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| == Starting a non-profit organization == | In August 2002 PersonalTelco was formally incorporated in to an Oregon NonProfit, please feel free to ContactUs. |
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| Some starting points for learning how to create a non-profit organization: | The members of the board of directors and the board of advisors are identified on the ContactUs page. |
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[http://nonprofit.about.com/jobs/nonprofit/library/weekly/blonestart.htm/ Starting a non-profit, one-page answerbook] [http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/keywords/1l.html/ Non-Profit startup FAQ] |
You can find our articles of incorporation and bylaws on our web site: |
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-- DavidSmith ---- [http://www.teleport.com/~tacs/index.htm TACS] seems to be an organization that could help us. I've never had any contact with them, so I can't say for sure. |
http://www.personaltelco.net/download/nonprofit/ |
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[http://www.guidestar.org/ Guidestar] is a database of over 700,000 non-profits, many with their IRS/financial info. There may be similar organizations we could emulate. [http://www.doj.state.or.us/ChariGroup/welcome2.htm State Dept of Justice- Charitable Activities] [http://www.sos.state.or.us/corporation/corphp.htm Secretary of State- Corporation Division] [http://www.upa.pdx.edu/PA/INPM/ PSU Institute of Nonprofit Management] --BillHolmstrom ---- Link to a document outlining the process and which step we are currently on ... http://www.fahrenheitmedia.com/non-profit.htm -- Jesse Mccrum ---- Oregon Public Networking http://www.opn.org is a nonprofit-centric ISP in Eugene. They had a fight with the IRS http://www.opn.org/irs/ film at 11. Don't know the resolution of this. OPN seems to be talking about the community-based low/no cost Internet that many at PTP imagine with wireless... they have been around a while with this kind of mission statement. Corvallis' Peak.org caters to nonprofits but I don't think is a nonprofit. Does anyone know of any nonprofit CLECs? The City of Portland / Portland Development Commission is proposing throwing $.25M/year (cap investment annualized at 7 years minus projected revenue) at subsidizing fiber loops to N/NE and Outer-SE Portland neighborhoods and HELPING QWEST UPGRADE THEIR COPPER in order to extend the reach of DSL and higher-end network services offered in these "distressed" areas. So there is definitely some motivation and available funding. If wireless can solve the problems for cheaper... -- Jerritt |
See the NonProfitDiscussion page for more information. |
In August 2002 PersonalTelco was formally incorporated in to an Oregon NonProfit, please feel free to ContactUs.
The members of the board of directors and the board of advisors are identified on the ContactUs page.
You can find our articles of incorporation and bylaws on our web site:
See the NonProfitDiscussion page for more information.