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Wow. This is really thorough! Did you look at other states in terms of becoming a 501c3? I was under the impression that some states are easier/cheaper than others. There's also the Tides Foundation in San Francisco that provides the structure for a non-profit (staff, legal work, fiscal sponsorship, etc.) It seems to be stable. http://www.tides.org/i-want-to/turn-my-vision-ideas-into-a-nonprofit-project/start-a-nonprofit-project/ http://www.tides.org/i-want-to/turn-my-vision-ideas-into-a-nonprofit-project/learn-about-fiscal-sponsorship-at-tides/service-overview/ kc On 1/23/17 11:37 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > Last year, following a discussion about whether to formalize Code4Lib, > a group of us got together to investigate various options for > establishing a more permanent fiscal arrangement for Code4Lib > activities, including but not necessarily limited to the annual > conference. > > Our report is now ready for the Code4Lib community to consider: > > https://wiki.code4lib.org/FCIG_Report > > This report is also available in PDF and Markdown; links to that can > be found on the FCIG's main wiki page [1]. > > In our report, we describe several options: > > * Option 1: maintain the existing practice of local conference > planning committees seeking a new "fiscal host" each year > > * Option 2: implement a formalized, ongoing fiscal sponsor arrangement > with an organization external to Code4Lib. In particular, we have > solicited proposals from ALA/LITA and DLF/CLIR; these are detailed in > the report. > > * Option 3: seek out non-profit organizational status for Code4Lib > > We also propose a process for discussing the report and its proposals > online during the months of January and February and at Code4Lib 2017 > in Los Angeles, then make a decision whether to proceed with one of > the options, either in the report or arising from the discussion. > > Folks from ALA/LITA and DLF/CLIR will be participating in the online > discussions, so please feel free to direct questions at them. If they > get a lot of questions, the FCIG may step in to help buffer the > questions. > > I want to acknowledge that the notion of Code4Lib adopting a fiscal > sponsor or forming a separate nonprofit organization has implications > for our conception of our community and how we organize ourselves. > Discussions of such foundational issues can be difficult, even > fraught; kindness and respect should rule the conversation. > > I would like to thank the folks who have contributed to the work of > the IG, and apologize if I've left any names out: > > Gillian Byrne > Galen Charlton > Cary Gordon > Tom Johnson > Kate Lynch > Morgan McKeehan > Eric Lease Morgan > Chad Nelson > Beatrice Pulliam > Coral Sheldon-Hess > > [1] https://wiki.code4lib.org/Fiscal_Continuity > > Regards, > > Galen -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net m: +1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600