My wife is doing a Master's in Non-profit management, and she would be willing to look into whether we could become a non-profit, and then do what needs to be done. She pointed out that you can't become a charity just because you want to :) We would need a charitable purpose, so linux advocacy and community support *might* be an option. We're going on vacation for a week this pm, but I hope to be checking email. Let me know here or directly if this would be helpful (particularly if you're the treasurer/president or other first among equals) Cheers, Paul Paul at Harris dot net. (no, not the evil sort of dot net) -- > That brings up an interesting question. SHOULD we pursue the idea of > organizing into a non-profit? We have certainly grown in size, and the > benefits therein may be enough to offset the amount of work it would > take. I know absolutely nothing about what would be involved, however, > so I cannot comment further on it. I suppose we'd have to create a > constitution, etc. > > I do think you could deduct a "gift" to Real Time. ;-) I'd be up for > donating a ten-spot. > > --=20 > Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie > http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr