntu-US] Accounting Question

[Aaron Toponce]

This has been discussed on and on and on.  Here are the reasons why this
is not appropriate for this project:

1) As a state-run LoCo team, they have the opportunity if they wish to
go after that status.  It is up to that individual team, and not this
mentoring project, to look for financial help/protection.

2) 501c3 status from a national standpoint doesn't make a lot of sense
anyway.  Each state has different laws concerning how funds can be
distributed and handled within the organization.  Creating a national
blanket would only create problems internally and complicate matters
between teams.

3) The mentoring project is about getting approved LoCo teams in each
state.  Not about providing legal protection.  Not about providing tax
breaks.  If someone or some team wants 501c3 protection, this project is
not the channel to go through.  Canonical would be the appropriate means
of getting something like that accomplished.

If a new team, say a US Legal Team or US Tax Team needs to be created
within Ubuntu, then great.  It will not be a part of this project.  We
are about states helping states.  We are about recruiting members.  We
are about advocacy.  We are about install fests.  We are about community
involvement.  We are not about financial help.  We are not about tax
breaks.  We are not about legal protection.

However, I see no need for such a blanket.  For several years, LUGs and
SIGs have operated just fine without any of this.  I understand that
there have been isolated incidents where investors would not help fund
an install fest, because the LUG/SIG did not have that status.  However,
these cases are the extreme minority.  I have yet to hear of any LUG/SIG
needing legal help.

So, again, if a state wants it, that state can get it.  If a new Ubuntu
team should be created, then great.  However, there will be no
accounting or legal team or council in the US Teams Mentoring Project.

Thanks,
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