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Wow! Thanks to everyone for your contributions - I'm overwhelmed by the support.
I think the main reason a lot of us are here is because we are tired of the status quo and ready to get to work.
In order to be a success, I feel like this enterprise needs to be run as a non-profit organization. I am going to have Croot Lord (CL) set up an NPO for us that we can transfer the ownership of the forum and server over to, set up a bank account, and provide transparency on our business together.
Here is how we are going to spend our current budget from the Go Fund Me:
(1) I am going to provide a $200 bonus to CL for the work he has done for us pro bono up to this point - he is a college student and has been doing this work as an internship opportunity to build up some skills and experience for his resume
(2) I am going to have a Nonprofit incorporated on Legal Zoom. Will probably cost between $100-$200 and I will provide the receipt on the board for everyone afterwards.
(3) Once we have all the paperwork for the NPO we are going to set up a bank account for the organization - should be no cost here, just wanted to acknowledge it
(4) I am going to pay CL $15/Hr to make some cosmetic/aesthetic changes to the forum and improve our tools a bit. He should have plenty budget over the next couple months to make some nice improvements.
I see this taking a couple months to work out. Hopefully, at the end of that we will have several hundred dollars left over and an actual organization to rally around. At the point we can work on finding a way to get together and see which members will lead and direct things going forward.
*For now we are going to do our best to moderate the forum, but things have a potential to turn a bit Wild West around here until we get more organized.
I think the main reason a lot of us are here is because we are tired of the status quo and ready to get to work.
In order to be a success, I feel like this enterprise needs to be run as a non-profit organization. I am going to have Croot Lord (CL) set up an NPO for us that we can transfer the ownership of the forum and server over to, set up a bank account, and provide transparency on our business together.
Here is how we are going to spend our current budget from the Go Fund Me:
(1) I am going to provide a $200 bonus to CL for the work he has done for us pro bono up to this point - he is a college student and has been doing this work as an internship opportunity to build up some skills and experience for his resume
(2) I am going to have a Nonprofit incorporated on Legal Zoom. Will probably cost between $100-$200 and I will provide the receipt on the board for everyone afterwards.
(3) Once we have all the paperwork for the NPO we are going to set up a bank account for the organization - should be no cost here, just wanted to acknowledge it
(4) I am going to pay CL $15/Hr to make some cosmetic/aesthetic changes to the forum and improve our tools a bit. He should have plenty budget over the next couple months to make some nice improvements.
I see this taking a couple months to work out. Hopefully, at the end of that we will have several hundred dollars left over and an actual organization to rally around. At the point we can work on finding a way to get together and see which members will lead and direct things going forward.
*For now we are going to do our best to moderate the forum, but things have a potential to turn a bit Wild West around here until we get more organized.