hogwash!: [theforum] Donation Wall - last chance to comment
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sat Aug 23 17:52:26 CDT 2003
On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 04:52 pm, William Anderson wrote:
> Lachlan Cannon wrote:
>> William Anderson wrote:
>>> I'm still of the opinion that evolt.org has not, does not and will
>>> not exist to create a cash cow for people to profit from. We've
>>> discussing seeking official non-profit status for evolt.org in the
>>> past, and I think there's merit in revisiting that at some point in
>>> the future.
>> That said, *if* and it's a big if I know, evolt had enough money in
>> the future, it'd be nice if it was able to pay some of the big
>> contributors (eg, Dean) back for the amount of work they put in,
>> whether it be monetarily or just something like an Amazon $200 gift
>> certificate as a way of saying thanks.
>
> That's rewarding valourous contributions above and beyond, not
> profiting, so if that situation comes about, fantastico.
I don't disagree, but gifts to trustees of 'significant'
(interpretable, I know) value get you in very large trouble with tax
authorities. Token gifts are great. Ones of actual value, not.
It's a bugger, but it's there.
Cheers
Martin
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