[Linux-aus] Grant Application #2

[Jeremy Lunn]

On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 01:08:04AM +1000, Kimberly Shelt wrote:
> Where do I find out details about doing this specifically with LA ?

There'd be no details on it per say, though the majority of LA committee
would have to agree on it.

> What are the benefits?

Over incorporating a separate entity, there would be reduced
administrative overheads.  That's about all really (apart from perhaps
having greater influence over getting funding out of LA :D).  If you
don't mind filing an annual financial report to corporate affairs,
maintaining a membership register and a few other trivial things then
there probably isn't a huge difference.

Of course LA would have more control over things, though that isn't
necessarily a bad thing.  Even so, I think that the editor has the final
word about content (I've known an organisation where they sacked the
President because hey changed something in a newsletter without asking
anyone, right before it went to print).

Either way, incorporating as a separate entity or doing it under the
wing of LA, is certainly better than as an individual with unlimited
liablity.  I personally don't think that incorporation is too much of a
hassle (though it does entail a little bit of work) if you want
indepedance, though I seriously doubt LA would hinder that.

-- 
Jeremy Lunn
Melbourne, Australia
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perfect". -- Linus Torvalds