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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    Or a group of people.
    Anyone have any info on this?
    How expensive is it to set up a registered nonprofit org in the US?
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      CommentAuthoryugnats
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    its $45 bucks here in canada joe to register a non-profit- i registered one last month for a friend.
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      CommentAuthorNeuen
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    What I would do is register it by a single person. Then in the contact info you could fill in the Organization. The cheapest domain place that I have ever bought from is www.godaddy.com I got it for $1.99 but then also had to pay 3.00 for hosting that month. So all around it is a great deal.
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      CommentAuthoryugnats
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006 edited by yugnats on the 26th November 2006 at 13:21:34 EST
     
    i misread the title sorry about that. i thought joe meant an organization as opposed to the actual domain :)

    ethan, doing it that way still allows one person ultimate control of the domain.

    oh and if you need solid hosting drop me a line- nevermind godaddy they have enough cash, lol :)
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      CommentAuthorNeuen
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    True: Godaddy does have a ton of cash. I have no idea how you would set up the whole Organizational control of the domain.
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    no no, I meant an actual organization.
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      CommentAuthoryugnats
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    cool, thats what i originally thought. its a great idea and it can be done. i don't think it matters what country we do it from but it should be done. I will voluteer to do this since I have done it recently here in Canada but we can have a vote to see what everyone wants to do :)
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    I asked a few people, it can be done pretty much anywhere, but we need to first decide who the board will be, and register it on their names (that way no 1 individual can legally 'sell out')
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      CommentAuthoryugnats
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006 edited by yugnats on the 26th November 2006 at 17:08:56 EST
     
    yep, you got it. in canada, you can even apply for government funding to help pay expenses. of course your not guaranteed to get it but its interesting :)

    i suppose we should only have so many decisions going on at once :)
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      CommentAuthorNeuen
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    The Board will play a very important role in the new system. I will work on a little chart to try and map out the Boards role in the the management of the new site.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    I suggest Canada too, because I live in Kingston, Ontario.
    An official Board is a good idea, even if they never actually meet in the flesh.
    I've been on advisory boards before, and they really have a lot of weight in an NPO. Wouldn't it be a good idea to suggest that we just convert OWD over to this system? Shay might like it, since it means less work for each person involved.
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    shay's only interest is income, it's a commercial site now.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    really? I didn't know...
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      CommentAuthorNeuen
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2006
     
    Gnome were you aware of the Text-Link adds were being placed in all of our designs?
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    How about we set up regional groups, like everyone from the UK in one, everyone from the USA in another, etc.

    Then pull 1 or 2 members out of those groups and have them as the main members of the board?

    That way theres a higher chance for the regional groups to meet in the future maybe (and get very drunk hopefully hehe), then the main 1 / 2 members of the regional groups could input what everyone else in there region has said, sound good or pretty stupid?
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    I have no chance of getting drunk with anyone unless i visit the US (planed visit sometime next year for GED exams) or UK (I really want to visit Ireland, been to london 3 times and scotland once) ;)
    but that's a good idea, but still I like the international part, where geographical borders don't matter anymore. but how about a top board of 3, that will handle the legal stuff, and a second board of 10?
    I'll start a new thread about the board once we decide on a domain.
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      CommentAuthorNeuen
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    Sorry don't drink.
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      CommentAuthorelemental
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    Great idea, Christopher!

    Building on it, how about having a board member from Europe, one from North America, one from Asia, etc. And if there are less members in one region, we can join regions together (eg. a board member from the Asia-Europe region). The goal would be to have an even distribution of power across the world.

    And after we decided on the regions, we can have an election!
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    I'm not sure I like this Idea. the big revolution of the web is creating a border-less world.
    • CommentAuthorwfiedler
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006 edited by wfiedler on the 27th November 2006 at 08:36:11 EST
     
    And what about multilingual? English, French, Spanish and German for example?

    Of course LobsterMan you're right with the "border-less world". That's why we have the possibility to meet here together.
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      CommentAuthorLobsterMan
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    Multilingual would be cool if we had people that would be willing to translate everything. also, the only way for us to keep together in the forums is a common language. If esperanto was more popular, i'd vote for it ;)
    • CommentAuthorwfiedler
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006
     
    English will be always the common language - of course.

    But to make the community world-wide more powerful it could be useful to have admins/moderators to answer in different languages. Only an idea. I would agree to do it in German e.g.
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    elemental that's excatly like i thought, i just couldn't explain it as simple or as understandable as you have :)

    it would also help as there would be a board member available in your region and just as importantly, your timezone.

    the web may be border-less, but having groups in your own area isn't a bad thing surely, might mean a greater chance of meeting people that share your own interestes etc.
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      CommentAuthorelemental
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2006 edited by elemental on the 27th November 2006 at 19:21:36 EST
     
    I see this idea as a way to decide the "site owners" for the new domain to be registered. After all, we need to have somebody to lash out at if there's something we don't like... ;)

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