[sudo-discuss] a lawyer has landed on our doorsteps

[Autonomous]

Here's a correction, sorry:
Once 501c3 status is obtained then it is possible under California law to
acquire a tax foreclosed property for the price of taxes due only.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Prior to meeting with the attorney it would be good to prepare a "purpose
> statement" that describes the activities of SudoRoom that qualify for
> non-profit status. A few other hackerspaces have acquired 501c3 status.
> Here is an example:
>
> The Geek Group provides access to science, technology, engineering and
>> math by developing programming and facilities for individuals and
>> institutions to learn, explore, innovate and play at an independent pace
>> according to their needs.
>
> http://thegeekgroup.org/about-2/mission-statement/
>
> Obviously the educational activities of Sudo Room would qualify as a
> public benefit or charitable purpose. There's also a number of other
> qualifying purposes having to do with community welfare, defense of human
> and civil rights secured by law and so on.
>
> Once 501c3 status is obtained then it is possible under California law to
> acquire tax a foreclosed property for the price of taxes due only. There
> are a number of interesting properties available in Oakland that would
> serve your purposes.
>
>
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