On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:44 PM, K7VE - John k7ve@k7ve.org wrote:
And don't forget to donate http://www.ampr.org/donate.html
What exactly do donations fund? I'm pretty critical of the non-profits I donate to. I like to see that a minimal percentage is used for administration and that board members are elected in a democratic manner.
Tom KD7LXL
Brian has been covering the majority of the 'administrative costs' -- there are annual fees that are necessary to maintain the corporation, tax exempt status, etc.
As far as I know, and Brian could fill in, no money goes to any individual, but it takes money to cover these costs.
Also, it would be nice to a have a little money to defray occasional equipment upgrades, even though much of that is supported by donated network and equipment resources.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:44 PM, K7VE - John k7ve@k7ve.org wrote:
And don't forget to donate http://www.ampr.org/donate.html
What exactly do donations fund? I'm pretty critical of the non-profits I donate to. I like to see that a minimal percentage is used for administration and that board members are elected in a democratic manner.
Tom KD7LXL _________________________________________ 44Net mailing list 44Net@hamradio.ucsd.edu http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/44net
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:17 PM, K7VE - John k7ve@k7ve.org wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Brian has been covering the majority of the 'administrative costs' -- there are annual fees that are necessary to maintain the corporation, tax exempt status, etc.
As far as I know, and Brian could fill in, no money goes to any individual, but it takes money to cover these costs.
Also, it would be nice to a have a little money to defray occasional equipment upgrades, even though much of that is supported by donated network and equipment resources.
Thanks. Equipment I would consider core operational costs. And registration fees are an acceptable administrative cost.
I appreciate your summary, but a look at the books would be even better.
Tom KD7LXL
On 9/16/15 6:17 PM, K7VE - John wrote:
Brian has been covering the majority of the 'administrative costs' -- there are annual fees that are necessary to maintain the corporation, tax exempt status, etc.
As far as I know, and Brian could fill in, no money goes to any individual, but it takes money to cover these costs.
I'm all for helping out ARDC, but realistically Tom does have a point, it's not a member driven organization. The board appoints the board. There is no election of board members by anyone other than the board members.
The board of directors is 75% non-hams, Brian is the only licensed board member.
Say what you will of the ARRL, but I do get to vote for my director/board representatives.
Also, it would be nice to a have a little money to defray occasional equipment upgrades, even though much of that is supported by donated network and equipment resources.
A public budget and plan would go a long way to making this happen. Running a non-profit asking for donations of quasi-members means there needs to be documentation on the use of funds.
If Brian's in the hole over this, we need to see how much that is and at a minimum have fundraising drive to make it self sufficient.
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