> Delaware for incorp. (no tax state)
> Lauren

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Akiba <ch...@freaklabs.org> wrote:
> > I'll start off with some ideas I have on a KS for THS.

> > We'll need to take care of admin stuff first. We'll need a legal entity
in
> > the US so we can get a bank account. KS needs this to transfer the funds
to.
> > We can set up a nonprofit corporation in the US quite easily. The 501C3
> > takes time since that goes through the IRS, but in the meantime, we can
> > quickly get nonprofit corporate status for a bank account, although
we'll
> > still have tax liabilities.

> > After that, we'll need to raise money to move the space and for
equipment.
> A
> > big part of the KS will be to figure out what we want to do with the KS
> > money. Some obvious choices will be for deposit to move THS and also for
> > equipment. I think we should set the bar low since we also need to have
> > rewards for contributions. Those rewards need to be good enough to
entice
> > people to contribute money which is generally not an easy task. Without
> > that, getting contributions for free or for shwag type things would only
get
> > us a fraction of what we'd probably be asking for. The best way to
approach
> > it would be to do a Kickstarter for a specific purpose, ie: we want to
move
> > so we want it to cover the deposit of a move. We need to figure out how
much
> > that is, tack on the Kickstarter fees, the amazon fees, the costs of the
> > reward, the shipping fees, and also figure out potential tax
liabilities.
> > It's doable but will take a bit of planning. We should set the bar
around
> > something like that. Then we can have stretch goals where if we hit
certain
> > levels, we could use it for equipment or something. I'm currently
helping
> > out with a Kickstarter for Mothership Hackermoms and also we did two
> > Kickstarters for Safecast so these observations are based on those
> > experiences. Anyways. those are my initial ideas.

> > Akiba

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