Ad Hoc Committee to review "incorporation"

[Tom B. - ASC Vice Chair]

Hi family:

Seems to me that there are a few fundamental "preparation" questions
prior to taking any action:

1. What does the State of Florida require as far as "reporting" about
sales, taxes, and donations
for a group like the First Coast Area and it's Convention?
2. What are the benefits and responsibilities of incorporating?
3. What "structure" is best suited for the First Coast and it's
Convention to create if incorporation is acted upon:
profit vs. non-profit (I assume non-profit) incorporated with or
without "tax exempt" status.
4. If incorporation is acted upon, how extensive of "bylaws" are
needed?
5. How large would a board of directors have to be?
6. Who would they be and how would they be elected, appointed and for
how long?
One idea is to have the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer from both the
ASC and FCACNA + a professional partner
who would understand accounting/tax filing.
7. What is the purpose of this non-profit corporation?
8. What responsibilities does it have?
9. Is it autonomous?
10. Applying for an EIN number requires the structure and board to be
figured out
11. How does any of this impact our banking? Likely, we would
establish new bank accounts for the new
corporation.
12. What in the ASC Policy needs to be altered to address what this
committee creates?
13. How soon does this have to be done? Suggest before new officers
take over for the ASC and
before FCACNA 10 actually occurs.

[Terry Hutsell]

our homegroup has a non-profit EIN and the area and convention committee
meet all the requirements. They can be found on the state IRS website.

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[Bob Farris]

Some of your answers may be found in the World Service Bulletin #32, found at http://web.na.org/?ID=bulletins-bull32

 

It addresses USA banking, EIN and tax liability issues.

 

I would speak with the Florida Region regarding incorporating a convention, as they have experience.
 

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From: Tom B. - ASC Vice Chair <trusteds...@gmail.com>
To: FirstCoastNA <firstc...@googlegroups.com>

Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 10:06:48 PM

Subject: Ad Hoc Committee to review "incorporation"

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Thank you Bob for that info.

[wsur...@comcast.net]

That's why an adhoc commitee has been formed to anserw our question come out and help them.
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From: "Terry Hutsell" <coac...@comcast.net>
To: firstc...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 11:45:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: Ad Hoc Committee to review "incorporation"

our homegroup has a non-profit EIN and the area and convention committee meet all the requirements. They can be found on the state IRS website. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom B. - ASC Vice Chair" To: "FirstCoastNA" Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:06 PM Subject: Ad Hoc Committee to review "incorporation" > Hi family: > > Seems to me that there are a few fundamental "preparation" questions > prior to taking any action: > > 1. What does the State of Florida require as far as "reporting" about > sales, taxes, and donations > for a group like the First Coast Area and it's Convention? > 2. What are the benefits and responsibilities of incorporating? > 3. What "structure" is best suited for the First Coast and it's > Convention to create if incorporation is acted upon: > profit vs. non-profit (I assume non-profit) incorporated with or > without "tax exempt" status. > 4. If incorporation is acted upon, how extensive of "bylaws" are > needed? > 5. How large would a board of directors have to be? > 6. Who would they be and how would they be elected, appointed and for > how long? > One idea is to have the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer from both the > ASC and FCACNA + a professional partner > who would understand accounting/tax filing. > 7. What is the purpose of this non-profit corporation? > 8. What responsibilities does it have? > 9. Is it autonomous? > 10. Applying for an EIN number requires the structure and board to be > figured out > 11. How does any of this impact our banking? Likely, we would > establish new bank accounts for the new > corporation. > 12. What in the ASC Policy needs to be altered to address what this > committee creates? > 13. How soon does this have to be done? Suggest before new officers > take over for the ASC and > before FCACNA 10 actually occurs. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FirstCoastNA" group. > To post to this group, send email to firstc...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > firstcoastna...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/firstcoastna?hl=en > First Coast Area of NA, or NA as a whole are not associated with Google > Groups. We do appreciate the use of their services.